Parliament Question: Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan

GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 94 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5TH DECEMBER, 2025 SWASTH NARI SASHAKT PARIVAR ABHIYAAN *94. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

SHRI NALIN SOREN:

Will the MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to

state:

(a) the objectives/focus areas of the Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan and its health outcomes particularly in improving maternal health indicators, State/UT-wise and district-wise;

(b) the manner in which the Abhiyaan is being implemented in convergence with health and nutrition initiatives alongwith district specific strategies in aspirational districts/regions;

(c) the number of beneficiaries registered/amount disbursed under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) till November 2025, State/UT-wise including Dumka district of Jharkhand;

(d) the steps taken to strengthen services at Anganwadi Centres including capacity building, monitoring through Poshan Tracker, infrastructure upgradation/service delivery improvement, State-wise;

(e) whether the Government proposes any additional initiatives to enhance outreach, nutritional awareness/maternal-child health services for women in rural, tribal and backward regions of the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and

(f) whether Baghpat Parliamentary Constituency is covered thereunder, if so, the details thereof and if not, proposed timeline for inclusion? ANSWER THE MINISTER OFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a)to (f) AStatement is laid on the Table of the House.STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLYTO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.94 FOR 5TH DECEMBER, 2025

(a) The “Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan (SNSPA)” campaign was conducted between the period of 17th September 2025 to 2nd October 2025 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD). It aimed at strengthening healthcare services for women and children across India, with a focus on improving access, quality care, and awareness through Jan Bhagidaari.

The following activities have been conducted during the campaign:  19.7 lakh countrywide dedicated health camps with a footfall of more than 11 crores on all healthcare platforms to provide screenings and specialist and telemedicine services, including counselling activities.

 Provision of medical and health services for women including check-up for ENT, Eye, Dental check-up.  Promoting healthy lifestyles such as reducing obesity, local and regional food, distribution of Take Home Ration (THR).

 Focusing on women's health, including screenings for oral, breast and cervical cancer, anaemia, hypertension, diabetes, tuberculosis and sickle cell diseases.  Providing maternal and child health services, such as antenatal care (ANC) checkups and immunization and Early Childhood Care and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices.

 Raising awareness about nutrition, menstrual hygiene, and mental health.  Active participation of citizens for voluntary blood donation, Nikshay Mitra Volunteer and organ donor registration.  Distribution of digital cards and special registration including Mother and Child Protection (MCP) Card, Sickle Cell card, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

(PMMVY) enrolment and registration of beneficiary on POSHAN Tracker.  Poshan Maah was also observed at Anganwadis to promote nutrition, health awareness, and overall well-being during the SNSPA.

The State/UT-wise coverage of SNSPAis placed at Annexure-I and II.

(b) The Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan was implemented throughout the country with close convergence of various Ministries as stakeholders to ensure comprehensive service delivery for women, adolescents, and children at the grassroots level. The printed information Education and Communication (IEC) in regional languageswasprovidedtomaximizetheoutreachduringthecampaign.In additionto theprovisionof comprehensive screening,counselling, dedicatedcamps, and specialist services provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(MoHFW), the key activities of Ministry of Women and Child Development

(MoWCD) are given as under:  Promoting healthy local dietary practices and sustainable food systems.  Raising awareness about maternal and child nutrition, and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices.

 Encouraging reduced consumption of oil and sugar to combat obesity.  Integrating early childhood care and education initiatives (Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi).  A special registration drive for the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

(PMMVY) (a maternity benefit program) to ensure eligible pregnant and lactating mothers receive cash incentives.

(c) As per the information received from Ministry of Women and Child Development

(MoWCD), the number of beneficiaries registered and amount disbursed under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), State/UT wise and Jharkhand including Dumka district from 1st January 2017 till 30th November 2025, is placed at Annexure-III.

(d) As per the information provided by Ministry of Women and Child Development

(MoWCD), various steps taken to strengthen services at Anganwadi Centres (AWCs)

are given as under:  Regular field-level training/workshops conducted for Anganwadi Workers

(AWWs) regarding use of the Poshan Tracker.  Continuous capacity building and on-the-job learning through self-learning videos featured on Poshan Tracker.  Poshan Tracker for dynamic and near real-time data on various Anganwadi services for monitoring and transparency.

 Facial Recognition System (FRS) for the distribution of Take-Home Ration ciary registered in Poshan Tracker to improve fi to the inteneded ben last-mile service delivery.  The Community Based Events (CBEs) and Jan Andolans were conducted during Poshan Maah to supplement the service delivery efforts.

(e) to (f) Under National Health Mission (NHM) Government of India implements several initiatives to enhance outreach, nutritional awareness/maternal-child health services, for women all over the country including rural, tribal and backward regions, covering the Baghpat Parliamentary Constituency as well.1.81 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) have enabled States/UTs to extend a broader package of services closer to community, particularly in underserved districts including regular screening at AAM and outreach camps at the community level for hard to reach areas for various health activities. Outreach camps are regularly held for conducting immunization activities and anemia testing activities as well.

