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What is the Matru Vandana Yojana, about which Sonia Gandhi asked sharp questions to the government?


Published on 2025-03-27 14:00:49 - Newspoint
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  • Sonia Gandhi asked sharp questions to the government regarding the Prime Minister's Matru Vandana Yojana. Know what this scheme is and how women get benefits from it. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana: Congress's strong leader and Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi has asked sharp questions to the central government.

The Matru Vandana Yojana (MVY), also known as the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), is a maternity benefit program launched by the Indian government in 2017 to provide financial support to pregnant and lactating women for their first living child. The scheme aims to improve health-seeking behavior among these women, ensure proper nutrition, and reduce maternal and infant mortality rates. Under this program, eligible women receive a cash incentive of ₹5,000, which is disbursed in three installments upon fulfilling certain conditions like registration of pregnancy, antenatal care, and immunization of the child. During a recent parliamentary session, Sonia Gandhi, a prominent political figure, raised concerns about the scheme's implementation, questioning the government on the delays in fund disbursement and the actual benefits reaching the intended beneficiaries, highlighting issues of transparency and efficiency in the program's execution.

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