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Indira Gandhi MatritvaPoshanYojana
March 22 , 2020
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- The scheme was recently announced by the Rajasthan Government on pilot basis in 4 districts.
- The scheme will be implemented in Udaipur, Pratapgath, Banswara and Dungarpur, where nutrition indicators among children and anaemia levels among mothers are worse than the average for the State.
- It is a maternity benefit scheme.
- Under the scheme ₹6,000 will be offered for the birth of the second child.
- The State scheme will complement the Central government’s Pradhan MantriMatruVandanaYojana (PMMVY) which offers ₹5,000 for the birth of the first child.
About PMMVY
- The scheme is a conditional cash transfer scheme for pregnant and lactating women.
- It provides a partial wage compensation to women for wage-loss during childbirth and childcare and to provide conditions for safe delivery and good nutrition and feeding practices.
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