This is a classic 'Zombie Scheme' question—asking about a 2005 scheme in 2023. The difficulty isn't recency, but 'Scheme Differentiation'. UPSC tested if you can distinguish the grandfather scheme (JSY - Cash for Delivery) from its younger sibling (JSSK - Free Treatment for Sick Infants). It's a test of depth, not breadth.
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Statement 1
Is Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) a "safe motherhood" intervention in India?
Origin: Web / Current Affairs
Fairness: CA heavy
Web-answerable
"JananiSurakshaYojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission. It is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women."
Why this source?
- Official National Health Mission page explicitly labels JSY as a "safe motherhood intervention."
- The same passage states the scheme's objective: reducing maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
"Under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), a safe motherhood intervention for promoting institutional delivery, the number of beneficiaries rose from 7.39 lakhs in 2005-06 to about 1 crore in 2009-10. Under JSY, launched in 2005 the government provides a cash incentive for pregnant mothers to have institutional births as well as pre- and ante-natal care."
Why this source?
- UNDP document describes JSY as "a safe motherhood intervention for promoting institutional delivery."
- It notes the scheme provides cash incentives for institutional births and pre- and ante-natal care, linking it to maternal health promotion.
"Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY): Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Rural"
Why this source?
- MOSPI (government statistics) identifies JSY as a "safe motherhood intervention" under the National Rural Health Mission context.
- The passage lists JSY among interventions aimed at reducing maternal mortality, situating it within maternal health strategies.
Economics, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 3: Poverty as a Challenge > Anti-Poverty Measures > p. 40
Strength: 5/5
“Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan was launched in 2016 with the aim to reduce maternal and infant mortality by providing quality antenatal care to the pregnant women throughout the country. The scheme works towards safe pregnancies, deliveries and addresses gaps in the service of the maternal care, to ensure constant and regular treatment to the beneficiaries. Services are provided on the ninth day of every month. This programme follows a systematic approach for engagement with private practitioners, motivating them to volunteer in the scheme at government health facilities. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) aims towards women empowerment in rural areas.”
Why relevant
Describes Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan as aiming to reduce maternal and infant mortality and working towards safe pregnancies and deliveries — an explicit example of a government 'safe motherhood' programme.
How to extend
A student could take this as a template for what counts as a 'safe motherhood' intervention (antenatal care, safe delivery) and then check whether JSY's features match these elements.
Indian Economy, Vivek Singh (7th ed. 2023-24) > Chapter 8: Inclusive growth and issues > Presently, in India, identification of poor is done by the State Governments based on information from Below Poverty Line (BPL) censuses of which the latest is the Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 (SECC 2011). > p. 257
Strength: 4/5
“and Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. It is also being used by several state governments to implement National Food Security Act. Use of SECC data in the implementation of Government programmes allows for evidence based developmental interventions. With the use of SECC data, the programme specific priority list is generated keeping in view the fiscal space of the welfare programme for targeting specific pro-poor interventions. The selection of beneficiaries gets validated through Gram Sabhas, while identity is established through Aadhaar wherever legally allowed. This leads to selection of right beneficiaries and minimizes duplication and fraud. This has substantially enhanced the effectiveness of government's efforts to tackle multidimensional poverty, going beyond income or expenditure-based poverty.”
Why relevant
Explains use of SECC/Aadhaar and state targeting to select beneficiaries for government welfare programmes.
How to extend
One could test whether JSY targets beneficiaries using BPL/SECC or Aadhaar-based identification, which would be consistent with how maternal welfare schemes are implemented.
Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 39: After Nehru... > JAM Trinity: Jan Dhan-Aadhar-Mobile > p. 779
Strength: 4/5
“The NDA government was instrumental in bringing about an important reform which was given a catchy abbreviated form, JAM, for Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar, and mobile number. The reform was to directly transfer subsidy to the beneficiary. The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was announced by the prime minister in his Independence Day speech, and it was launched on August 24, 2014. It was one of the largest schemes in the world for financial inclusion, directed towards helping those persons so far without a bank account to open a bank account (without minimum balance requirement), get a debit card, and access to social security schemes like insurance and pension.”
Why relevant
Describes the JAM (Jan Dhan–Aadhaar–Mobile) reform used for direct transfer of subsidies to beneficiaries.
How to extend
A student could investigate whether JSY uses direct cash transfers (via Jan Dhan/Aadhaar/mobile channels), a common delivery mechanism for maternal incentives.
Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 39: After Nehru... > Disbanding Planning Commission and Setting up NITI Aayog > p. 788
Strength: 3/5
“its own design. The major positive aspect of the programmes conducted by the NDA government lay in its implementation which was more efficient. As part of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana initiative, the number of rural houses built increased considerably with several beneficiaries getting their due. There was also a large push on rural electrification to ensure all villages had an electricity connection by 2018 under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana. Under the Ujjwala Yojana, the government aimed to provide LPG connections to below poverty line households in the country to replace polluting cooking fuels used in rural India with the clean and more efficient liquefied petroleum gas.”
Why relevant
Discusses targeted central schemes (like Ujjwala) aimed at women and rural households, illustrating that the government launches gender- or motherhood-focused Yojanas.
How to extend
Use this pattern to hypothesize that JSY, by name a 'Yojana' concerning mothers, could be a targeted maternal/women's scheme and then verify its objectives and beneficiaries.
Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 8: Financial Market > Recent Major Initiatives to Improve Financial Inclusion Are > p. 239
Strength: 3/5
“• Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY): Launched in 2014, it is a national mission for Financial Inclusion. It seeks to provide access to basic financial services through banks. Over 34 crore accounts have been opened under PMJDY.
• Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY): It provides a renewable 1-year accidental death cum disability cover of ₹2 lakh to all subscribing bank account holders (in the age group of 18-70 years) at a minimal premium of ₹12 per annum per subscriber.”
Why relevant
Lists various central social-sector schemes (financial inclusion, insurance) showing the government commonly uses named Yojanas to address specific social risks.
How to extend
Treat JSY as potentially one such scheme addressing maternal risk; check whether its stated objectives align with 'safe motherhood' goals (e.g., reduced maternal mortality, institutional delivery incentives).
Statement 2
Is Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) implemented by State Health Departments (through state health machinery)?
Origin: Web / Current Affairs
Fairness: CA heavy
Web-answerable
"Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission (NHM). The scheme, launched in 2005, is under implementation in all states and Union Territories (UTs), with a special focus on Low Performing States (LPS)."
Why this source?
- Explicitly identifies JSY as a scheme under the National Health Mission (NHM), the programme implemented across states.
- States that the scheme "is under implementation in all states and Union Territories (UTs)", indicating state-level execution.
"Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY): Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Rural"
Why this source?
- Describes JSY as a safe motherhood intervention within a national mission context (text: 'under the National Rural...'), linking it to the national/state health framework.
- Places JSY among other obstetric care initiatives, implying programmatic implementation through health system channels.
"Janani Suraksha Yojana. National Health Mission (nhm.gov.in). Available at: https://nhm.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=3&lid =309&sublinkid=841."
Why this source?
- References the National Health Mission (nhm.gov.in) entry for Janani Suraksha Yojana, indicating official NHM/state-level program documentation.
- Points to NHM as the programme portal where JSY implementation details are hosted, supporting state/health system implementation.
Exploring Society:India and Beyond ,Social Science, Class VIII . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 6: The Parliamentary System: Legislature and Executive > Action Taken: > p. 150
Strength: 5/5
“1.2.2 Public Health is being a state subject, creation of separate Department of Ayush in the States/UTs comes under purview of respective State/UT Governments. However. Ministry of Ayush has requested 6tate8T *overnments in diގerent meetings to create separate Directorates, deployment of manpower in SPMU & DPMU in the States/UTs for speedy development and implementation of NAM scheme As on date, separate Ayush Directorate is available in 24 States/UTs. (SPMU=state project management unit; DPMU=district project management unit)
(Para 2.23 of the Report)”
Why relevant
States/UTs have primary responsibility for public health and are asked to create state directorates/SPMUs/DPMUs for implementing national health schemes.
How to extend
A student could infer that a centrally sponsored maternal-health scheme like JSY is likely channelled through state health machinery and verify by checking JSY operational guidelines or state NHM implementation lists.
Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 39: After Nehru... > Health Policy > p. 781
Strength: 4/5
“A new National Health Policy was launched in January 2015. Government spending was not increased; instead the role of private healthcare organisations was emphasised. In this, the Modi government showed a different path from that of the UPA government, which had supported programmes to assist public health goals. Several national health programmes, including those aimed at controlling tobacco use and supporting healthcare for the elderly, were merged with the National Health Mission. In 2018, the Ayushman Bharat programme, a government health insurance scheme, was launched. On October 2, 2014 was launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean India Mission), Prime Minister Modi's flagship sanitation campaign, the belief being that sanitation was basic to ensuring good health.”
Why relevant
National health programmes were merged with the National Health Mission, indicating consolidation of central programmes into a framework often implemented at state level.
How to extend
One could extend this by checking how NHM is administered in states (via State Health Societies), which would indicate JSY’s likely administrative route.
Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 14: Service Sector > Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana > p. 427
Strength: 3/5
“• It is a government-run health insurance programme for around 10.74 crore households — across the nation. • It has subsumed under it the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana. G • Under the scheme, health insurance coverage of up to ₹5 lakh per annum per household — for treatment in secondary and tertiary hospitals including in the private health facilities is being provided”
Why relevant
Ayushman Bharat is described as a government-run national health programme covering households nationwide, illustrating the pattern of central health schemes with nationwide coverage.
How to extend
Compare operational modalities of Ayushman Bharat/NHPM with JSY to see whether similar state-level implementation structures are used.
Indian Economy, Vivek Singh (7th ed. 2023-24) > Chapter 8: Inclusive growth and issues > Presently, in India, identification of poor is done by the State Governments based on information from Below Poverty Line (BPL) censuses of which the latest is the Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 (SECC 2011). > p. 257
Strength: 4/5
“and Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. It is also being used by several state governments to implement National Food Security Act. Use of SECC data in the implementation of Government programmes allows for evidence based developmental interventions. With the use of SECC data, the programme specific priority list is generated keeping in view the fiscal space of the welfare programme for targeting specific pro-poor interventions. The selection of beneficiaries gets validated through Gram Sabhas, while identity is established through Aadhaar wherever legally allowed. This leads to selection of right beneficiaries and minimizes duplication and fraud. This has substantially enhanced the effectiveness of government's efforts to tackle multidimensional poverty, going beyond income or expenditure-based poverty.”
Why relevant
Identification and implementation of welfare programme beneficiaries (e.g., for food/security schemes) are performed by State Governments, showing a general pattern of states operationalising central schemes.
How to extend
Use this pattern to hypothesize that beneficiary targeting and distribution under JSY would similarly be managed by state departments and then verify with JSY documents.
Economics, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 4: Food Security in India > Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) > p. 50
Strength: 3/5
“***Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) AAY was launched in December 2000. Under this scheme one crore of the poorest among the BPL families covered under the targeted public distribution system were identified. Poor families were identified by the respective state rural development departments through a Below Poverty Line (BPL) survey. Twenty-five kilograms of foodgrains were made available to each eligible family at a highly subsidised rate of ` 2 per kg for wheat and ` 3 per kg for rice. This quantity has been enhanced from 25 to 35 kg with effect from April 2002. The scheme has been further expanded twice by additional 50 lakh BPL families in June 2003 and in August 2004.”
Why relevant
Example of AAY: poorest families were identified and the scheme implemented by respective state rural development departments, giving an example of state-level execution of central benefits.
How to extend
Analogously, a student could check whether maternal cash incentives under JSY are disbursed via state health/rural departments and state administrative channels.
Statement 3
Does Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) aim to reduce maternal mortality among poor pregnant women?
Origin: Web / Current Affairs
Fairness: CA heavy
Web-answerable
"JananiSurakshaYojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission. It is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women."
Why this source?
- Explicitly states JSY is a safe motherhood intervention under NHM.
- Directly says it is implemented with the objective of reducing maternal (and neonatal) mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
"The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is the largest ever conditional cash transfer programme worldwide. It primarily aimed to reduce the maternal and child mortality by increasing the facility based delivery in India."
Why this source?
- Describes JSY as primarily aimed to reduce maternal and child mortality.
- Links that aim to increasing facility-based (institutional) deliveries, which targets maternal mortality reduction.
"the issue of reduction of Infant Mortality Rate, Maternal Mortality Ratio and Total Fertility Rate through a range of initiatives. The most important of these is the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), which has led to a huge increase in institutional deliveries within just four years. Under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), a safe motherhood intervention for promoting institutional delivery,"
Why this source?
- Places JSY among initiatives addressing reduction of Maternal Mortality Ratio.
- Describes JSY as a safe motherhood intervention promoting institutional delivery — the mechanism for reducing maternal mortality.
Economics, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 3: Poverty as a Challenge > Anti-Poverty Measures > p. 40
Strength: 5/5
“Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan was launched in 2016 with the aim to reduce maternal and infant mortality by providing quality antenatal care to the pregnant women throughout the country. The scheme works towards safe pregnancies, deliveries and addresses gaps in the service of the maternal care, to ensure constant and regular treatment to the beneficiaries. Services are provided on the ninth day of every month. This programme follows a systematic approach for engagement with private practitioners, motivating them to volunteer in the scheme at government health facilities. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) aims towards women empowerment in rural areas.”
Why relevant
Describes a government maternal-health programme (Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan) explicitly aimed at reducing maternal and infant mortality by providing antenatal care and ensuring safe pregnancies/deliveries.
How to extend
A student could infer that Indian health policy includes dedicated maternal-mortality reduction schemes, so they should check if JSY is similarly framed and whether it targets care for pregnant women.
Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 13: Cultural Setting > The National Population Policy, 2000 > p. 116
Strength: 4/5
“• 3. Reduce infant mortality to below 30 per thousand of population.• 4. Reduce maternal mortality to below 100 per 1000 of population.• 5. Achieve universal immunisation of children against all vaccinepreventable diseases.• 6. Promote delayed marriage for girls, not earlier than 18 years and preferably after 20 years of age.• 7. Achieve 80% institutional deliveries and 100% deliveries by trained persons.• 8. Achieve universal access to information/counseling and services for fertility regulation.• 9. Achieve 100% registration of births, deaths, marriages, and pregnancy.• 10. Contain the spread of AIDS and promote greater integration between the management of reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases.• 11.”
Why relevant
National Population Policy lists reducing maternal mortality and achieving institutional deliveries among its explicit goals, showing maternal mortality reduction is a stated national objective.
How to extend
A student can use this policy goal to reason that schemes introduced under this policy era (or later) likely aim at maternal mortality reduction and promoting institutional deliveries, suggesting JSY could fit that pattern.
Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 19: Population and Demographic Dividend > Family Planning in the 1990s > p. 567
Strength: 4/5
“By 1997, crude birth rate was brought down to 26 per 1,000 and additionally, the LPG policy had provided tremendous scope for economic development which contributed in qualitative improvements in the standard of living among people. In the year 2000, government came up with National Population Policy, 2000. Some of its features were: • i. Reduction of maternal mortality rate to less than 100 per 1 lakh crude births. • Reduction of infant mortality rate to less than 30 per 1,000. • Access to the vaccines of all preventable diseases and universal immunisation of children. iii. • Encouragement and promotion of delayed marriages. v.”
Why relevant
Repeats the policy-level target to reduce maternal mortality rate (a formal numeric target), indicating programmatic focus on maternal mortality as part of population/health strategy.
How to extend
One might extend this by checking whether JSY includes components (e.g., incentives for institutional delivery) that would operationally aim to meet such targets for maternal mortality reduction.
Economics, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 4: Food Security in India > Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) > p. 50
Strength: 4/5
“***Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) AAY was launched in December 2000. Under this scheme one crore of the poorest among the BPL families covered under the targeted public distribution system were identified. Poor families were identified by the respective state rural development departments through a Below Poverty Line (BPL) survey. Twenty-five kilograms of foodgrains were made available to each eligible family at a highly subsidised rate of ` 2 per kg for wheat and ` 3 per kg for rice. This quantity has been enhanced from 25 to 35 kg with effect from April 2002. The scheme has been further expanded twice by additional 50 lakh BPL families in June 2003 and in August 2004.”
Why relevant
Explains how government schemes (Antyodaya Anna Yojana) identify and target the poorest BPL families for benefits, showing a pattern of poverty-targeted programmes.
How to extend
A student could combine this with the maternal-health policy clues to ask whether JSY is similarly targeted at poor pregnant women (i.e., whether JSY follows the common pattern of targeting benefits to BPL/poor groups).
Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 2: Economic Growth versus Economic Development > Gender Inequality Index > p. 26
Strength: 3/5
“The reproductive health is measured using maternal mortality rate which was 133 deaths per 1 lakh live births and adolescent birth rate which was 13.2 births per 1,000 women.”
Why relevant
Gives the maternal mortality rate as a key reproductive-health indicator, showing that MMR is the standard metric used to judge programmes aimed at maternal health.
How to extend
A student could use this metric to evaluate if JSY's stated outcomes or target population are intended to reduce MMR among poor pregnant women by looking for connections between JSY activities and reductions in this indicator.
Statement 4
Does Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) aim to reduce neonatal mortality among newborns of poor pregnant women?
Origin: Web / Current Affairs
Fairness: CA heavy
Web-answerable
"JananiSurakshaYojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission. It is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women."
Why this source?
- Official National Health Mission page explicitly states JSY's objective includes reducing neonatal mortality.
- Specifically ties the reduction to promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
"Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention ... neo-natal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among the poor pregnant women."
Why this source?
- Directly describes JSY as a safe motherhood intervention aimed at neo-natal mortality reduction.
- Links the aim to promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
"aimed at reducing maternal and neonatal mortality (14). JSY provides cash incentives to pregnant women if they opt for institutional deliveries, i.e. childbirth in healthcare institutions. The program targets women from low-income families, particularly those in rural"
Why this source?
- Describes JSY as aimed at reducing maternal and neonatal mortality.
- Notes the program targets women from low-income families, aligning with 'poor pregnant women' in the statement.
