Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

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29-Jul-2022: Enrolments under PMMVY

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) with effect from 01.01.2017 with the objectives of (i) providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentive, so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first child; and (ii) to improve health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM). PMMVY provides cash incentive of Rs. 5000/- directly to the bank/post office account of PW&LM. The eligible beneficiaries receive the remaining cash incentive, as per approved norms towards maternity benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana after institutional delivery, so that on an average a woman gets Rs. 6000/-.

The PMMVY is a component under the sub-scheme 'Samarthya' of the newly launched 'Mission Shakti', an umbrella scheme for safety, security and empowerment of women. The revamped PMMVY under Mission Shakti now also aims to promote positive behavioral change towards girl child by providing additional cash incentive for the second child, if that is a girl child.

The following changes in the salient features of PMMVY have been introduced with effect from 01.04.2022 with the launch of new Mission Shakti:

  1. The scheme is to provide maternity benefits to women belonging to socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society;
  2. The maternity benefit is to be provided to a woman for the first two living children provided the second child is a girl;
  3. For the first child the maternity benefit of ₹5000 is provided in two instalments under PMMVY and the beneficiary is also entitled to receive the cash incentive as per approved norms towards Maternity Benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) after institutional delivery so that on an average ,a women gets ₹6000
  4. For the second child, the benefit of ₹6000 is to be provided subject to second child is a girl child, in one installment after the birth;
  5. The beneficiary's husband’s Aadhaar is not mandatory for availing the benefits under the Scheme;
  6. Cases of miscarriage/still births are to be treated as fresh cases for providing maternity benefit under the scheme.

Since inception of the Scheme, more than 2.89 crore PW&LM have been enrolled and ₹11,217.39 crore has been disbursed as on 15.07.2022.

The funds under PMMVY are released to States/UTs on the basis of indicative targets and utilisation of released funds. Thus, State/UT-wise and city-wise allocations are not made under PMMVY.

Salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY):

  1. The maternity benefit is available to a woman for the first living child of family subject to fulfillment of conditionalities. All the pregnant women and lactating mothers in regular employment with Central Government or State Governments or Public Sector Undertakings or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force, are excluded.
  2. The conditionalities and number of instalments under PMMVY are as under: 

Cash Transfer

Conditions

Amount in ₹

First Installment
    • Early Registration of Pregnancy

1,000/-

Second Installment
    • Received at least one antenatal Check-up (Payment after 6 months of pregnancy)

2,000/-

Third Installment
    • Child birth is registered
    • Child has received first cycle of BCG, OPV, DPT and Hepatitis-B or its equivalent/substitute

2,000/-
  1.  Mother and Child Protection (MCP) Card is the verification tool for verification of fulfillment of conditionalities.
  2. Early registration of pregnancy has been considered as registration of pregnancy within 150 days from the date of her Last Menstrual Period (LMP) and duly recorded on MCP Card.
  3. All Pregnant Women who have registered their pregnancy for the first child in family on or after 01.01.2017 are eligible for getting benefit under the programme.
  4. The funds to the beneficiaries under PMMVY will be transferred directly to their Bank/Post Office account in Direct Benefit Transfer Mode.
  5. If a beneficiary delivers twins/triplet/quadruplet, it will be counted as first living child in the family.
  6. An eligible beneficiary can apply, at any point of time but not later than 730 days of pregnancy.
  7. The grants-in-aid are transferred in ESCROW Bank Account as well as State/UT treasury for different components of the scheme. For the maternity benefit component (Conditional Cash Transfer of ₹ 5,000/-) is transferred to the Escrow Bank Account of the States/UTs and remaining components is through State/UT’s Treasury Account.
  8. At the Centre, the scheme is being implemented by Ministry of Women and Child Development. The States/UTs have option to implement the scheme either through Women & Child Development Department/Social Welfare Department or through Health & Family Welfare Department.

30-Mar-2022: Benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

Currently, the maternity benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is available to the eligible beneficiaries for first living child. Normally, the first pregnancy of a woman exposes her to new kinds of challenges and stress factors. Hence, the scheme provides support to the mother for safe delivery and immunization of her first living child.

PMMVY covers all Pregnant Woman & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM), excluding PW&LM who are in regular employment with the Central Government or the State Governments or the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force.

Mission Shakti Scheme has been launched recently to provide integrated benefits of safety, security and empowerment to women. PMMVY has been revamped and included as a sub-scheme under Mission Shakti. In the revamped PMMVY maternity benefit amounting to Rs. 6000/- is also to be provided for the second child, but only if, the second child a girl child, to discourage pre-birth sex selection and to promote and celebrate the girl child.

The operational difficulties faced by the States/UTs in implementation of the scheme, as and when reported, are addressed through mutual/ technical discussions. To further reduce the compliance burden on the beneficiary, the number of installments under the scheme has also been reduced from 3 to 2 in the revamped scheme.

