Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
About
- Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is a maternity benefit scheme under the Ministry of Women and Child development launched in 2017.
- The PMMVY Scheme is being implemented as per provisions under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 which provides for financial support for pregnant and lactating mothers.
- Under PMMVY, maternal benefit of ₹5,000/– is provided to eligible Pregnant Women & lactating Mothers in two instalments (first instalment of ₹3000/- after Ante-Natal Check-up and second instalment of ₹2000/- after the childbirth and 14 weeks of universal immunization).
- Beneficiaries also receive cash incentive under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) after institutional delivery so that on an average, a woman gets ₹6,000/-.
Janani Suraksha Yojana:
- JSY is a safe motherhood intervention and conditional cash transfer scheme for promoting institutional delivery.
- Launched in 2015 with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, JSY promotes institutional delivery among pregnant women especially with weak socio-economic status.
Eligibility
- Under PMMVY, financial support is provided to the mother for safe delivery and immunization of her first child.
- From 2022, to promote positive behavioural change towards girl child, the maternity benefit is also provided to beneficiaries for second child subject to condition that the second child is a girl.