Economics, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 3: Poverty as a Challenge > Anti-Poverty Measures > p. 40
Strength: 5/5
“Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan was launched in 2016 with the aim to reduce maternal and infant mortality by providing quality antenatal care to the pregnant women throughout the country. The scheme works towards safe pregnancies, deliveries and addresses gaps in the service of the maternal care, to ensure constant and regular treatment to the beneficiaries. Services are provided on the ninth day of every month. This programme follows a systematic approach for engagement with private practitioners, motivating them to volunteer in the scheme at government health facilities. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) aims towards women empowerment in rural areas.”
Why relevant
Describes a government maternal/infant health programme (Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan) whose explicit aim is to reduce maternal and infant mortality by providing quality antenatal care and ensuring safe pregnancies/deliveries.
How to extend
A student could generalize that Indian maternal health schemes use antenatal care and safe delivery services to reduce newborn mortality, and therefore test whether JSY uses similar mechanisms targeted at poor women.
Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 13: Cultural Setting > The National Population Policy, 2000 > p. 116
Strength: 4/5
“• 3. Reduce infant mortality to below 30 per thousand of population.• 4. Reduce maternal mortality to below 100 per 1000 of population.• 5. Achieve universal immunisation of children against all vaccinepreventable diseases.• 6. Promote delayed marriage for girls, not earlier than 18 years and preferably after 20 years of age.• 7. Achieve 80% institutional deliveries and 100% deliveries by trained persons.• 8. Achieve universal access to information/counseling and services for fertility regulation.• 9. Achieve 100% registration of births, deaths, marriages, and pregnancy.• 10. Contain the spread of AIDS and promote greater integration between the management of reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases.• 11.”
Why relevant
Lists National Population Policy goals including reducing infant and maternal mortality and achieving a high rate of institutional deliveries and skilled attendants at birth.
How to extend
A student could infer that schemes aiming to reduce neonatal mortality often focus on increasing institutional/skilled deliveries, so they could check whether JSY incentivizes institutional deliveries for poor pregnant women.
Economics, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 4: Food Security in India > Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) > p. 50
Strength: 3/5
“***Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) AAY was launched in December 2000. Under this scheme one crore of the poorest among the BPL families covered under the targeted public distribution system were identified. Poor families were identified by the respective state rural development departments through a Below Poverty Line (BPL) survey. Twenty-five kilograms of foodgrains were made available to each eligible family at a highly subsidised rate of ` 2 per kg for wheat and ` 3 per kg for rice. This quantity has been enhanced from 25 to 35 kg with effect from April 2002. The scheme has been further expanded twice by additional 50 lakh BPL families in June 2003 and in August 2004.”
Why relevant
Gives an example (Antyodaya Anna Yojana) of a scheme that explicitly targets the poorest BPL families for benefits.
How to extend
A student could combine this pattern (targeting the poor) with the maternal-health patterns above to assess whether JSY is plausibly a targeted scheme for poor pregnant women to improve newborn outcomes.
Statement 5
Does Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) aim to promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women?
Origin: Web / Current Affairs
Fairness: CA heavy
Web-answerable
"JananiSurakshaYojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission. It is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women."
Why this source?
- Official NHM source explicitly defines JSY as a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission.
- Directly states the objective is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
"Health Mission (NRHM) being implemented with the objective of promoting institutional delivery among the poor pregnant women. The Yojana, launched on 12th April 2005, is being implemented in all states and UTs."
Why this source?
- Describes JSY under the Health Mission (NRHM) with the explicit objective of promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
- Notes the scheme's launch date and nationwide implementation, reinforcing its purpose.
"Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission (NHM). Launched with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) promotes institutional delivery among pregnant women especially with weak socio-economic status i.e. women from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Below Poverty Line (BPL) households."
Why this source?
- States JSY's objective as promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women.
- Specifies focus on women with weak socio-economic status (SC, ST, BPL), i.e. poor pregnant women.
Economics, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 3: Poverty as a Challenge > Anti-Poverty Measures > p. 40
Strength: 4/5
“Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan was launched in 2016 with the aim to reduce maternal and infant mortality by providing quality antenatal care to the pregnant women throughout the country. The scheme works towards safe pregnancies, deliveries and addresses gaps in the service of the maternal care, to ensure constant and regular treatment to the beneficiaries. Services are provided on the ninth day of every month. This programme follows a systematic approach for engagement with private practitioners, motivating them to volunteer in the scheme at government health facilities. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) aims towards women empowerment in rural areas.”
Why relevant
Describes Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan as a national maternal-care programme aiming to ensure safe pregnancies and deliveries through targeted services to pregnant women.
How to extend
A student could generalize that Indian health policy includes dedicated maternal schemes promoting safe deliveries, and therefore look for JSY as another maternal scheme specifically aimed at deliveries.