PMMVY envisages payment of maternity benefits of ₹5,000/- in beneficiary’s bank/ post office account linked to her Aadhaar Number in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode. The eligible beneficiary is entitled to receive the remaining cash incentive as per approved norms towards Maternity Benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) after institutional delivery so that on an average, a woman gets ₹6000/-

The objective of the scheme is to provide partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentive so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first child and the cash incentive provided would lead to improved health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM).

25-Mar-2022: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

The Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is a Centrally Sponsored Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) compliant scheme. The scheme is implemented transparently and efficiently through a web-based Management Information System (MIS) Software, viz. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana-Common Application Software (PMMVY-CAS). The maternity benefits under the scheme are directly transferred to the bank/ post office account of the beneficiaries from the Escrow bank account maintained at State/ Union Territory level in a transparent manner.

There have been demands from some quarters to universalize PMMVY. Mission Shakti has been launched recently to provide integrated benefits of safety, security and empowerment to women. Under the revamped PMMVY under Mission Shakti, written consent and the Aadhaar of husband is not a mandatory criteria, and this change will make the scheme more inclusive for single and abandoned mothers. Furthermore, the maternity benefit amounting to Rs.6,000/- is also to be provided for the second child, but only if the second child is a girl child, to discourage pre-birth sex selection and to promote the girl child.

Samarthya is an integrated sub-scheme under Mission Shakti for empowerment of women which includes Ujjawala, Swadhar Greh, Working Women Hostel, National Creche Scheme for Children of Working Mothers and PMMVY. Specific allocation is made for each component of Samarthya. Sufficient budgetary provision has been made under Samarthya for implementation of PMMVY.

11-Feb-2022: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

The details of funds sanctioned and amount of maternity benefits disbursed to eligible beneficiaries under PMMVY during the financial year 2021-22 and till 25.01.2022 is as under:

Total Amount Sanctioned during 2021-22 (As on 25.01.2022)*

(Rupees in Crore)

Total Maternity Benefit Disbursed during 2021-22 (As on 25.01.2022)**

(Rupees in Crore)

1088.36

1383.47

* This includes Central share only.

** This includes both Central and State share.

In order to facilitate inclusion of single mothers and abandoned wives, Government has envisaged that the written consent and the Aadhaar of husband is not to be a mandatory criteria in the modified guidelines of PMMVY component under recently launched Mission Shakti.

Further, the Ministry also celebrates ‘Matru Vandana Saptah’ every year to intensify implementation of the scheme and create a healthy competition amongst States/UTs. States/UTs undertake various IEC and Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) activities such as, Prabhat pheri, Nukkad Natak, newspaper advertisement, airing radio jingles, selfie campaign, door to door campaign, community programmes at field functionary levels to ensure maximum outreach.

4-Feb-2022: Achievements under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) w.e.f. 01.01.2017.  The funds are released to the States/UTs on the basis of indicative targets and utilisation of released funds.

The scheme Implementation Guidelines provide for setting up of Steering and Monitoring Committees at National, State and District levels. These Committees review the progress of implementation of the scheme periodically to strengthen the coordination and convergence between concerned departments and suggest modifications required for improving the implementation. Further, PMMVY is implemented through web-based Management and Information System (MIS) Software, viz. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana-Common Application Software (PMMVY-CAS) which is used as an effective tool for regular monitoring of the scheme. The PMMVY-CAS is enabled to monitor key indicators like number of beneficiaries enrolled, number of beneficiaries paid maternity benefits, total maternity benefits disbursed to eligible beneficiaries etc. on near-real time basis. The PMMVY is a component under Mission Shakti launched recently to provide integrated benefits of safety, security and empowerment to women.

2-Feb-2022: Women benefitted under PMMVY

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) under which maternity benefits of ₹5,000/- is being provided in three installments to Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) for the first living child of the family upon fulfillment of certain conditionalities. The maternity benefit under PMMVY is available to all PW&LM, excluding those who are in regular employment with the Central Government or the State Governments or Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force. The PMMVY is a component under Mission Shakti launched recently to provide integrated benefits to women. As per the recommendations of the Expenditure Finance Committee’s minutes on Mission Shakti, benefits for second child may be provided only if the second child is the girl child to discourage pre-birth-sex selection and promote the girl child.

2-Feb-2022: Aadhaar of husband is not mandatory in modified PMMVY

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) under which maternity benefits of ₹5,000/- is being provided in three instalments to Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) for the first child upon fulfilment of certain conditionalities. In order to receive the maternity benefit under PMMVY, a beneficiary is required to provide her and her husband’s Aadhaar details which are captured in the database.

There is no such requirement under other schemes meant for mother or pregnant women being implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

The PMMVY is implemented in all States/Union Territories, except Odisha and Telangana. The seasonal migrants can avail the benefits of the scheme from any of the State/Union Territory implementing the scheme.

