The endeavour of ‘Janani Suraksha Yojana’ Programme is 1. to promote institutional deliveries 2. to provide monetary assistance to the mother to meet the cost of delivery 3. to provide for wage loss due to pregnancy and confinement Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Social Issues & Schemes

Prelims 2012

The endeavour of ‘Janani Suraksha Yojana’ Programme is

to promote institutional deliveries
to provide monetary assistance to the mother to meet the cost of delivery
to provide for wage loss due to pregnancy and confinement

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Explanation

Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)

It is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) being implemented to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
JSY is a 100 % centrally sponsored scheme and it integrates cash assistance with delivery and post-delivery care. Hence statement 2 is correct.

The Yojana has identified ASHA, the accredited social health activist as an effective the link between the Government and poor pregnant women.

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana To provide 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. Hence, statement 3 is not correct.

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