RTI Reveals Yogi Govt Spent No Money On Centre’s Maternity Scheme
U.P. was sanctioned a whopping chunk – over ₹336 crore – out of a total ₹2,049 crore.
In Uttar Pradesh, not even a single penny is spent on PM’s scheme for pregnant and lactating women. As India’s most populous state, U.P. has the highest number of women enrolled under this scheme. However, none of them have received any assistance under the scheme, reported news agency IANS.
Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) launched in 2010 under the UPA-II, was renamed by the Modi government as The Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana (PMMVY). The Modi government implemented it as a pan-India scheme on 31 December 2016.
For the scheme, U.P. was sanctioned a whopping chunk – over ₹336 crore – out of a total ₹2,049 crore allotted to all 29 states and 9 Union Territories.
According to a reply by the Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry, under the scheme, only 184 women have enrolled in U.P. – out of 44 lakh women across the country, since the the scheme was announced in January 2017.
The RTI revealed that across the country, around 34 lakh women benefitted from the scheme, but not even a single one of them is from Uttar Pradesh.
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