Further, for registration under the scheme, the beneficiary is, inter-alia, required to submit her and her husband's written consent for availing the maternity benefits.

The Development & Monitoring Evaluation Office of NITI Aayog has evaluated the centrally sponsored schemes of Ministry of Women & Child Development including PMMVY and its recommendations have been considered. Accordingly, it is envisaged that the written consent and the Aadhaar of husband not to be a mandatory criteria in the modified guidelines of PMMVY component under Mission Shakti in order to facilitate inclusion of single mother and abandoned mother.

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29-Jul-2022: Enrolments under PMMVY

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) with effect from 01.01.2017 with the objectives of (i) providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentive, so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first child; and (ii) to improve health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM). PMMVY provides cash incentive of Rs. 5000/- directly to the bank/post office account of PW&LM. The eligible beneficiaries receive the remaining cash incentive, as per approved norms towards maternity benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana after institutional delivery, so that on an average a woman gets Rs. 6000/-.

The PMMVY is a component under the sub-scheme 'Samarthya' of the newly launched 'Mission Shakti', an umbrella scheme for safety, security and empowerment of women. The revamped PMMVY under Mission Shakti now also aims to promote positive behavioral change towards girl child by providing additional cash incentive for the second child, if that is a girl child.

The following changes in the salient features of PMMVY have been introduced with effect from 01.04.2022 with the launch of new Mission Shakti:

  1. The scheme is to provide maternity benefits to women belonging to socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society;
  2. The maternity benefit is to be provided to a woman for the first two living children provided the second child is a girl;
  3. For the first child the maternity benefit of ₹5000 is provided in two instalments under PMMVY and the beneficiary is also entitled to receive the cash incentive as per approved norms towards Maternity Benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) after institutional delivery so that on an average ,a women gets ₹6000
  4. For the second child, the benefit of ₹6000 is to be provided subject to second child is a girl child, in one installment after the birth;
  5. The beneficiary's husband’s Aadhaar is not mandatory for availing the benefits under the Scheme;
  6. Cases of miscarriage/still births are to be treated as fresh cases for providing maternity benefit under the scheme.

Since inception of the Scheme, more than 2.89 crore PW&LM have been enrolled and ₹11,217.39 crore has been disbursed as on 15.07.2022.

The funds under PMMVY are released to States/UTs on the basis of indicative targets and utilisation of released funds. Thus, State/UT-wise and city-wise allocations are not made under PMMVY.

Salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY):

  1. The maternity benefit is available to a woman for the first living child of family subject to fulfillment of conditionalities. All the pregnant women and lactating mothers in regular employment with Central Government or State Governments or Public Sector Undertakings or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force, are excluded.
  2. The conditionalities and number of instalments under PMMVY are as under: 

Cash Transfer

Conditions

Amount in ₹

First Installment
    • Early Registration of Pregnancy

1,000/-

Second Installment
    • Received at least one antenatal Check-up (Payment after 6 months of pregnancy)

2,000/-

Third Installment
    • Child birth is registered
    • Child has received first cycle of BCG, OPV, DPT and Hepatitis-B or its equivalent/substitute

2,000/-
  1.  Mother and Child Protection (MCP) Card is the verification tool for verification of fulfillment of conditionalities.
  2. Early registration of pregnancy has been considered as registration of pregnancy within 150 days from the date of her Last Menstrual Period (LMP) and duly recorded on MCP Card.
  3. All Pregnant Women who have registered their pregnancy for the first child in family on or after 01.01.2017 are eligible for getting benefit under the programme.
  4. The funds to the beneficiaries under PMMVY will be transferred directly to their Bank/Post Office account in Direct Benefit Transfer Mode.
  5. If a beneficiary delivers twins/triplet/quadruplet, it will be counted as first living child in the family.
  6. An eligible beneficiary can apply, at any point of time but not later than 730 days of pregnancy.
  7. The grants-in-aid are transferred in ESCROW Bank Account as well as State/UT treasury for different components of the scheme. For the maternity benefit component (Conditional Cash Transfer of ₹ 5,000/-) is transferred to the Escrow Bank Account of the States/UTs and remaining components is through State/UT’s Treasury Account.
  8. At the Centre, the scheme is being implemented by Ministry of Women and Child Development. The States/UTs have option to implement the scheme either through Women & Child Development Department/Social Welfare Department or through Health & Family Welfare Department.

30-Mar-2022: Benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

Currently, the maternity benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is available to the eligible beneficiaries for first living child. Normally, the first pregnancy of a woman exposes her to new kinds of challenges and stress factors. Hence, the scheme provides support to the mother for safe delivery and immunization of her first living child.

