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Indira Gandhi Matritava Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) 28 th October, 2010 Ministry of Women & Child Development Government of India. BACKGROUND : SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS Mean age at effective marriage of females < 18 yrs. 16.3 yrs
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Indira Gandhi Matritava Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) 28th October, 2010 Ministry of Women & Child Development Government of India
BACKGROUND : SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS • Mean age at effective marriage of females < 18 yrs. 16.3 yrs • Mothers who consumed IFA Tablets for 90 days or more during pregnancy 22.3% • Institutional birth 40.7% • Women (age 15-49) with BMI below normal 33.0% • Pregnant women (age 15-49) who are anaemic 57.9% [Source NFHS-3 Survey 2005-06]
THE SCHEME : OBJECTIVES • To improve the health & nutrition status of pregnant & lactating women and infants by : • Promoting appropriate practices, care and service utilisation during pregnancy, safe delivery and lactation. • Encouraging women to follow (optimal) IYCF practices including early and exclusive breast feeding for the first six months. • Contributing to better enabling environment by providing cash incentives for improved health and nutrition to pregnant and lactating mothers.
THE SCHEME : TARGET GROUP • Pregnant Women of 19 years of age and above for first two live births in selected 52 districts • All government /PSU/SPSU employees will be excluded • Approx. 13.80 lakh women in the first year(75% of P & L women registered under ICDS)
THE SCHEME : DISTRICT SELECTION • 6 indicators concerned with women identified from DLHS-3 with equal weightages • 11 districts each are good and weak performing • 26 districts are median performing • 4 are UTs • Expected 13.8 lakh beneficiaries
THE SCHEME : CASH TRANSFERS AND CONDITIONS Tranches(contd) :
Cash transfer to all P & L women in pilot districts to contribute :- • towards supporting health and nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating mothers. • to partly compensate the woman for the wage loss that she might incur while caring for herself and the child specially upto 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding. • It will also increase the demand for health services as the incentives are based on fulfillment of specific conditions relating to mother and child health and nutrition
Funding pattern and functional responsibility • Centrally sponsored scheme with 100 percent funding from GOI. • The day to day implementation and administrative matters will be the responsibility of the State Government.
Service Delivery Mechanism Additional staff • Central level (1 Director, I Under Secretary with one Section and Consultants as and when required). • Additional staff of two each at district (One district Coordinator and one Programme Assistant) and state level (one Coordinator & one Programme Assistant) Incentives to AWW and AWH • Incentives to AWW and AWH to motivate them to effectively implement the scheme. • Rs.200 : AWW ; Rs.100: AWH per beneficiary • on disbursement of all instalments
Fund Flow and Disbursement MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT STATE GOVERNMENT IGMSY Special Account at State ICDS Cell IGMSY Special Account at District ICDS Cell IGMSY Special Account Maintained By ICDS Project Bank/ Post Office Account of Pregnant & Lactating Mother
Monitoring, Evaluation and Social Audit Monitoring : Same as ICDS. Steering & monitoring committees at all levels Evaluation: Baseline and end-line surveys to measure the impact Assess its impact and take corrective measures through mid-term and final evaluations. Social Audit: Appropriate provision of social audit by external agencies would be made.
Proposed Budget Items included in the Budget are:- Cost of CCT @ Rs.4000 per beneficiary Incentive for AWW/AWH @ Rs.300 per beneficiary Baseline & Resource Mapping IGMSY Section at MWCD State and district ICDS Cell Mid Term and Final Evaluation Training Capacity Building & IEC @ 3% of total cost Contingency @ 2% of total cost Flexi Fund @ 2.5% of the total cost
Way Ahead Regional workshops to sensitize officers upto the district level – GoI Baseline surveys to be done Budget head to be opened Mechanism for opening of account (bank / post office) to be established (since cash transfer only through accounts) Steering and monitoring committees to be set up Additional staff to be hired Mid-term and end-line evaluation strategy to be formulated