Understanding Economic Development. Class X . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 3: MONEY AND CREDIT > 50 UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT > p. 50
Strength: 3/5
“Moreover, SHGs are the building blocks of organisation of the rural poor. Not only does it help women to become financially self-reliant, the regular meetings of the group provide a platform to discuss and act on a variety of social issues such as health, nutrition, domestic violence, etc. A women's self-help group meeting in Gujarat”
Why relevant
Notes that women's self‑help groups regularly discuss social issues including health and nutrition, indicating grassroots mechanisms used to improve maternal health outcomes.
How to extend
One could infer that programmes seeking to increase institutional deliveries might leverage SHGs for outreach to poor pregnant women and so check whether JSY uses such community channels.
Economics, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 4: Food Security in India > Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) > p. 50
Strength: 4/5
“***Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) AAY was launched in December 2000. Under this scheme one crore of the poorest among the BPL families covered under the targeted public distribution system were identified. Poor families were identified by the respective state rural development departments through a Below Poverty Line (BPL) survey. Twenty-five kilograms of foodgrains were made available to each eligible family at a highly subsidised rate of ` 2 per kg for wheat and ` 3 per kg for rice. This quantity has been enhanced from 25 to 35 kg with effect from April 2002. The scheme has been further expanded twice by additional 50 lakh BPL families in June 2003 and in August 2004.”
Why relevant
Explains that government schemes identify poorest beneficiaries via a BPL survey to target welfare benefits to poor families.
How to extend
A student could reason that if JSY targets 'poor pregnant women', the scheme would likely use BPL/poverty lists (or similar targeting) to identify beneficiaries and verify whether JSY does so.
Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 15: Infrastructure > Power or Electricity Sector > p. 449
Strength: 4/5
“• Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA), 2017 • The aim is to provide electricity connection to more than 40 million families in both rural and urban areas, and making electricity available 24 \times 7. • The beneficiaries of the plan are identified using Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 data. • PRAAPTI App and Web Portal • It aims at bringing transparency in invoicing of generators and power purchase transactions.
Under the RES, the largest share in production is of solar energy sector, followed by the wind energy sector.”
Why relevant
Shows use of SECC (socio‑economic census) data to identify beneficiaries for targeted schemes (SAUBHAGYA).
How to extend
One could extend this pattern to expect maternal-targeted cash/benefit schemes to use SECC or similar databases for beneficiary selection and then check JSY’s beneficiary identification method.
Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 39: After Nehru... > Disbanding Planning Commission and Setting up NITI Aayog > p. 788
Strength: 2/5
“The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme was launched in 2015 with the aim of reducing the female infanticide rate by encouraging education and welfare of the girl child. Also launched in 2015 was the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, the primary objective of the scheme being the promotion and implementation of the welfare programmes for the girl child. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) had been criticised by Modi when the UPA was implementing it. But after coming to power, the Modi government did not discontinue the scheme, but improved it in various ways, especially by focusing on productive work to be undertaken, geo-tagging the assets created under the scheme in an attempt to bring transparency at the click of a button and check leakages.”
Why relevant
Lists government schemes focused on child/girl welfare (Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Sukanya Samriddhi), illustrating a government pattern of gender- and age-specific welfare programmes.
How to extend
A student might use this pattern to hypothesize that there also exist govt. programmes specifically for maternal outcomes (such as promoting institutional delivery), and then look up JSY’s stated objectives.
Statement 6
Does the objective of Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) include providing public health facilities to sick infants up to one year of age?
Origin: Web / Current Affairs
Fairness: CA heavy
Web-answerable
"Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission (NHM). Launched with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) promotes institutional delivery among pregnant women"
Why this source?
- Defines JSY's objective as a safe motherhood intervention focused on reducing maternal and neonatal mortality.
- Explicitly states JSY 'promotes institutional delivery among pregnant women' — showing its focus is on promoting deliveries, not on providing treatment to sick infants up to one year.
"Janani Shishu Swasthya Karyakram (JSSK) entitlements have been provided to ensure cashless diagnosis and treatment to infant up to one year of age in public health facilities."
Why this source?
- Shows that entitlements for cashless diagnosis and treatment of infants up to one year in public health facilities are provided under Janani Shishu Swasthya Karyakram (JSSK), not JSY.
- Indicates that provision of public health facility care for sick infants up to one year is covered by JSSK, separating that role from JSY's objective.
Economics, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 3: Poverty as a Challenge > Anti-Poverty Measures > p. 40
Strength: 5/5
“Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan was launched in 2016 with the aim to reduce maternal and infant mortality by providing quality antenatal care to the pregnant women throughout the country. The scheme works towards safe pregnancies, deliveries and addresses gaps in the service of the maternal care, to ensure constant and regular treatment to the beneficiaries. Services are provided on the ninth day of every month. This programme follows a systematic approach for engagement with private practitioners, motivating them to volunteer in the scheme at government health facilities. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) aims towards women empowerment in rural areas.”