Under the Mission Poshan 2.0 strategy, reduction in malnutrition and improvement of health, wellness and immunity is undertaken through activities like community engagement, outreach, behavioural change, and advocacy.Annexure-I India and State/UT-wise number of Pregnant Women provided Antenatal Care (ANC) check-ups, counselling on Menstrual Hygiene for Adolescent and individual counselling for anemia and women screened for haemoglobin during the SNSPA.

S. State/UT Total Number of Counselli Haemoglob No. Antenatal Adolescent ng for in screening care Girls anaemia* for anaemia

(ANC) Counselled * in women** Footfalls* on Menstrual Hygiene* 96,53,020 1,16,62,39 Total 62,60,884 1,17,17,613 3 ANDAMAN 1 ANDNICOBAR 1,556 12,777 2,559 4,424 ISLANDS ANDHRA 2 1,28,446 1,70,792 1,37,883 1,53,587 PRADESH ARUNACHAL 3 2,858 5,872 505 813 PRADESH 4 ASSAM 1,08,980 1,06,062 18,419 21,055 5 BIHAR 10,43,679 12,79,710 1,19,224 1,37,494 6 CHANDIGARH 13,235 8,338 4,840 5,101 CHHATTISGA 7 1,91,093 2,12,121 65,877 70,468 RH 8 DELHI 18,715 1,0216 3,264 3,446 9 GOA 783 3,339 3,063 3,537 10 GUJARAT 27,046 3,86,659 3,00,350 1,50,205 11 HARYANA 2,39,286 3,01,361 1,78,504 1,79,963 HIMACHAL 12 40,512 1,38,183 3,05,195 4,18,424 PRADESH JAMMU AND 13 58,470 24,811 44,943 40,636 KASHMIR 14 JHARKHAND 1,89,537 6,88,209 29,498 36,226 15 KARNATAKA 2,06,738 3,05,535 1,42,697 1,61,182 16 KERALA 25,551 59,324 14,924 28,199 17 LADAKH 1,220 12,204 882 1,125 LAKSHADWE 18 701 792 376 723 EPMADHYA 19 4,34,931 14,50,468 4,53,6,786 43,09,736 PRADESH MAHARASHT 20 4,38,345 8,25,450 7,92,873 8,22,431 RA 21 MANIPUR 5,682 7,320 2,645 4,724 22 MEGHALAYA 22,161 44,258 16,962 17,979 23 MIZORAM 2,183 2,614 1,815 1,736 24 NAGALAND 3,819 6,268 6,972 6,219 25 ODISHA 1,52,093 6,56,832 7,80,562 10,49,416 26 PUDUCHERRY 2,028 9,177 15,450 20,415 27 PUNJAB 83,747 0 3,527 3,169 28 RAJASTHAN 5,97,400 9,15,500 20,50,515 20,55,777 29 SIKKIM 2,863 10,178 4,617 6,996 30 TAMILNADU 2,86,364 1,43,374 92,710 97,141 31 TELANGANA 77,745 1,65,025 2,15,334 1,99,034 THE DADRA & NAGAR 32 HAVELI & 18,103 16,348 12,826 20,088 DAMAN AND DIU 33 TRIPURA 8,458 19,783 4,476 4,143 UTTAR 34 15,72,620 14,46,203 15,44,123 14,70,424 PRADESH UTTARAKHAN 35 89,754 1,47,683 1,82,405 1,61,483 D WEST 36 1,64,182 60,234 24,792 50,094 BENGAL

Source: *RCH Portal; ** U-WIN PortalAnnexure-II India and State/UT-wise Women screened for Non-Communicable Disease (Hypertension, Diabetes, Oral cancer, Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer) during the SNSPA.

S.

Oral Breast Cervical N State/UT Hypertension Diabetes Cancer Cancer Cancer o.

Total 1,00,52,486 97,24,030 40,83,597 37,75,365 19,22,302 Andaman 1 and Nicobar 1,925 2,000 516 475 67 Islands Arunachal 2 5,594 5,538 4,380 4,192 1,260 Pradesh 3 Assam 1,13,467 1,15,462 29,386 29,299 14,123 4 Bihar 8,15,882 8,12,072 3,91,412 3,83,826 1,36,633 5 Chandigarh 12,403 12,554 1,764 1,804 2,052 6 Chhattisgarh 2,45,498 2,50,397 42,623 42,062 26,353 7 Delhi 17,009 16,835 15,935 15,433 2,704 8 Goa 6,766 7,009 5,151 5,084 235 9 Gujarat 4,05,406 4,12,054 33,423 37,501 25,165 10 Haryana 1,25,390 1,25,714 43,396 42,176 23,625 Himachal 11 1,58,343 1,58,822 26,830 26,044 9,024 Pradesh Jammu & 12 1,41,383 1,47,735 11,895 11,539 9,208 Kashmir 13 Jharkhand 1,30,356 1,29,936 65,527 61,577 20,720 14 Karnataka 2,04,340 2,12,119 31,439 31,187 26,295 15 Ladakh 4,843 5,173 446 490 552 16 Lakshadweep 189 193 70 66 30 Madhya 17 7,83,763 7,96,346 2,36,271 2,35,667 63,553 Pradesh 18 Maharashtra 9,62,007 10,01,607 4,08,376 3,99,739 2,10,406 19 Manipur 30,291 30,945 16,789 16,586 7,226 20 Meghalaya 20,386 20,809 11,766 11,821 3,915 21 Mizoram 3,086 3,096 436 438 536 22 Nagaland 4,110 3,820 2,282 2,265 324 23 Odisha 9,49,789 9,62,906 3,53,997 3,50,257 1,58,794S.

