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Cover Story Secured Life, Empowered Nation

Pradhan Mantri Matru

Vandana Yojana:

Women's lives are becoming

stronger and easier

The Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
(PMMVY) was launched on January 1, 2017.
In this scheme, a cash incentive of Rs 5,000
is given in two installments to pregnant and
lactating mothers. This amount is provided
directly into their bank account in DBT mode.
In addition, a maternity benefit of Rs 6,000 is
provided by expanding the scheme to cover
the second child. This benefit is only given
if the second child is a girl. This is done to
discourage pre-birth sex selection. More than
3.11 crore

beneficiaries have
registered till November
21, 2022.

Over
3 crore

women received a cash incentive of Rs 6,000
during pregnancy and lactation under the
Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

Fort in 2014 envisaging building toilets in
every house or the call to make self-reliance
a people's revolution in the Covid era,
providing basic amenities to the people were In this Amrit Kaal of independence,
top priority with Ujjwala, housing, toilets, tap the resolution that we have taken to
water connection, free ration to every poor reach every scheme of public welfare
in times of crisis, ration card portability, to 100 percent beneficiaries is huge.
free treatment facility up to Rs 5 lakh under The meaning of this campaign is to
schemes like Ayushman Bharat. eliminate all scope of discrimination,
Now India is not only realizing Bapu's eliminate the apprehension of
dream of a self-reliant and self-confident appeasement, eliminate the tendency
India with its new plans and commitments to benefit on the basis of selfishness,
to give a new direction to the nation but and ensure government benefits go to
also ensuring the safety of people's lives the last person standing in the last line
in the fast race of development. Platforms of the society.
like Startup India, Standup India, Mudra
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
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