Employment & Welfare Schemes (Part – II)

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 provides for 26 weeks paid maternity leave to the working women for the first two children. Women, who are expecting after having two children, get a reduced 12 weeks paid maternity leave. The maternity leave can be availed 8 weeks before the expected date of delivery. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect while statement 3 is correct. As per the Amendment Act, every establishment with more than 50 employees provide for creche facilities for working mothers and such mothers will be permitted to make four visits during working hours to look after and feed the child in the creche. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.

Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) was launched in April, 2005 by modifying and replacing the National Meternity Benefit Scherme (NMBS). JSY is a safe motherhood intervention under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). It is a centrally sponsored scheme which is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and infant mortality by promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women. Under the JSY, eligible pregnant women are entitled for cash assistance irrespective of the age of mother and number of children for giving birth in a government or accredited private health facility. The scheme focusses on poor pregnant women with a special dispensation for States that have low institutional delivery rates.

Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) was launched in April, 2005 by modifying and replacing the National Meternity Benefit Scherme (NMBS). JSY is a safe motherhood intervention under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). It is a centrally sponsored scheme which is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and infant mortality by promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women. Under the JSY, eligible pregnant women are entitled for cash assistance irrespective of the age of mother and number of children for giving birth in a government or accredited private health facility. The scheme focusses on poor pregnant women with a special dispensation for States that have low institutional delivery rates.

Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) was launched in April, 2005 by modifying and replacing the National Meternity Benefit Scherme (NMBS). JSY is a safe motherhood intervention under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). It is a centrally sponsored scheme which is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and infant mortality by promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women. Under the JSY, eligible pregnant women are entitled for cash assistance irrespective of the age of mother and number of children for giving birth in a government or accredited private health facility. The scheme focusses on poor pregnant women with a special dispensation for States that have low institutional delivery rates. Reimbursement of salary-loss during pregnancy and confinement is not provided under this scheme.

Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) was launched in April, 2005 by modifying and replacing the National Meternity Benefit Scherme (NMBS). JSY is a safe motherhood intervention under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). It is a centrally sponsored scheme which is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and infant mortality by promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women. Under the JSY, eligible pregnant women are entitled for cash assistance irrespective of the age of mother and number of children for giving birth in a government or accredited private health facility. The scheme focusses on poor pregnant women with a special dispensation for States that have low institutional delivery rates. Reimbursement of salary-loss during pregnancy and confinement is not provided under this scheme. Statement 2 and 3 are incorrect while Statement 1 and 4 are incorrect in relation to Janani Suraksha Yojana.

Government of India has launched 'Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram' (JSSK) on 1st June, 2011. It is an initiative to provide completely free and cashless healthcare services to pregnant women including normal deliveries and cesarean operations and sick new born (up to 30 days after birth) in Government health institutions to both rural and urban areas.

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is the renamed and revamped version of Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana under which government provides conditional financial aid through DBT to the pregnant and lactating mothers for the first live birth (and also for the second live birth if the born child is girl). The main objective of this scheme is to promote the use of appropriate methods, care and services during pregnancy, safe delivery and lactation period to improve the health and nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women and their infants (0-6 months).

Integrated Rural Energy Programme (IREP), was implemented to provide for minimum domestic energy need for cooking, heating and lighting purposes to rural people in selected village clusters in each district, with focus on renewable energy, while Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) and Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) were income generating programmes for women.

'MAA' (Mother's Absolute Affection) is a nationwide programme of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in an attempt to bring undiluted focus on promotion of breastfeeding and provision of counselling services for supporting breastfeeding through health systems. The goal of the 'MAA' programme is to revitalise efforts towards promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding practices through health systems to achieve higher breastfeeding rates.

The full form of ABC index is 'Achievements of Babies and Children index". The ABC index is an unweighted average of the four indicators related to well-being and health of children. These four indicators are:

Survival, Immunization, Nutrition and Schooling. Each indicator is measured in percentage terms, and can be roughly interpreted as the probability that an average child in the relevant state achieves a particular goal: survival until age five, full immunization, adequate nourishment and school participation, respectively. As three out of four indicators are directly related to the health of children, option (c) is the most appropriate answer.