Objectives
- reduction of MMR
- reduction of Neonatal mortality
- promote institutional delivery
- support vulnerable women
Features
- 100% centrally sponsored
- cash assisstance
- post delivery healthcare services
- ASHA Workers as community level healthcare facilitators by creating awareness, arranging institutional delivery, supporting antenatal care
- DBT
Challenges
- rising delivery expenditure in hospitals
- poor healthcare infra (<50% women utilize scheme)
- limited antenatal care uptake
- regional disparity: few districts perform poorly