Two schemes share almost the same name and the same goal — getting poor pregnant women into a hospital bed instead of home childbirth. Only one of them also covers the newborn’s own medical bills.
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Janani Suraksha Yojana
Cash incentive for institutional delivery, since 2005
GoalCut maternal & neonatal mortality
MethodCash transfer for institutional delivery
Link WorkerASHA workers guide pregnant women
Not JSYSick-infant care is JSSK, a separate scheme
Q51 answer: Only three statements correct. JSY doesn’t cover sick-infant care up to age one — that’s JSSK.
🏛️ Must Know
What JSY Is
- Launched 2005 Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission, launched on 12 April 2005.
- Core Objective Its objective is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
- Cash Transfer JSY is a demand-side, conditional cash-transfer scheme — it pays eligible poor pregnant women to deliver in a government or accredited private health facility instead of at home.
- ASHA Link The scheme uses ASHA workers (Accredited Social Health Activists) as the effective link between the government and pregnant women, guiding them to institutional care.
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JSY vs JSSK: Don’t Confuse Them
- JSY’s Real Scope JSY itself does not cover free treatment for sick infants — that is the job of a separate, related scheme.
- JSSK, the Sister Scheme The Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK), launched in June 2011, is the scheme that entitles both pregnant women AND sick infants (up to one year old) to free, no-expense delivery and treatment at public health institutions.
- Special Focus States JSY gives special focus to Low Performing States with historically low institutional-delivery rates, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha.
- Private-Sector Backup Where government specialists aren’t available, JSY lets States/UTs hire private specialists to perform Caesarean sections or manage obstetric complications in public health facilities.
Test Yourself
📝 Previous Year Question
UPSC CSP 2023 — Janani Suraksha Yojana Statements
- UPSC 2023 Only three statements are correct: JSY is a safe motherhood intervention (Stmt 1), aims to reduce maternal/neonatal mortality (Stmt 2), and promotes institutional delivery (Stmt 3). Statement 4 (sick infants up to one year) is false — that’s a JSSK feature, not JSY. See UPSC CSP 2023 GS Paper I, Q51.
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