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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UN-STARRED QUESTION No. 3520
TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2026
IMPLEMENTATION OF PMMVY
3520. SHRI ESWARASAMY K:
Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) whether maternity benefits under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) are
being implemented as a legal entitlement under Section 4 of the National Food Security
Act, 2013 for all eligible pregnant and lactating women, if so, the details thereof;
(b) the details of beneficiaries covered, funds allocated/disbursed along with the current
percentage of effective coverage under the scheme during the last three financial years,
State/UT-wise;
(c) whether the delays in disbursement and Aadhaar-based verification issues are affecting
eligible women, if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the details of the corrective measures being taken to simplify application processes,
strengthen digital systems and ensure timely disbursal of benefits to all eligible women,
including those in rural and remote regions?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)
(a) The National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) provides that subject to such schemes
as may be framed by the Central Government, every Pregnant Women & Lactating Mother
(PW&LM), except those who are in regular employment with the Central Government or State
Government or Public Sector Undertaking or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under
any law for the time being in force, shall be entitled to maternity benefit of not less than rupees
six thousand, in such instalments as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has notified Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana
Yojana Rules, 2022 (PMMVY Rules) under sub-section 3 of Section 39 of NFSA on 22nd
December, 2022.
Under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), maternal benefit of ₹5,000/- is
provided to eligible Pregnant Women & lactating Mothers (PW&LM) during the period of
pregnancy and lactation. The eligible beneficiary also receives the remaining cash incentive as
per approved norms towards maternity benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) after
institutional delivery so that on an average, a woman gets ₹6,000/-.(b) The number of beneficiaries paid and funds disbursed under PMMVY from
01.04.2022 till 09.03.2026 is placed at Annexure.
(c) PMMVY is a DBT compliant scheme under which funds are directly transferred to
Aadhar seeded bank/ post office account of the beneficiary, ideally within 30 days of successful
enrolment on the PMMVY Portal. Under PMMVY Scheme, Aadhar based Verification has
been mandatory since 01.04.2023. Further, Aadhar-based biometric verification through facial
authentication has been made mandatory from May 21, 2025 for all new enrolments under
PMMVY.
(d) In recent times, the Government of India has taken several corrective measures to
simplify application processes, strengthen digital systems and ensure timely disbursal of
benefits to eligible women, including those in rural and remote regions. Some of these are as
under:
i. New portal for PMMVY, which is completely paperless was launched in March
2023. As per earlier Guideline, physical forms were required to be filled and
uploaded in the earlier PMMVY-CAS portal for onward process. In new
system, physical application forms have been eliminated and complete online
solution has been given.
ii. Payments are through Adhaar Bridge Payment System [ABPS] as PMMVY
portal is enabled for Aadhar-based biometric verification (by means of facial
recognition) to confirm identity details of the applicants.
iii. All the mandatory provisions like Aadhaar verification, DBT enablement of
bank account etc. are checked at the time of registration for faster processing.
iv. Search and Track Status for all enrolled beneficiaries to check the approval and
payment status of their applications.
v. Grievance Lodging and status module for all citizens to lodge any PMMVY
related grievance. The Module directly sends the grievance to the implementing
authorities thus saving time and leads to swifter resolution.
vi. PMMVY toll-free and multi lingual helpline (1515) is available for PMMVY
related enquiries and grievances. For transparency purposes, the Applicants/
beneficiaries receive SMS in one of the 12 languages at different stages such as
registration of application, rejection of registration, payment etc.
vii. PMMVY Portal is LGD complaint till AWC level. LGD Seeding is introduced
up to State/District/Block/ Village/GP/Ward level.
viii. Open API allows the freedom to share data with other Central and State
Ministry/Department.
ix. MIS Data can be generated at State/ District/ Block/ Village/ Ward/ Project/
Sector/ Anganwadi level for detailed monitoring/ analysis.
x. PMMVY will be used by Anganwadi/ ASHA workers for data centric
operations and viewing reports.
xi. Available database of the PW&LM from Poshan Tracker is used to create a
“Due List” of potential beneficiaries on PMMVY Portal accessible at
AWW/ASHA level.
*****ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3520 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2026 RAISED BY
SHRI ESWARASAMY K, HON’BLE MP, LOK SABHA REGARDING
“IMPLEMENTATION OF PMMVY”.
Amount Disbursed
Sl. No. State/UT Beneficiaries Paid
(₹ in Cr.)
1 A&N Islands 5,069 1.95
2 Andhra Pradesh 10,52,936 437.07
3 Arunachal Pradesh 16,871 7.14
4 Assam 8,22,031 354.69
5 Bihar 20,29,218 850.92
6 Chandigarh 18,040 7.53
7 Chhattisgarh 9,24,892 339.73
8 DNHDD 20,860 7.69
9 Delhi 3,27,272 140.35
10 Goa 22,273 8.92
11 Gujarat 12,41,909 450.26
12 Haryana 5,46,772 231.13
13 Himachal Pradesh 1,95,092 78.40
14 Jammu and Kashmir 3,20,351 129.09
15 Jharkhand 6,86,244 259.01
16 Karnataka 21,40,436 863.03
17 Kerala 6,22,707 244.50
18 Ladakh 6,020 2.47
19 Lakshadweep 2,330 0.82
20 Madhya Pradesh 29,56,388 1,089.92
21 Maharashtra 21,36,567 840.65
22 Manipur 45,989 21.79
23 Meghalaya 41,281 19.22
24 Mizoram 23,812 10.19
25 Nagaland 25,343 12.31
26 Odisha 94,883 28.46
27 Puducherry 25,977 10.35
28 Punjab 5,10,336 217.58
29 Rajasthan 20,13,852 718.20
30 Sikkim 11,345 4.64
31 Tamil Nadu 14,17,773 466.56
32 Tripura 99,136 38.15
33 Uttar Pradesh 23,41,940 1,071.17
34 Uttarakhand 3,05,037 112.91
35 West Bengal 8,68,049 394.17
Total 2,39,19,031 9,470.93
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