Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana Completes Nine years

On January 1, 2026, the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), a flagship maternity benefit scheme of the Government of India (GoI), completed nine years of implementation, marking a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to support pregnant women and lactating mothers.

About Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY):

Overview: The PMMVY is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD), launched on January 01, 2017.

NSFA: The scheme is being implemented as per provisions under Section 4 of the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013.

Purpose: The scheme aims to provide financial support to pregnant and lactating mothers to improve maternal wellbeing by ensuring safe delivery, reduced malnutrition, and wage loss during pregnancy.

• It provides free meals, during pregnancy and six months after the childbirth, through the local Anganwadi is envisaged so as to meet the nutritional standards.

Mission Shakti: The scheme launched in 2022, combines various schemes for women’s empowerment, including financial support and safety.

• PMMVY was brought under the Samarthya component of Mission Shakti, which focuses on economic empowerment and financial inclusion for women.

Funding Pattern: It is implemented with a funding ratio of 60:40 between Centre and State Governments (SG) and Union Territories (UTs) with legislature except North East (NE) & Special Category States where the ratio is 90:10.

• For UTs without a legislature, 100% funding will be provided by the Central Government (CG).

Ineligible beneficiaries: All pregnant women and lactating mothers in regular employment with the CG or SG or Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force shall not be entitled to benefits under PMMVY.

Benefit: The benefit is available to a woman for the first two living children provided the second child is a girl.

• In case of the first child the amount of Rs 5000 in two instalments and for the second child, the benefit of Rs 6000 will be provided subject to the second child being a girl child in one instalment after the birth.

Instalments: The cash incentive is provided in 2 instalments.

• 1st Instalment: The 1st instalment of Rs 3,000 is provided on registration of pregnancy and at least one Antenatal checkup within six months from last menstrual period date at the Anganwadi Centre or approved Health facilities.
• 2nd Instalment: The 2nd instalment of Rs 2,000 is provided when the child is registered and has received all due vaccines till the age of 14 weeks as admissible under the Universal Immunization Programme of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

Mode of Benefit Transfer: The scheme provides financial assistance directly to beneficiaries’ bank or post office accounts through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), supporting nutrition, medical checkups, and overall maternal health during pregnancy and after childbirth.

Beneficiary Reach & Disbursement: As of December 2025, the scheme has enrolled over 4.05 crore beneficiaries, with more than Rs.19,000 crore disbursed to support maternal health and nutrition.

Monitoring & Supervision: The implementation of PMMVY is closely monitored at national, state, district, block/project, and village levels through the PMMVY Software (PMMVYSoft), which was launched in March 2023.

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