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90.6% hospital births, 96% plus vaccinations: NFHS-6 reflects India's "accelerated progress" in family health parametersIndia's National Family Health Survey-6 shows significant improvements in maternal and child health. Vaccinations and antenatal care have i...
Over 4 crore women benefited under PMMVY; registration drive extended till Aug 15: WCDThe Women and Child Development Ministry reports significant progress in the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. Over four crore Indian wo...
PRAGATI meeting: PM Modi reviews 8 projects worth Rs 90,000 crorePrime Minister Modi chaired the 46th PRAGATI meeting, reviewing eight development projects worth ₹90,000 crore across various sectors. He e...
Parliamentary standing committee report recommends creation of Anganwadi worker welfare board, doubling honorariumSenior Congress MP Digvijay Singh announced that the Parliamentary Standing Committee has approved recommendations for doubling Anganwadi w...
Sonia Gandhi alleges government’s maternity benefits underfunded, not being disbursed efficientlySonia Gandhi highlighted in Rajya Sabha that the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana is underfunded and benefits are not reaching entitled ...
Lok Sabha polls: PM Modi interacts with BJP workers in KeralaModi said that the struggles faced by BJP workers in Kerala and the eagerness shown by them were beyond compare and interacting with such "...
PM's Awards scheme restructured, to recognise performance through targeted beneficiariesThere will be six awards under the innovations category -- two awards each for the central-, state- and district-level initiatives. The awa...
PM's Awards scheme restructured, to recognise performance through targeted beneficiariesThe Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration has undergone restructuring to acknowledge the performance of civil ser...
Rural uptake of sanitary pads rises to 45 per cent: Health Minister Mansukh MandaviyaKeeping in view the health of the women in terms of hygiene, Mandaviya said under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP...
WCD ministry classifies major programmes under 3 umbrella schemes for better implementationAccording to the ministry, the government is merging the supplementary nutrition programme and Poshan Abhiyan to launch Mission POSHAN 2.0.
After Sonia Gandhi, DMK's Kanimozhi raises the issue of delayed and reduced maternity benefitsIn states like Tamil Nadu and Odisha, maternity benefits are relatively superior, both in terms of what they offer, and the number of benef...
Committed to tackling challenges of undernourishment, child mortality: Rao Inderjit Singh"The government of India is committed towards tackling the challenges through some of the recent initiatives of various like Swasthaya Bhar...
Union Budget 2019: What women got from Sitharaman's budgetModi government had initiated various measures for women during its first five years, as had Jaitley in his budgets.
Ministry of Women set to get Rs 5,000 cr boostSources in the ministry said the budget allocation for the ministry is likely to be Rs 29,000 crore the highest till now.
Government to conduct survey on maternity benefit scheme to find its efficacyThe scheme, which aims to provide partial compensation for wage loss to women during pregnancy and a cash incentive of Rs 6,000, has so far...
Government transfers over Rs 1,600 crore to 48.5 lakh mothers under PMMVYThe non-profit organisation CDFI conceptualised, designed and implemented the PMMVY-CAS (Common Application Software) System through which ...
After a slow start, all states & UTs get on board for PM’s maternity benefit schemeAccording to senior officials at the Women and Child Development ministry, after ‘initial’ hiccups’ all states have now come on-board.
Over 17 lakh beneficiaries linked with PMMVY: GovtUnder the scheme, eligible beneficiaries get Rs 5,000 and the remaining cash incentive of Rs 1,000 for maternity benefit is given under the...
Maternity benefit scheme unlikely to get boost in Budget 2018An initial amount of Rs 2,700 crore was announced for the scheme during Union Budget 2017 but it was later revised to Rs 2,500 crore.
Top economists write to FM on delay in roll-out of maternity benefit programmeThe letter also demands that the Centre's contribution to old-age pensions under the National Old Age Pension Scheme should be raised from ...