Indira Gandhi Matritava Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY)
28th October, 2010
Ministry of Women & Child DevelopmentGovernment 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
Cash Transfer
Conditions Amount (In Rs.)
Means of Verification
First (at the end of second trimester)
Registration of Pregnancy at AWC / health centres within 4 months of pregnancy
At least one ANC with IFA tablets and TT
Attended at least one counselling session at AWC / VHND
1500 Mother & Child Protection Card reflecting registration of pregnancy by relevant AWC/ Health Centres and counter signed by AWW
Incentive under JSY
JSY package for institutional delivery including early initiation of breastfeeding and ensure colostrum feed.
As per JSY norms
Cash Transfer
Conditions Amount (In Rs.)
Means of Verification
Second (3 months after delivery)
Registration of child birth The child has received:
OPV ,BCG at birth and DPT at 6 & 10 weeks
Attended at least 2 growth monitoring and IYCF counselling sessions within 3 months of delivery.
1500 Mother & Child Protection Card, Growth Monitoring Chart and Immunization Register
[Note: Benefits will also be available for still births and infant mortality.]
Third (6 months after delivery)
Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months & introduction of complimentary feeding
The child has received OPV and DPT at 14 weeks
Attended at least 2 growth monitoring and IYCF counselling sessions between 3rd and 6th months of delivery.
1000 Self certification, Mother & Child Protection Card, Growth Monitoring Chart and Immunization Register
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.
MWCDMWCD
IGMSY SectionIGMSY Section
State ICDS CellState ICDS Cell
District ICDS Cell District ICDS Cell
ICDS ProjectICDS Project
Aanganwadi CentresAanganwadi Centres
District Steering & Monitoring Committee
District Steering & Monitoring Committee
Project level Implementation &
Monitoring Committee
Project level Implementation &
Monitoring Committee
Village H&N CommitteeVillage H&N Committee
State Steering & Monitoring Committee
State Steering & Monitoring Committee
National Steering & Monitoring CommitteeNational Steering &
Monitoring Committee
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
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 :• 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.
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
• 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
Thank you!
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