Do You Know About These Government Health Schemes For Women In India?

1. Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana

This is a program that offers maternity benefits to women. It was introduced in 2010 and is implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Its benefits are transferred for lactating and pregnant women who are at least 19 years of age and older for their first childbirth. It also offers guidelines for safe birth as well as child care and nutrition. Apart from covering the losses in wages that will be experienced by women who give birth.

2. Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan

This program is aimed to provide essential medical treatment for pregnant women during their pregnancies for 3-6 months in semi-urban, under-served, rural, and poor regions. As part of the scheme, check-ups are scheduled at medical centers, private and government hospitals, as well as private clinics on the 9th day of each month. All the tests are undertaken free of charge, which comprises blood pressure, glucose levels, weight, hemoglobin tests, screening tests, and blood tests.

3. Janani Suraksha Yojana Janani Suraksha Yojana

This health scheme is 100% funded by the Government of India through the National Health Mission to facilitate the entire population of BPL, SC, and ST Pregnant Women to give birth in government health centers/ institutions and to decrease infant and maternal deaths. The program also provides pregnant women from BPL, SC & ST families with cash incentives of Rs. 700 for delivery in urban areas, Rs.600 for delivering via C-Section in private hospitals, along with Rs.1500. If any woman belonging to the above categories of pregnant women give birth at home, they are also given an incentive of Rs 500 in cash to cover their post-delivery wage loss.

4. Sanitease

As a measure to promote women’s hygiene and health, the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports had launched this program under “Swachhagraha.” This program aims to increase awareness of the use of sanitary napkins by girls and women, specifically in urban and rural schools.

5. Ayushman Bharat Yojana scheme

The Ayushman Bharat Pradhanmantri Jan Arogya Yojana was introduced in 2018 as a centrally-sponsored program, jointly funded by the Union government of India as well as state governments to provide health insurance coverage to all those with low incomes in India. Some of the salient features of PMJAY are coverage of Rs.5 lakh per family per year for medical treatment, pre-hospitalization of 3 days, and post-hospitalization of 5 days, in addition to reimbursing the cost of diagnostics and expenses towards medicines. Not only but the scheme also provides coverage for pre-existing medical conditions for which the beneficiary can undertake medical treatment at any impaneled hospital anywhere in the country.

6. Employees State Insurance Scheme (ESIC)

The ESIC was established in 1950 by the Indian government. It was specifically created for the working community to get health insurance and safeguard against health-related issues like temporary or permanent incapacity, sickness, fatalities due to injuries sustained in the workplace that could result in a losing income for their families.
Medical benefits, maternity benefits, sickness benefits, disability benefits, dependents benefit, funeral costs, and rehabilitation allowances are some of the facilities extended to more than three crore beneficiaries who are registered under ESIC. Not only this, people who have registered for ESIC have the right to receive medical treatment for themselves as well as their dependents at ESI centers, which are located throughout the major cities in India.