➤ Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)
The scheme is aimed at pregnant or lactating women aged 19 years or above for the first live birth. The programme provides partial compensation for wage loss during childbirth and afterwards during childcare. It also aims to provide information on good feeding and nutrition for mother and child pursuant to the National Food Security Act, 2013. PMMVY is implemented through a centrally deployed Web Based MIS Software application and the main point of implementation would be the Anganwadi Centre (AWC) and ASHA/ ANM workers. This is an important area of focus as questions about the implementation of this scheme can also appear in Prelims as well in the ethics paper. IAS aspirants should be able to examine the PMMVY scheme’s goals and link them with Sustainable Development Goals as well as with Health, Education, Human Resources, etc.
The PMMVY scheme has the following objectives: Providing cash compensation against wage loss so that the mother can take adequate rest before and after the birth of the first living child. Promoting good nutrition and feeding practices to reduce infant mortality and malnutrition. It would also promote healthier behaviour among pregnant/lactating mothers. Promoting the use of health services and institutional care to reduce the risk of disease. PMMVY Beneficiary List UPSC in IAS prelims exam does target the beneficiary list of the national schemes. So to know the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana is a wise decision.
Pregnant/Lactating Mothers except those who are employed with the Central Government, Public Sector Units or State Governments or those who receive similar benefits from similar laws for the time being. Women whose pregnancies commenced after 01.01.2017 and this would be the first child in the family. PMMVY Provisions The PMMVY allows women who undergo miscarriages or stillbirths to collect the remaining benefits whenever they have their next pregnancy.
Rs 5000 in three instalments on fulfilling the respective conditionality, viz. early registration of pregnancy, ante-natal check-up and registration of the birth of the child and completion of the first cycle of vaccination for the first living child of the family. The PM Matritva Vandana scheme also asks mothers to: Breastfeed for the first six months and give the child complementary food after that Vaccinate the child with DPT and Polio vaccine Attend two counselling sessions when the child is between 3-6 months old. The mechanism through which the Government of India finances this scheme is as grant in aid funding to state governments, which in turn handle the actual implementation of the scheme. The PMMVY is a continuation of the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) launched in 2010. It was relaunched in 2014 as Matritva Sahyog Yojana in 2014 and took its present form in late 2016.
