A nationwide program called the Janani Sahayogi Yojana was launched by the government to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates especially in the rural sector. It seeks to promote institutional deliveries which would involve safer medical methods during childbirth. A larger portion of the country still depends on inadequate and unhealthy methods of domicile maternal care , which turns out to be the primary reason for deaths during childbirths. However under this program the government provides financial aid to assure that expectant mothers who are unable to afford institutional maternity care, post and prior to child birth.
A recent report said that the Madhya Pradesh government is planning to include women below poverty line in this scheme. A huge amount is sanctioned starting from pre-natal checkups, to sonography , to C-section. This was published in the centralchronicle.com.
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