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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Centre renames maternity benefit scheme, adds Pradhan Mantri to it -Moushumi Das Gupta

Centre renames maternity benefit scheme, adds Pradhan Mantri to it -Moushumi Das Gupta

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published Published on May 25, 2017   modified Modified on May 25, 2017
-Hindustan Times

The Centre has renamed the Matritva Sahyog Yojana - a scheme under which pregnant and lactating mothers get Rs 6,000 for the first live birth - as Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) in yet another instance of the Prime Minister’s name being prefixed to a government programme.

Government sources said the name of the scheme, which was cleared by the Union cabinet last week, was changed to make it more appealing.

“The earlier name did not ring a bell. Many targeted beneficiaries were not even aware,” said a senior government official.

This is the second time that the scheme’s name has been changed. When it was launched in 2010 by the Union women and child development ministry, it was called the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana. After coming to power in 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government dropped “Indira Gandhi” from the scheme.

PMMVY is the latest scheme to be renamed. Since 2014, over a dozen schemes have been launched or re-launched across ministries that have been prefixed with Pradhan Mantri.

These include the PM Dhan Yojana, PM Awas Yojana, PM Jeevan Jyoti Yojana, PM Mudra Yojana, PM Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, PM Gram Sinchai Yojana, PM Suraksha Bima Yojana, PM Fasal Bima Yojana, PM Garib Kalyan Yojana, PM Khanij Kshetra Yojana, PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana among others.

The BJP’s political adversaries have accused the ruling dispensation of centralising everything around Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who remains the party’s most popular face.

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Hindustan Times, 24 May, 2017, http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/centre-renames-maternity-benefit-scheme-adds-pradhan-mantri-to-it/story-3hEL3x7FVEiEh3Oy88EYCN.html


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