INTERVIEW FOR CSE 2019
All ForumIAS members selected for CSE 2019 Personality Test must submit their details and DAF and register below to receive further instructions and guidance from ForumIAS. Click here to register now
INTERVIEW 2020 CHANNEL
ForumIAS Channel for Interview Preparation is now Active! Please join the channel by clicking here
We are hiring!

Difference between Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana and Janani Suraksha Yojana?

edited March 2013 in Polity & Governance
Both are targeted at pregnant mothers and new borns.What's the difference and can one avail both or any one?

Comments

  • edited March 2013

    Janani Suraksha Yojana

    - is a scheme under the Health Ministry's National Rural Health Mission
    - Janani = child bearer, pregnant woman ; Suraksha = protection/safety ; Yojana = Scheme
    - has to do with hospitals - logical; since it is under Health Ministry.
    How do you provide safety to a pregnant woman?
    - its primary goal is to reduce the maternal mortality rate - both pre-natal and post-natal.
    - it tries to achieve this by promoting institutional delivery

    Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana

    - is a more holistic plan of the Women & Child Development Ministry
    - concerns both jachcha & bachcha = mother & child. ; as the name of Ministry suggests
    - Matritva = Mother's ; Sahyog = Contribution, help
    - How do you help a mother?
    - by providing her compensation (help) for wage loss due to childbirth (not just during pregnancy, but until child is of some years where mother has to still look after the child)
    - it seeks to do so by

    Cash Transfer(biggest difference; remembering point)

    -( not given to those women who get paid maternity leave i.e, working women)
    -benefits available for first two live births - ( think - wont it be misused to get money in villages - the entire two-child policy will fail then )
    -So the mata has the money. Now what?
    - Tell her how to spend the money on a) Nutritious food b) Child care c)Inform about various vaccines.

    If it helps, leave a thank you :-)

    @ Moderators, it is in fact a good idea to create new topics for new questions. That way others will also be able to find it via Google and otherwise. Such questions would otherwise get lost in long threads. For people seeking guidance (posts like "plz help; please guide"), i.e, personalised solutions (which is increasing at a fast pace), it is better to have it in single thread.
  • very lucid answer. a big thank you @Neyawn.

    Not only helped me in understanding the difference between above two schemes but also taught me how to remember points in a logical,question-answer way.Will try this method in remembering other schemes too.One more heartful thanks :)
  • I just learnt the answer not only for this question but for several other things :) A million thanks :)
Sign In or Join to comment.

Welcome!

We are a secret self-moderated community for Civil Services preparation. Feel free to join, start a discussion, answer a question or just to say Thank you.

Just dont spread the word ;)

Sign in or join with Facebook or Google