Oral Breast Cervical N State/UT Hypertension Diabetes Cancer Cancer Cancer o.

24 Puducherry 1,272 1,271 922 782 431 25 Punjab 79,608 82,758 51,890 50,818 39,250 26 Rajasthan 2,84,167 2,87,654 1,17,928 1,12,826 27,693 27 Sikkim 3,544 3,841 1,371 1,412 547 28 Tripura 25,248 25,544 9,720 10,679 8,900 29 Uttarakhand 1,56,663 1,58,013 31,785 32,061 5,316 Andhara 30 5,54,400 5,28,622 3,13,089 3,05,892 1,90,793 Pradesh Dadar & 31 Nagar 48,378 49,273 44,492 45,372 30,713 Haweli 32 Tamil Nadu 11,99,182 9,46,566 5,60,326 4,10,487 2,47,472 33 Kerala 8,15,812 7,53,809 6,67,850 5,99,494 2,37,294 34 Telangana 5,28,395 4,74,019 2,02,609 1,59,429 1,40,411 35 Uttar Pradesh 8,55,514 8,45,777 2,30,478 2,35,978 2,41,550 36 West Bengal 3,58,077 3,33,741 1,17,027 1,00,607 9,132

Source: NCD PortalAnnexure-III India and State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries registered/benefits disbursed under PMMVY scheme since inception 1st January 2017 to 30th November 2025 S. State/UT# Beneficiary Beneficiary Amount Paid No. Enrolled Paid (at least one Instalment) Total 46,702,690 42,414,064 199,602,236,000 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR 1 ISLANDS 12,113 10,305 49,225,000 ANDHRA 2 PRADESH 2,119,718 1,949,377 9,061,997,000 ARUNACHAL 3 PRADESH 42,303 36,015 169,195,000 4 ASSAM 1,712,287 1,549,425 7,348,525,000 5 BIHAR 4,974,568 4,221,899 19,151,331,000 6 CHANDIGARH 43,176 41,186 185,116,000 7 CHHATTISGARH 1,301,483 1,229,262 5,799,401,000 8 DELHI 640,090 579,079 2,726,480,000 9 GOA 39,121 35,250 172,335,000 10 GUJARAT 1,897,838 1,735,695 8,083,698,000 11 HARYANA 1,064,468 1,016,062 4,948,025,000 HIMACHAL 12 PRADESH 376,095 352,792 1,711,489,000 JAMMU AND 13 KASHMIR 547,110 501,144 2,433,195,000 14 JHARKHAND 1,211,468 1,131,871 5,293,752,000 15 KARNATAKA 3,170,358 3,035,160 14,821,384,000 16 KERALA 1,307,105 1,234,864 5,887,467,000 17 LADAKH 9,529 8,874 43,237,000 18 LAKSHADWEEP 3,455 3,061 13,168,000 MADHYA 19 PRADESH 5,013,498 4,810,973 23,115,540,000 20 MAHARASHTRA 4,423,837 4,169,634 19,810,893,000 21 MANIPUR 103,261 91,559 456,388,000 22 MEGHALAYA 83,197 75,167 351,511,000 23 MIZORAM 52,681 46,958 233,521,000 24 NAGALAND 55,817 49,272 248,049,00025 ODISHA 86,954 66,858 200,582,000 26 PUDUCHERRY 48,390 45,656 222,371,000 27 PUNJAB 871,634 808,495 3,959,432,000 28 RAJASTHAN 3,104,228 2,923,645 13,805,379,000 29 SIKKIM 29,384 20,010 94,415,000 30 TAMILNADU 2,208,928 1,951,638 10,322,814,000 THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND 31 DIU 30,014 28,470 134,637,000 32 TRIPURA 157,959 146,131 699,755,000 33 UTTARPRADESH 7,028,008 6,424,752 28,556,389,000 34 UTTARAKHAND 484,372 445,520 2,100,490,000 35 WESTBENGAL 2,448,243 1,638,005 7,391,050,000

Source: Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD). # PMMVYis not implemented in the State of Telangana *****