PMMVY covers all Pregnant Woman & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM), excluding PW&LM who are in regular employment with the Central Government or the State Governments or the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force.

Mission Shakti Scheme has been launched recently to provide integrated benefits of safety, security and empowerment to women. PMMVY has been revamped and included as a sub-scheme under Mission Shakti. In the revamped PMMVY maternity benefit amounting to Rs. 6000/- is also to be provided for the second child, but only if, the second child a girl child, to discourage pre-birth sex selection and to promote and celebrate the girl child.

The operational difficulties faced by the States/UTs in implementation of the scheme, as and when reported, are addressed through mutual/ technical discussions. To further reduce the compliance burden on the beneficiary, the number of installments under the scheme has also been reduced from 3 to 2 in the revamped scheme.

PMMVY envisages payment of maternity benefits of ₹5,000/- in beneficiary’s bank/ post office account linked to her Aadhaar Number in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode. The eligible beneficiary is entitled to receive the remaining cash incentive as per approved norms towards Maternity Benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) after institutional delivery so that on an average, a woman gets ₹6000/-

The objective of the scheme is to provide partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentive so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first child and the cash incentive provided would lead to improved health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM).

25-Mar-2022: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

The Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is a Centrally Sponsored Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) compliant scheme. The scheme is implemented transparently and efficiently through a web-based Management Information System (MIS) Software, viz. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana-Common Application Software (PMMVY-CAS). The maternity benefits under the scheme are directly transferred to the bank/ post office account of the beneficiaries from the Escrow bank account maintained at State/ Union Territory level in a transparent manner.

There have been demands from some quarters to universalize PMMVY. Mission Shakti has been launched recently to provide integrated benefits of safety, security and empowerment to women. Under the revamped PMMVY under Mission Shakti, written consent and the Aadhaar of husband is not a mandatory criteria, and this change will make the scheme more inclusive for single and abandoned mothers. Furthermore, the maternity benefit amounting to Rs.6,000/- is also to be provided for the second child, but only if the second child is a girl child, to discourage pre-birth sex selection and to promote the girl child.

Samarthya is an integrated sub-scheme under Mission Shakti for empowerment of women which includes Ujjawala, Swadhar Greh, Working Women Hostel, National Creche Scheme for Children of Working Mothers and PMMVY. Specific allocation is made for each component of Samarthya. Sufficient budgetary provision has been made under Samarthya for implementation of PMMVY.

11-Feb-2022: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

The details of funds sanctioned and amount of maternity benefits disbursed to eligible beneficiaries under PMMVY during the financial year 2021-22 and till 25.01.2022 is as under:

Total Amount Sanctioned during 2021-22 (As on 25.01.2022)*

(Rupees in Crore)

Total Maternity Benefit Disbursed during 2021-22 (As on 25.01.2022)**

(Rupees in Crore)

1088.36

1383.47

* This includes Central share only.

** This includes both Central and State share.

In order to facilitate inclusion of single mothers and abandoned wives, Government has envisaged that the written consent and the Aadhaar of husband is not to be a mandatory criteria in the modified guidelines of PMMVY component under recently launched Mission Shakti.

Further, the Ministry also celebrates ‘Matru Vandana Saptah’ every year to intensify implementation of the scheme and create a healthy competition amongst States/UTs. States/UTs undertake various IEC and Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) activities such as, Prabhat pheri, Nukkad Natak, newspaper advertisement, airing radio jingles, selfie campaign, door to door campaign, community programmes at field functionary levels to ensure maximum outreach.

4-Feb-2022: Achievements under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) w.e.f. 01.01.2017.  The funds are released to the States/UTs on the basis of indicative targets and utilisation of released funds.

The scheme Implementation Guidelines provide for setting up of Steering and Monitoring Committees at National, State and District levels. These Committees review the progress of implementation of the scheme periodically to strengthen the coordination and convergence between concerned departments and suggest modifications required for improving the implementation. Further, PMMVY is implemented through web-based Management and Information System (MIS) Software, viz. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana-Common Application Software (PMMVY-CAS) which is used as an effective tool for regular monitoring of the scheme. The PMMVY-CAS is enabled to monitor key indicators like number of beneficiaries enrolled, number of beneficiaries paid maternity benefits, total maternity benefits disbursed to eligible beneficiaries etc. on near-real time basis. The PMMVY is a component under Mission Shakti launched recently to provide integrated benefits of safety, security and empowerment to women.

2-Feb-2022: Women benefitted under PMMVY

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) under which maternity benefits of ₹5,000/- is being provided in three installments to Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) for the first living child of the family upon fulfillment of certain conditionalities. The maternity benefit under PMMVY is available to all PW&LM, excluding those who are in regular employment with the Central Government or the State Governments or Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force. The PMMVY is a component under Mission Shakti launched recently to provide integrated benefits to women. As per the recommendations of the Expenditure Finance Committee’s minutes on Mission Shakti, benefits for second child may be provided only if the second child is the girl child to discourage pre-birth-sex selection and promote the girl child.