Why relevant
Describes a government programme (Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan) whose stated aim is to reduce maternal and infant mortality by providing quality antenatal care and addressing gaps in maternal care services.
How to extend
A student could use this as a pattern that maternal-health schemes often target antenatal, delivery and immediate newborn care — so they should check whether JSY similarly focuses on antenatal/institutional delivery versus ongoing sick-infant care up to one year.
CONTEMPORARY INDIA-I ,Geography, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 6: Population > National Population Policy > p. 53
Strength: 4/5
“Recognising that the planning of families would improve individual health and welfare, the Government of India initiated a comprehensive Family Planning Programme in 1952. The Family Welfare Programme has sought to promote responsible and planned parenthood on a voluntary basis. The National Population Policy (NPP) 2000 is a culmination of years of planned efforts. The NPP 2000 provides a policy framework for imparting free and compulsory school education up to 14 years of age, reducing infant mortality rate to below 30 per 1000 live births, achieving universal immunisation of children against all vaccine preventable diseases, promoting delayed marriage for girls, and making family welfare a people-centred programme.”
Why relevant
The National Population Policy (NPP) 2000 explicitly links policy goals to reducing infant mortality and achieving universal immunisation of children.
How to extend
One could infer that some health programmes target infant survival through immunisation and mortality reduction, so a student could compare JSY's stated objectives against NPP-style infant-focused goals to judge if JSY covers sick infants up to one year.
Understanding Economic Development. Class X . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 1: DEVELOPMENT > DEVELOPMENT 11 > p. 11
Strength: 4/5
“Kerala has a low Infant Mortality Rate because it has adequate provision of basic health and educational facilities. Similarly, in some states, the Public Distribution
System (PDS) functions well. Health and nutritional status of people of such states is certainly likely to be better.”
Why relevant
Notes that adequate provision of basic public health facilities is associated with low infant mortality (Kerala example).
How to extend
A student could use this to reason that schemes aimed at infant mortality would commonly involve public health facility provision — prompting a check whether JSY explicitly includes facility-based treatment for sick infants up to one year.
Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 14: Service Sector > Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana > p. 427
Strength: 3/5
“• It is a government-run health insurance programme for around 10.74 crore households — across the nation. • It has subsumed under it the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana. G • Under the scheme, health insurance coverage of up to ₹5 lakh per annum per household — for treatment in secondary and tertiary hospitals including in the private health facilities is being provided”
Why relevant
Describes Ayushman Bharat as a government health programme providing secondary/tertiary treatment coverage to households, showing that some national schemes provide curative care through public/private facilities.
How to extend
A student could contrast JSY with broader health-coverage schemes (like Ayushman Bharat) to determine if JSY is primarily an incentive/maternity scheme or a scheme that also finances treatment for sick infants.
Pattern takeaway:
UPSC loves 'Sibling Confusion'. They will take a feature of Scheme B (JSSK) and paste it into a question about Scheme A (JSY). Never study a scheme in isolation; study it alongside its complementary schemes.
How you should have studied
- [THE VERDICT]: Trap (Scheme Overlap). Source: Ministry of Health Annual Report or India Year Book (Health Chapter).
- [THE CONCEPTUAL TRIGGER]: Maternal Health Lifecycle. Mapping schemes to specific biological stages (Pregnancy → Delivery → Post-natal → Infant Care).
- [THE HORIZONTAL EXPANSION]: The 'Safe Motherhood' Matrix: 1. JSY (2005) = Cash for Institutional Delivery. 2. JSSK (2011) = Free drugs/transport/diet + Sick Infant care (up to 1 yr). 3. PMMVY (2017) = Wage Compensation (₹5000). 4. PMSMA (2016) = Antenatal Checkup (9th of month). 5. SUMAN = Zero tolerance for denial of services.
- [THE STRATEGIC METACOGNITION]: Differentiate by 'Currency'. Ask: Does the scheme give CASH (JSY, PMMVY) or SERVICE/KIND (JSSK, PMSMA)? Statement 4 offered a 'Service' (facilities for sick infants) for a 'Cash' scheme. Mismatch detected.
Concept hooks from this question
👉 Safe motherhood interventions
💡 The insight
Safe motherhood interventions aim to reduce maternal and infant mortality through measures ensuring safe pregnancies and deliveries.
High-yield for UPSC because questions often probe maternal and child health policy goals and outcomes; links health sector policy to SDG targets and public service delivery frameworks; enables answering questions on program objectives and impact measurement.
📚 Reading List :
- Economics, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 3: Poverty as a Challenge > Anti-Poverty Measures > p. 40
🔗 Anchor: "Is Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) a "safe motherhood" intervention in India?"
