Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan

Context

As of now, 6.19 crore pregnant women were tested under Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA).

About Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)

• Launched in June 2016, it’s a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
• It became designed to provide assured, complete, and exceptional antenatal care (ANC) services free of cost to all pregnant women on the ninth of every month, especially throughout the second and third trimesters.
• The PMSMA aligns with the broader desires of the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health plus Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) approach underneath the National Health Mission (NHM).
• This has caused a widespread development in India’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), which declined from one hundred thirty according to lakh live births in 2014-16 to 80 per lakh live births in 2021-23—a reduction of 50 points.

Extended PMSMA (E-PMSMA)

• About: Launched in 2022 to ensure tracing and monitoring of High-Risk Pregnant (HRP) women until a secure transport is completed by provisioning monetary incentivization for the diagnosed HRP women.
• Features: Name-based line listing of HRPs.
  • Provision of additional PMSMA Session (Max 4 cases in a month).
  • Individual tracking of HRP as much as a healthful final result (until 45th day after delivery).
  • SMS alert to beneficiary as well as to the ASHA for registration of HRP & comply with-up visits.

Integration with National Health Policies

• Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY): Launched to incentivize institutional deliveries via conditional cash transfers. This scheme has benefitted over 11.07 crore women as of March 2025.
• Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK): Launched to promote free institutional delivery and neonatal care. More than 16.60 crore beneficiaries had been served since 2014–15.
• LaQshya: Initiative for enhancing quality care in labour rooms.
• Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN): Launched to reinforce respectful and best take care of pregnant women. 90,015 SUMAN health facilities were notified across the country by March 2025.
• POSHAN Abhiyaan: Launched to target the most vulnerable—children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers—by revamping the nutrition services. As of present, there are 6.97 crore Poshan Pakhwadas across the country.
• Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY): Launched to promote institutional transport and ensure maternal health, the scheme provides direct cash benefits of ₹5,000 to pregnant and lactating women.

Source: The BS

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