Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY):

The Government of India is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) with effect from 1st January 2017. The PMMVY Scheme is implemented to provide financial support for pregnant and lactating mothers and to improve the health and nutrition for mother and child as well as compensation for wage loss, if any.

OBJECTIVES OF PMMVY:-

  1. To provide cash incentive for partial compensation for the wage loss so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first child.
  2. To improve health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM).
  3. The scheme also seeks to promote positive behavioral change towards girl child by providing additional cash incentive for the second child, if that is a girl child.
  4. Maternity benefit of not less than rupees five thousand in two instalments will be provided to women belonging to socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society and Rs 6000/- in one installment for second girl child.

ELIGIBILITY

The PMMVY scheme provides maternity benefit to Pregnant and Lactating mothers belonging to “socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society”. The criteria for determining socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society will be the following:

  1. Women belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
  2. Women who are partially (40%) or fully disabled (Divyang Jan)
  3. Women holder of BPL ration Card
  4. Women Beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY) under Ayushman Bharat
  5. Women holding E-shram card
  6. Women farmers who are beneficiaries under Kishan Samman Nidhi
  7. Women holding MGNREGA Job Card
  8. Women whose net family income is less than Rs. 8 Lakh per annum
  9. Pregnant and Lactating AWWs / AWHs / ASHAs
  10. Any other category as may be prescribed by the Central Government
NOTE: Further, all pregnant women and lactating mothers in regular employment with the Central Government or State Government or Public Sector Undertaking or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law shall not be entitled to benefits under PMMVY.

In case of miscarriage / still birth, the beneficiary would be treated as fresh beneficiary in event of any future pregnancy.

BENEFIT

The benefit is available to a woman for the first two living children provided the second child is a girl. In case of the first child the amount of ₹5000 in two instalments and for the second child ₹6000 will be provided in one instalment after birth.

Registration during pregnancy is mandatory for the second child. Benefits can be availed only on the basis of the Aadhaar Number of Beneficiary so as to avoid duplication or malpractices.

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