2-Feb-2022: Aadhaar of husband is not mandatory in modified PMMVY

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) under which maternity benefits of ₹5,000/- is being provided in three instalments to Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) for the first child upon fulfilment of certain conditionalities. In order to receive the maternity benefit under PMMVY, a beneficiary is required to provide her and her husband’s Aadhaar details which are captured in the database.

There is no such requirement under other schemes meant for mother or pregnant women being implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

The PMMVY is implemented in all States/Union Territories, except Odisha and Telangana. The seasonal migrants can avail the benefits of the scheme from any of the State/Union Territory implementing the scheme.

Further, for registration under the scheme, the beneficiary is, inter-alia, required to submit her and her husband's written consent for availing the maternity benefits.

The Development & Monitoring Evaluation Office of NITI Aayog has evaluated the centrally sponsored schemes of Ministry of Women & Child Development including PMMVY and its recommendations have been considered. Accordingly, it is envisaged that the written consent and the Aadhaar of husband not to be a mandatory criteria in the modified guidelines of PMMVY component under Mission Shakti in order to facilitate inclusion of single mother and abandoned mother.

2021

3-Dec-2021: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

As per recently conducted National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-V (2019-21), 57 percent of the women (15-49 years) are estimated to be anaemic.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development implements Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) w.e.f. 01.01.2017. As on 22.11.2021, maternity benefits of ₹9420.58 crores (including Central and State share) have been disbursed amongst more than 2.17 crores eligible beneficiaries under PMMVY since inception of the scheme.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development does not maintain Constituency-wise data of beneficiaries under PMMVY.

Disbursement of maternity benefits of ₹5,000/- to the eligible beneficiaries under PMMVY has been continuing since inception of the scheme including the period of COVID-19 pandemic.

The eligible beneficiaries receive cash incentive totalling to ₹5,000/- directly in their Bank/Post Office accounts linked to their Aadhaar numbers in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode in three installments.

The funds are released to the States/UTs on the basis of indicative targets and utilisation of released funds.

The PMMVY is reviewed periodically through video conferences, meetings and workshops with States/UTs for its successful implementation. The operational difficulties faced by the States/UTs in implementation of the scheme, as and when reported, are addressed through mutual/technical discussions and handholding. The Ministry also celebrates ‘Matru Vandana Saptah’ every year to intensify implementation of the scheme and create a healthy competition amongst States/UTs. States/UTs undertake various IEC and Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) activities such as, prabhat pheri, Nukkad Natak, newspaper advertisement, airing radio jingles, selfie campaign, door to door campaign, community programmes at field functionary levels etc. to expedite implementation of PMMVY.

22-Jul-2021: More than 64.35 Lakhs Beneficiaries Enrolled under PMMVY during the Financial Year 2020-21

The maternity benefit under PMMVY is provided based on the claims made by the beneficiaries and as per the fulfillment of conditions of the scheme for disbursement of benefit. The indicative target for PMMVY was 51.70 lakh beneficiaries per annum. However, more than 64.35 lakhs beneficiaries were enrolled under PMMVY during the financial year 2020-21. The scheme covers all Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM), excluding PW&LM who are in regular employment with the Central Government or the State Governments or Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force.

The actual amount spent for disbursement of maternity benefits to the eligible beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) during the year 2020-21 is ₹2475.89 Crore (Both Central and State share).

25-Mar-2021: Beneficiaries under PMMVY

During the calendar year 2020, more than 68.33 lakh beneficiaries were provided maternity benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY). The State/UT-wise details are annexed.

The Government implements PMMVY with the objectives of (i) providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentive so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first child; and (ii) providing cash incentive to improve health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers.

Further, the Government has carried out amendment in the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 in 2017. The key amendments are as under:

  1. Increased paid maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks;
  2. Extension of 12 weeks of paid maternity leave to ‘commissioning/adopting mothers’;
  3. Mandatory provision for crèche in respect of establishments having 50 or more employees, including four (4) visits a day to the crèche by the woman;
  4. Depending upon the nature of work assigned to a woman, provision for work from home after availing of the maternity benefit for such period and on such conditions as the employer and the woman may mutually agree;
  5. Mandatory intimation, in writing & electronic form, to every woman at the time of her initial appointment conveying benefits under the Act.

11-Feb-2021: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

All Pregnant Women and Lactating Mother (PW&LM) (except those who are 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 for the time being in force) are eligible to claim benefits for first living child of the family under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY). Under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), pregnant women undergoing institutional delivery are eligible for the benefit. No separate data of number of pregnant women who were actually enrolled under JSY and total number of pregnant mothers below the age of 19 years undergoing institutional deliveries is maintained.  A total of 1,83,12,303 pregnant women have claimed benefit under PMMVY scheme from 2018-19 till 29.1.2021.

