PM-SUMAN (Prime Minister Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan)

Context:

Ministry of Union Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to further boost PM SUMAN

PM SUMAN:

• PM SUMAN – A maternity benefit program that provides affordable healthcare services to pregnant women and newborns.
• Launched by – Ministry of Union Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in 2019
• Objective – To offer zero expenses and access to detection and management of complications during and after pregnancy.
• Eligibility –
  • Pregnant women from all categories, including APL and BPL
  • Newborns aged 0 to 6 months old
  • Lactating mothers up to 6 months from delivery
• Assured benefits –
  • Pregnant women can avail a zero-expense delivery and C-section facility at public health facilities.
  • It ensures zero-tolerance for denial of services to children and pregnant women.
  • Pregnant women also receive free transport from home to the health facility and drop back after discharge (minimum 48hrs).
  • Facilities such as services for sick newborns and neonates are offered vaccination at zero cost.

Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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Previous Year Question

Among the following who are eligible to benefit from the “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act”?

[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2011 Prelims]

(a) Adult members of only the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households
(b) Adult members of below poverty line (BPL) households
(c) Adult members of households of all backward communities
(d) Adult members of any household

Answer: (d)

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