👉 Antenatal care as a policy tool
💡 The insight
Regular provision of quality antenatal care is used to lower maternal and infant mortality and ensure safe pregnancies and deliveries.
Important for questions on health program design and preventive healthcare; connects to topics on service delivery, maternal health indicators, and public–private engagement in healthcare.
📚 Reading List :
- Economics, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 3: Poverty as a Challenge > Anti-Poverty Measures > p. 40
🔗 Anchor: "Is Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) a "safe motherhood" intervention in India?"
👉 Targeted beneficiary identification (SECC / Aadhaar / Gram Sabha validation)
💡 The insight
Accurate identification and validation of beneficiaries through SECC, Gram Sabhas, and Aadhaar is used to improve effectiveness of government welfare programmes.
Crucial for UPSC as it links governance, inclusion/exclusion errors, and programme implementation; useful for questions on welfare delivery mechanisms and administrative reforms.
📚 Reading List :
- Indian Economy, Vivek Singh (7th ed. 2023-24) > Chapter 8: Inclusive growth and issues > Presently, in India, identification of poor is done by the State Governments based on information from Below Poverty Line (BPL) censuses of which the latest is the Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 (SECC 2011). > p. 257
🔗 Anchor: "Is Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) a "safe motherhood" intervention in India?"
👉 Public health as a State subject
💡 The insight
Public health is a State subject, placing primary responsibility for health administration and departmental setup with state governments.
High-yield for UPSC because it determines which level of government implements health programmes; connects constitutional distribution of subjects, federalism and public service delivery. Mastering this helps answer questions on administrative responsibility and scheme implementation.
📚 Reading List :
- Exploring Society:India and Beyond ,Social Science, Class VIII . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 6: The Parliamentary System: Legislature and Executive > Action Taken: > p. 150
🔗 Anchor: "Is Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) implemented by State Health Departments (through..."
👉 Central sector versus state implementation of schemes
💡 The insight
Some programmes are implemented directly by central ministries while others rely on state machinery for on-ground delivery.
Important for distinguishing ownership, funding and accountability of schemes in governance questions; links to fiscal federalism, scheme categorisation (central/state/centrally sponsored) and administrative control. This concept helps eliminate wrong options about implementing agencies in exam questions.
📚 Reading List :
- Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 14: Service Sector > Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana > p. 427
- Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 11: Irrigation in India > Atal Bhujal Yojana > p. 370
- Exploring Society:India and Beyond ,Social Science, Class VIII . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 6: The Parliamentary System: Legislature and Executive > Action Taken: > p. 150
🔗 Anchor: "Is Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) implemented by State Health Departments (through..."
👉 Role of SPMU and DPMU in state-level implementation
💡 The insight
State Project Management Units (SPMU) and District Project Management Units (DPMU) are deployed to support speedy development and implementation of national health schemes through state machinery.
Useful for UPSC questions on programme implementation mechanics, decentralised project management and inter-governmental coordination; explains how national schemes operate at state/district level and informs answers on monitoring and capacity building.
📚 Reading List :
- Exploring Society:India and Beyond ,Social Science, Class VIII . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 6: The Parliamentary System: Legislature and Executive > Action Taken: > p. 150
🔗 Anchor: "Is Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) implemented by State Health Departments (through..."
👉 Maternal mortality as a reproductive health indicator
💡 The insight
Maternal mortality rate is the standard measure for reproductive health and is used to gauge effectiveness of maternal health interventions.
High-yield for UPSC because questions often ask about health indicators and their policy implications; links health statistics to schemes and population policy; enables answers that compare programme goals using standard indicators.
📚 Reading List :
- Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 2: Economic Growth versus Economic Development > Gender Inequality Index > p. 26
- Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 13: Cultural Setting > HEALTH INDICATORS > p. 118
🔗 Anchor: "Does Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) aim to reduce maternal mortality among poor pr..."
LPS vs HPS Eligibility. In Low Performing States (LPS), ALL pregnant women get JSY cash regardless of age/income/birth order. In High Performing States (HPS), it is restricted to BPL/SC/ST only. This 'Geography-based Eligibility' is the next logical trap.
The 'Scope Creep' Heuristic. JSY is famous as a 'Cash Transfer' scheme. Statement 4 describes a massive clinical mandate ('providing public health facilities to sick infants for 1 year'). When a statement adds a complex, long-term clinical entitlement to a simple financial incentive scheme, it is usually FALSE (that role belongs to a different, dedicated scheme like JSSK).
GS-2 (Health) & SDG 3.1. JSY is the primary engine behind India's jump in Institutional Deliveries (from ~38% in 2005 to ~89% in NFHS-5). Quote this specific correlation when discussing the success of Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) in Mains.