Previous Year Question
Consider the following statements in relation to Janani Suraksha Yojana:
It is a safe motherhood intervention of the State Health Departments.
Its objective is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality among poor pregnant women.
It aims to promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
Its objective includes providing public health facilities to sick infants up to one year of age.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Only one
Only two
Only three
All four
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe-motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission. It was launched on 12 April 2005. It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented throughout all States and Union Territories.
Statement 1 is incorrect. JSY is not merely an intervention of the State Health Departments. It is a centrally sponsored scheme implemented under the National Health Mission through the health systems of the Central and State Governments.
Statement 2 is correct. Its principal objective is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality among poor pregnant women. Institutional delivery provides access to trained health personnel, essential medicines, safe delivery procedures and treatment of complications.
Statement 3 is correct. JSY integrates cash assistance with delivery and post-delivery care to promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women. ASHA workers act as an effective link between pregnant women and the public-health system.
The scheme gives special attention to States that historically had low institutional-delivery rates. The Low Performing States identified under JSY included Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir.
In Low Performing States, the cash assistance generally payable to the mother for institutional delivery is:
₹1,400 in rural areas; and
₹1,000 in urban areas.
Statement 4 is incorrect. Free treatment, medicines, diagnostics, blood and transport at public-health institutions for sick infants up to one year of age are associated with the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram, not with the defined objective of JSY.