Question : HEALTH CARE FACILITIES FOR MOTHER AND CHILD

(a) whether due to paucity of proper health facility, the life of mother and child is continuously under threat;

(b) if so, the number of cases of child deaths immediately after birth and threat to mother`s life due to non-availability of proper health facilities reported during the last three years and the current year; and

(c) the amount of financial assistance provided to the pregnant women at the time of delivery alongwith the total number of cases of non-payment of financial assistance, if any?

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE(SHRI SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY)

(a): Maternal and infant deaths occur due to multiple factors such as poor health seeking behavior, delayed access to health facilities, poor sanitation, hygiene and nutrition and socio economic determinants such as illiteracy, poverty etc.

(b): No such information has been reported to the Central Government.

(c): Pregnant women after delivery, are getting financial assistance under Janani Suraksha Yojana. The financial assistance provided to pregnant women for delivery under Janani Suraksha Yojana is as follows:

Institutional Delivery	Financial assistance	Rural Area	Urban Area
Low Performing States (LPS)	Rs. 1400	Rs. 1000
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam,
Rajasthan, Orissa, and
Jammu and Kashmir
High Performing States (HPS)	Rs. 700	Rs. 600
All States and UTs other that
Low Performing States
Home Delivery (LPS and HPS)	Rs. 500	Rs. 500