Q.Janani Suraksha Yojana.

Janani Suraksha Yojana (2005, under the National Rural Health Mission) gives cash assistance to poor pregnant women for institutional (hospital) delivery, aiming to reduce maternal and infant mortality.

This is a 2-mark short note in AP Intermediate 2nd year Economics, linked to the human-capital and health theme, treated in line with the NCERT/CBSE curriculum.

About Janani Suraksha Yojana. Janani Suraksha Yojana is a maternal-health scheme launched in 2005 as part of the National Rural Health Mission. It provides conditional cash assistance to pregnant women, especially those from poor and rural households, who deliver their babies in government or accredited health institutions instead of at home. By encouraging institutional deliveries under trained medical care, the scheme aims to reduce maternal mortality and infant mortality and to improve the health of mothers and new-born …