Description: Provides free health checkups to pregnant women on the 9th of every month.
Benefits: Free diagnostic, essential medicines, and nutritional counseling.
Eligibility: All pregnant women (especially in 2nd and 3rd trimesters).
How to Apply: Visit the nearest government hospital/health center on the 9th of each month. No separate online application.
Description: Provides financial assistance to pregnant women for institutional deliveries.
Benefits: ₹700 to ₹1,400 for delivery and postnatal care.
Eligibility: Pregnant women below the poverty line (BPL) and aged 19 years or above.
How to Apply: Register during antenatal visits at government hospitals or through ASHA workers.
https://nhm.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=3&sublinkid=841&lid=309
Description: Financial aid for people suffering from major life-threatening diseases.
Benefits: Help with treatment expenses (not exclusive to pregnancy but can assist complications).
Eligibility: Residents of Assam.
How to Apply: Apply through hospital authorities or local health offices.
Description: National campaign to deworm children and adolescents (pregnant women also advised deworming post-first trimester).
Benefits: Free deworming tablets.
Eligibility: All children 1-19 years; pregnant women can participate after the first trimester.
How to Apply: Schools and Anganwadi centers distribute deworming tablets.
https://nhm.gov.in/index4.php?lang=1&level=0&linkid=431&lid=469
(Another name for PMMVY - mentioned below.)
Description: Campaign to save the girl child and promote girl child education.
Benefits: Awareness and several incentives tied with girl child birth.
Eligibility: All citizens, focus on districts with low child sex ratios.
How to Apply: No direct cash benefit - awareness-driven through Anganwadi workers.
Description: Welfare of children in difficult circumstances.
Benefits: Institutional care, foster care, sponsorship.
Eligibility: For children; however, indirect benefit to newborns and young mothers needing protection.
How to Apply: Through Child Welfare Committees (CWC).
Description: BCG vaccination for newborns to protect against tuberculosis.
Benefits: Free vaccination at government hospitals.
Eligibility: All newborns.
How to Apply: Directly available at birth in hospitals.
Description: Free medicines for pregnant women under National Health Mission (NHM).
Benefits: Essential pregnancy drugs at no cost.
Eligibility: All women availing services in public health facilities.
How to Apply: Visit the nearest government hospital.
Description: Umbrella program for improving healthcare services for mothers and children.
Benefits: Antenatal care, immunization, institutional deliveries.
Eligibility: All citizens, particularly pregnant women and newborns.
How to Apply: Access services through government health centers.
Description: Free dialysis services for BPL patients.
Benefits: Dialysis treatment (not directly maternity-related).
Eligibility: BPL families, kidney failure patients.
How to Apply: Visit listed government hospitals.
Description: Daycare facilities for children of working mothers.
Benefits: Nutrition, healthcare, education at crèches.
Eligibility: Children 6 months to 6 years.
How to Apply: Apply through approved NGOs or WCD departments.
https://wcd.nic.in/schemes/rajiv-gandhi-national-creche-scheme-working-mothers
Description: Early identification and intervention for children with health conditions.
Benefits: Free treatment and health screening from birth to 18 years.
Eligibility: All children, including newborns.
How to Apply: Screening through Anganwadi centers, schools, health centers.
https://nhm.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=2&sublinkid=1084&lid=153
Description: Not a separate scheme, but a part of every pregnancy program (ANC 2+ checkups are mandatory for benefits like PMMVY, JSY).
Benefits: Health monitoring, early risk detection.
Eligibility: All pregnant women.
How to Apply: Visit the nearest government hospital for scheduled ANC visits.
Description: Initial name for PMMVY when it was launched; now merged into PMMVY.
Benefits: ₹5,000 direct cash transfer to pregnant and lactating mothers.
Eligibility: First living child; aged 19 years and above.
How to Apply: Apply online via PMMVY CAS portal or through Anganwadi workers.
Description: Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for pregnant women for wage loss compensation.
Benefits: ₹5,000 in three installments directly to the beneficiary's bank account.
Eligibility:
Pregnant and lactating women for their first child.
Should be 19 years or older.
How to Apply:
Visit Anganwadi center/approved health center.
Fill PMMVY application form (available offline or via center).
Link your Aadhaar card, bank account.
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Scheme |
Application Process |
Official Link |
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PMSMA |
Visit govt health center on 9th |
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JSY |
Register via ASHA worker |
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Assam Arogya Nidhi |
Apply via hospital |
|
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National Deworming Day |
Get tablet at Anganwadi |
|
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Beti Bachao Beti Padhao |
Awareness; no application |
|
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Child Protection Services |
Through CWC |
|
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Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme |
NGO/WCD department |
|
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Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram |
Through Anganwadi |
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PMMVY |
Apply through Anganwadi/online |
Always visit the nearest Anganwadi center or government hospital to get assistance for applying.
Keep documents ready: Aadhaar Card, Bank Account, Pregnancy Registration card, and Mobile number.
Use government websites only for online applications.