4-Feb-2021: Number of Women Benefited Under PMMVY

The Ministry of Women and Child Development implements Centrally Sponsored Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) with effect from 01.01.2017. Maternity benefits amounting to Rs.5931.95 crores (including Central and State share) have been paid to 1.75 crores eligible beneficiaries during the last three financial years i.e. 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20. Further, maternity benefits amounting to Rs.2063.70 crores (including Central and State share) have been paid to 65.12 lakh eligible beneficiaries during the current financial year of 2020-21 (as on 29.01.2021).

Provisions for the Scheme are made as per the requirement based on the number of beneficiaries. The Budget Estimate (BE) under PMMVY for the current financial year 2020-21 is Rs.2500.00 crores.

2020

23-Feb-2020: Progress report on Poshan Abhiyaan (Nutrition Mission) released by the NITI Aayog.

Under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), pregnant women and lactating mothers receive ₹5,000 for their first child in three instalments. This is a conditional grant and each tranche is released upon the beneficiaries meeting some specific conditions. The money is meant to compensate women for the loss of wages and is aimed at ensuring a healthy nutritional development of the newborn.

There have been reports of inordinate delays with some beneficiaries having to wait for two years to receive the benefit under the scheme. There have been also problems faced by beneficiaries in filling up the 32-page application form and providing nine identity documents.

This is the second report released by the government on the implementation of Poshan Abhiyaan. It scores the States and Union Territories to measure their readiness to execute the programme across four themes: governance and institutional mechanism; strategy and planning; service delivery and capacities; and programme activities and intervention coverage.

On the basis of the data collected until March 31, 2019, the report notes that 66% of the direct benefit transfers for the Centre’s maternity benefit scheme, or Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) were based on Aadhaar. Worryingly one in three of these Aadhaar-based payments was credited to a wrong bank account. 28% of all Aadhaar-based payments are going to different bank accounts than what had been provided by the beneficiaries.

In some cases, the payments were even untraceable by beneficiaries and field functionaries. This is a prime cause of dissatisfaction among beneficiaries, which needs to be addressed on an urgent basis.

The NITI Aayog has called for simplification in the documentation and operational rules to avoid delays in money transfer.

NITI Aayog has proposed to rationalize the mandatory waiting period of 180 days before the second installment is released as well as the compulsory birth certificate for the release of the third installment. There is a need for better training of auxiliary midwives who fill up the mother-child protection card and data entry operators.

3-Feb-2020: WCD Minister Gives Away PMMVY Awards

Union Minister of Women & Child Development and Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani gave away the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) awards to States, Union Territories and Districts for best performance at a function in New Delhi.

In the category of best performance since inception of the Scheme to States/ UTs having population of more than 1 crore the first position was awarded to the State of Madhya Pradesh, followed by Andhra Pradesh and Haryana was in the third position.

In the same category, among States/ UTs having population of less than 1 crore Dadra & Nagar Haveli is in the first position. Himachal stood second and Chandigarh is at the third position.

District level awards for States/ UTs with population of more than 1 crore the first position went to Indore in Madhya Pradesh. Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh is in second position and South Salmara Mankachar in Assam was third.

Among the districts of States/ UTs having population of less than 1 crore the first position went to Serchhip in Mizoram, second position to Unain Himachal Pradesh and Puducherry was in the third position.

The second category of awards was announced for performance by States/ UTs during the Matru Vandana Saptah (MVS) held from 2nd to 8th December 2019. The objective of observing MVS was to increase the implementation of the Scheme and create a healthy competition amongst States/ UTs. The theme of the Saptah was “towards building a healthy nation – Surakshit Janani, Viksit Dharini”.

Among the States/ UTs having population more than 1 crore the first position for outstanding performance went to Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra stood second and Madhya Pradesh came third.

The States/ UTs having population of less than one crore, who were recognized for their outstanding performance during the Matru Vandana Saptah were Dadra & Nagar Haveli which was first, Sikkim came second and Manipur third.

During her address at the award function, Smriti Zubin Irani, said that 1.28 crore beneficiaries received Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) directly in their bank accounts amounting to Rs. 5280 crore. The success of the implementation of the Scheme by Tamil Nadu, Assam, Tripura and Manipur proved that nothing is impossible if the district administration, States and the Central Government decide to work together for the outreach of any scheme said the Minister. She informed that 2.78 lakh applications were received on a single day during the Matru Vandana Saptah which was held from 2nd to 8th December last year. She further stated that the efficiency in the implementation of the Scheme which was 38% in 2018 has touched the 90% mark in 2019. WCD Minister appealed to all the functionaries under the Scheme to achieve 100 percent target in 2020 and to ensure that no women and children are left out of the Scheme.

