CSIP: PRELIMS BOOSTER SERIES-407 GOVERNMENT SCHEMES AND POLICIES
JANANI SURAKSHA YOJANA
WHY IN NEWS?
PIB: Interventions for pregnant women.
ABOUT
About 56,000 women in India die every year due to pregnancy related complications. Similarly, every year more than 13 lakh infants die within 1year of the birth. Thus Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) was envisaged a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission.
OBJECTIVE
- Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women
FEATURES
- 100% Centrally sponsored scheme
- The Yojana has identified Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) as an effective link between the government and pregnant women.
ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFITS
The scheme focuses on poor pregnant woman with a special dispensation for states that have low institutional delivery rates(less than 25%), namely, the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Orissa, and Jammu and Kashmir.
While these states have been named Low Performing States (LPS), the remaining states have been named High Performing states (HPS).
The eligibility for cash assistance under the JSY is as shown below:
| LPS | All pregnant women delivering in government health centres, such as Sub Centers (SCs)/Primary Health Centers (PHCs)/Community Health Centers (CHCs)/First Referral Units (FRUs)/general wards of district or state hospitals |
| HPS | All BPL/Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) women delivering in a government health centre, such as SC/PHC/CHC/FRU/general wards of district or state hospital |
| LPS & HPS | BPL/SC/ST women in accredited private institutions |
Cash Assistance for Institutional Delivery (in Rs)
The cash entitlement for different categories of mothers is as follows:
| Category | Rural area | Total | Urban area | Total | ||
| Mother’s package | ASHA’s package* | Mother’s package | ASHA’s package** | (Amount in Rs.) | ||
| LPS | 1400 | 600 | 2000 | 1000 | 400 | 1400 |
| HPS | 700 | 600 | 1300 | 600 | 400 | 1000 |
