Context:
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) recently launched extended Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan.
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan:
- Launched in – 2016
- Nodal agency – Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
- Objectives –
- Comprehensive antenatal care on the 9th of every month to all pregnant women in their 2nd/3rd trimesters
- Identification and line-listing of high-risk pregnancies.
- Appropriate birth planning and complication readiness for each pregnant woman.
- Diagnostic services for conditions like anaemia, gestational diabetes, and hypertension.
- Special focus on adolescent and early pregnancies.
- Providing nutritional supplements at health centres.
- Recent changes – The Government has expanded the list of high-risk pregnancy categories from 10 to 25.
- ‘I Pledge For 9’ Achievers Awards – Project initiated to recognize the contribution of private sector doctors who volunteered for the PMSMA scheme.
Source: PIB
Previous Year Question
With reference to Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, consider the following statements:
1. It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
2. It, among other things will also impart training in soft skills, entrepreneurship, financial and digital literacy.
3. It aims to align the competencies of the unregulated workforce of the country to the National Skill Qualification Framework.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2018 Prelims]
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, and 3
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). Hence, statement 1 is not correct.