WCD Minister further informed that the PMMVY is different from the previous Scheme as beneficiaries get the money directly in their accounts and they can claim benefits of the Scheme from anywhere in the country as it is linked with the Public Financial Management System (PFMS).In the earlier scheme, it would take 18 months to 3 years for the beneficiaries to get the money whereas in the PMMVY it is instantaneous, transparent and based on good governance practices informed the Minister.

Smriti Zubin Irani urged the participants to do Jan Andolan in the districts to awaken people about the risks faced by young girls who are entering into motherhood. Stating that POSHAN Maah will be observed in March 2020, she also suggested organizing POSHAN panchayats in every village to explain the importance of nutritious food, ill effects of anemia, importance of sanitation and observing cleanliness and vaccination of mother and child. The Minister also suggested exploring the possibility of POSHAN monitor in every government school and a POSHAN garden in every Anganwadi centre.

The PMMVY is a maternity benefit programme being implemented in all districts of the country from 01.01.2017. Under PMMVY a cash incentive of Rs. 5000 is provided directly to the bank/ post office account of Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) for the first living child of the family subject to fulfilling specific conditions relating to maternal and child health.

PMMVY is implemented using the platform of Anganwadi Services Scheme of Umbrella ICDS under the WCD Ministry in respect of States/ UTs implementing scheme through Women and Child Development Department/ Social Welfare Department and through health system in respect of States/ UTs where scheme is implemented by Health and Family Welfare Department.

PMMVY is implemented through a centrally deployed web based MIS software application and the focal point of implementation is Anganwadi Centre (AWC) and ASHA/ANM.

A booklet on FAQs and a report on MatruVandanaSaptah- 2019 were released by the Minister during the function. Secretary, WCD, Ravindra Panwar and Member Health & Nutrition, NITI Aayog, Dr. Vinod Paul also spoke on this occasion.

Presentations were made on the best practices of awardee States and Union Territories. The ceremony was attended by the WCD Minister of the Madhya Pradesh Government, senior officials of the WCD Ministry and WCD, Social Welfare and Health Departments of States and Union Territories.

2019

19-Sep-2019: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana Reaches One Crore Beneficiaries

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), a flagship scheme of the Government for pregnant women and lactating mothers has achieved a significant milestone by crossing one crore beneficiaries. The total amount disbursed to the beneficiaries under the scheme has crossed Rs. 4,000 crores.

PMMVY is a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme under which cash benefits are provided to pregnant women in their bank account directly to meet enhanced nutritional needs and partially compensate for wage loss. Implementation of the scheme started with effect from 01.01.2017. Under the ‘Scheme’, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) receive a cash benefit of Rs. 5,000 in three installments 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 first cycle of vaccination for the first living child of the family. The eligible beneficiaries also receive cash incentive under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY). Thus, on an average, a woman gets Rs. 6,000.

Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Rajasthan are the top five States/UT in the country in implementation of PMMVY. Odisha and Telangana are yet to start implementation of the scheme. The Women and Child Development Ministry has recently organized regional workshops with state officials in Guwahati, Jaipur, and Chandigarh to prepare roadmap for faster implementation of the scheme.

Implementation of the scheme is closely monitored by the central and state governments through PMMVY-CAS, 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, i.e. PMMVY-CAS. These features have helped in quick implementation of the scheme and eliminating duplication of benefits.

2018

23-Nov-2018: Over Rs 1,600 crore transferred to 48.5 lakh mothers under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

The government has transferred over Rs 1,600 crore to eligible mothers under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana through direct benefit transfer as reported by Centre for Digital Financial Inclusion (CDFI) that uses technology for financial inclusion.

The non-profit organisation CDFI conceptualised, designed and implemented the PMMVY-CAS (Common Application Software) System through which disbursements were made.

The programme, which became applicable from January 1, 2017 provides a cash incentive of Rs 5,000 in three instalments to pregnant women and lactating mothers for the first child through Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT).

14-Sep-2018: 48.11 lakh women enrolled under PMMVY till Sept 13, 2018

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) recently marked the anniversary of the launch of scheme as Matru Vandana Saptah. During this week, the States/UTs focused on IEC activities, pendency under various parameters and escalating daily entry rate of applications. The success of the week was concluded in Dehradun at National Level. National level achievement of the scheme post an year’s implementation on grounds is 48.11 Lakhs of women enrollment under the scheme till September 13, 2018, out of which 37.30 Lakhs have been paid the maternity benefit which accounts to a total fund disbursement of Rs1168.63 Crores. Status of top performing States is as follows:

