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The details of funds sanctioned and amount of maternity benefits disbursed to eligible beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (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.
This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.