The Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is a Centrally Sponsored flagship scheme by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, designed to support pregnant women and lactating mothers.
The scheme is to provide maternity benefits to women belonging to socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society. The maternity benefit is to be provided to a woman for the first two living children provided the second child is a girl.
For the first child the maternity benefit of ₹5,000/- 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 ₹6,000/-.
For the second child, the benefit of ₹6,000/- is to be provided subject to second child is a girl child, in one installment after the birth. Cases of miscarriage/still births are to be treated as fresh cases for providing maternity benefit under the scheme.
Further, as per the new guidelines for ‘Mission Shakti’, applicable with effect from 01.04.2022, the scheme (PMMVY 2.0) seeks to promote positive behavioral change towards girl child by providing additional cash incentive for the second child, if that is a girl child.
Thus, for the second child, the benefit of ₹6,000/- is to be provided in one instalment post birth. This would contribute towards improving Sex Ratio at Birth by discouraging female feticide.
Eligibility
- The applicant should be of at least 19 years old and a pregnant women.
- The applicant should be employed and experiencing wage-loss due to the pregnancy.
- The scheme is applicable only for the first live birth.
- Eligible beneficiary can apply for the benefit under PMMVY scheme within 270 days from the child birth.
- If a beneficiary delivers twins/ triplets/ quadruplets in her second pregnancy, with one or more children being girl, she will receive incentive for second girl child as per the PMMVY 2.0 norms.
Criteria for determining socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society are the following:
- Women belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
- Women who are partially (40%) or fully disabled (Divyang Jan)
- Women holder of BPL Ration Card
- Women Beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY) under Ayushman Bharat.
- Women holding e-Shram card
- Women farmers who are beneficiaries under Kisan Samman Nidhi
- Women holding MGNREGA Job Card
- Women whose net family income is less than Rs. 8 Lakh per annum
- Pregnant and Lactating AWWs/ AWHs/ ASHAs
- Women holding Ration Card under NFSA Act 2013.
- Any other category as may be prescribed by the Central Government