A Research Paper on Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana' (PMMVY)

Under-nutrition adversely affects majority of women in India. Every third woman is undernourished and every second woman is anemic. An undernourished mother almost certainly gives birth to a low birth weight baby. When poor nutrition starts in-utero, it extends throughout the life cycle since the changes are largely irreparable. Due to economic and social sufferings, many women continue to work to earn a living for their family right up to the last days of their pregnancy. Furthermore, they resume working soon after childbirth, even though their bodies might not be capable of doing the task, thus preventing their bodies from fully recovering on one hand, and also obstructing their ability to exclusively breastfeed their young infant in the first six months. The Maternity Benefit Programme has been implemented from 1st January 2017 in all the districts of India in accordance with the provision of the National Food Security Act, 2013. The programme is named as '˜Pradhan MantriMatruVandanaYojana' (PMMVY). The present paper provides an insight of the PMMVY. Prof. Vinayak R Gramopadhye | Prof. Milind M Samudre"A Research Paper on Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana' (PMMVY)" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-3 , April 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd11620.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/management/other/11620/a-research-paper-on-pradhan-mantri-matru-vandana-yojana'-pmmvy/prof-vinayak-r-gramopadhye