Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

(Ministry of Women and Child Development)

 

WHAT

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) for pregnant women and lactating mothers has achieved a milestone by crossing one crore beneficiaries.

 

PRADHAN MANTRI MATRU VANDANA YOJANA

• It is a direct benefit transfer scheme under which cash benefit of Rs.5000 (in three installments) are provided to pregnant women and Lactating mothers (PW&LM) in their bank account directly.
• This cash can helps the mother to meet enhanced nutritional needs and partially compensate for wage loss.
• The eligible beneficiaries also receive cash incentive under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY).

 

IMPLEMENTATION

• Implementation of the scheme is closely monitored by the central and state governments through PMMVY-CAS (Common Application Software), a web-based software application.
• The application is interoperable with UIDAI and Public Financial Management System (PFMS) for authentication of unique beneficiaries and their Bank Accounts.
• The Scheme is 100 percent Local Government Directory (LGD) compliant with a uniform master data of all villages/towns/cities throughout the country on one platform.

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Rajasthan are the top five states/UT in the implementation of PMMVY.
• Odisha and Telangana are yet to start the implementation of the scheme.

 

Source: PIB

 

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