 State/UT

Beneficiaries Enrolled

Beneficiaries Paid

Total Amount Disbursed in Rs. Crore

MADHYA PRADESH

6,90,358

5,82,437

167.79

ANDHRA PRADESH

4,02,951

3,26,283

107.62

HIMACHAL PRADESH

66,651

51,281

17.47

CHANDIGARH

7,406

6,742

2.27

HARYANA

1,77,658

1,60,563

60.24

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

2,393

2,232

0.84

RAJASTHAN

4,91,702

3,99,324

121.10

DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI

2,523

1,849

0.46

MIZORAM

6,468

5,723

2.0 6

DAMAN AND DIU

1,537

1,079

0.29

CHHATTISGARH

1,46,960

1,12,311

26.92

KERALA

1,60,132

1,40,851

46.59

KARNATAKA

3,14,766

2,45,652

83.55

GOA

6,180

5,741

2.23

PUNJAB

1,19,419

1,04,695

35.09

JHARKHAND

1,64,224

1,21,744

33.87

LAKSHADWEEP

430

229

0.04

GUJARAT

2,42,405

2,04,468

70.8 9

DELHI

56,611

49,776

17.22

UTTAR PRADESH

8,28,032

5,80,254

188.80

6-Apr-2018: Number of beneficiaries enrolled under PMMVY crosses 22 lakhs

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has made total payment of Rs. 271.66 crores to beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY). The payment has been made to 11,47,386 beneficiaries across the country. The Ministry is constantly monitoring the implementation of the scheme and taking steps so that the benefits of the scheme can be availed by maximum number of people.

Number of beneficiaries enrolled under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) has increased to 22,04,182. So far, Rs. 2048.59 Crores to all 36 States/UTs have been sanctioned under PMMVY out of which Rs. 2048.40 Crores have been released till date.

The Government of India has approved Pan-India implementation of PMMVY in all districts of the country from 01.01.2017 under which the eligible beneficiaries get Rs. 5,000/- under PMMVY and the remaining cash incentive as per approved norms towards Maternity Benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) after institutional delivery so that on an average, a woman gets Rs. 6000/-.

The Scheme Implementation Guidelines, the software for roll out of the Scheme i.e. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana - Common Application Software (PMMVY- CAS) and its User Manual were launched on 01.09.2017. PMMVY is being implemented in collaboration with State Governments.

The maternity benefits under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) are available to all Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) except those 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 for the time being in force, for first living child of the family as normally, the first pregnancy of a woman exposes her to new kind of challenges and stress factors. The objectives of the scheme are: (i) providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentives so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first living child; and (ii) the cash incentives provided would lead to improved health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers.

2017

1-Sep-2017: Scheme Implementation Guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

The Minister of Women & Child Development has released the Guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi had announced the pan-India implementation of this scheme w.e.f. 01st January, 2017. PMMVY is implemented by the Ministry of Women & Child Development in collaboration with State Governments.

The minister also released an important training module for anganwadi workers called Early Childhood Care and Education Training Module. The training module is designed to provide the anganwadi workers a basic understanding of the ECCE curriculum and pedagogical approaches to ensure optimal and holistic development of young children so that they are ready to start formal schooling at the age of six years. It also includes a component on psycho social development of children below the age of three years, to help anganwadi workers counsel parents/caregivers on early stimulation.

Another important module i.e. ICDS Training module and e-training module were also released by WCD Minister today. This module aims to improve the service delivery mechanism of ICDS Programme and to accelerate better programme outcomes.

ECCE training module is a landmark achievement since the government has for the first time ever prepared norms for anganwadi workers to impart pre-school education. Since pre-school education lays the foundation of a child for the future, it is very important to have norms under which anganwadi workers are able to plan and conduct appropriate ECE activities for 3-6 year old children. She urged the State Governments to complete the training of anganwadi workers for ECCE within a year so that the new norms can be implemented at the earliest possible. The minister also asked the States to print advertisements about Childline (1098), POCSO e-box and healthy eating habits at the back of exercise books and text books of all school children.

Some of the other booklets which were issued today included Activity Books for Children of 3-6 years, Child Assessment Card and Recommended List for Play and Learning Material. The Common Application Software for PMMVY and software user manual for PMMVY-CAS were also launched on the occasion. To maintain transparency and timely disbursal of benefits, the PMMVY Scheme will be run through PMMVY-CAS Software.

20-Jul-2017: Draft Guidelines for implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana have been prepared by WCD Ministry

Draft guidelines for implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) have been prepared by the Ministry. The draft guidelines inter-alia provide Aadhaar linkage, Direct Benefit Transfer of Rs. 5000 in beneficiary’s bank/post office account in three instalments at the stage of early registration of pregnancy, after six months of pregnancy on at least one antenatal check-up and registration of child birth & first cycle of immunisation of the child.

The PMMVY is Centrally Sponsored Scheme under which the cost sharing ratio between the Centre and the States & UTs with Legislature is 60:40, for North-Eastern States & three Himalayan States, it is 90:10 and 100% Central assistance for Union Territories without Legislature.