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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UN-STARRED QUESTION No. 2205
ANSWERED ON 31.07.2026
FINANCIAL BENEFITS UNDER PMMVY
2205. SHRI RAJU BISTA:
Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of women enrolled/actively receiving financial benefits under the Pradhan
Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) in West Bengal, during the last three years,
year-wise and district-wise; and
(b) the details of incentives/health services provided to women under PMMVY in the said
State?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)
(a) & (b) The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Pradhan Mantri Matru
Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) w.e.f. 01.01.2017 across 35 States and UTs in the country (excluding
Telangana, which is under process of onboarding on the PMMVY portal). PMMVY is a Centrally
Sponsored Maternity Benefit Scheme under which cash incentives of ₹5,000/- is provided directly
to the Bank/ Post Office account of the beneficiary in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode for first
child. The eligible beneficiaries receive the remaining cash incentive, as per approved norms
towards maternity benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana after institutional delivery, so that on an
average a woman gets ₹6,000/-. Cash incentive of ₹6,000/- is also provided under PMMVY to
eligible beneficiaries for second child subject to the second child being a girl.
The objectives of PMMVY are to provide cash incentive for partial compensation for the wage
loss so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first child; and to
improve health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM).
The scheme also seeks to promote positive behavioural change towards girl child by providing
additional cash incentive for the second child, if that is a girl child.The district-wise number of beneficiaries enrolled and paid in the State of West Bengal under
PMMVY since inception (from 01.01.2017) till 31.03.2026 is as under:
S. No District Beneficiaries enrolled Beneficiaries Paid
1 24 PARAGANAS NORTH 1,66,465 1,06,497
2 24 PARAGANAS SOUTH 2,09,719 1,30,325
3 ALIPURDUAR 49,240 38,369
4 BANKURA 1,23,490 84,907
5 BIRBHUM 1,13,048 73,029
6 COOCHBEHAR 97,371 59,285
7 DARJEELING 14,901 8,877
8 DINAJPUR DAKSHIN 61,951 44,647
9 DINAJPUR UTTAR 74,687 47,400
10 HOOGHLY 1,40,034 92,210
11 HOWRAH 1,06,450 68,154
12 JALPAIGURI 63,873 44,407
13 JHARGRAM 29,463 19,552
14 KALIMPONG 2,750 2,034
15 KOLKATA 3,956 2,332
16 MALDAH 1,35,773 87,746
17 MEDINIPUR EAST 2,05,630 1,42,155
18 MEDINIPUR WEST 1,75,551 1,33,188
19 MURSHIDABAD 3,08,342 2,01,933
20 NADIA 1,45,087 95,215
21 PASCHIM BARDHAMAN 29,307 17,761
22 PURBA BARDHAMAN 1,50,632 1,05,542
23 PURULIA 66,417 32,440
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