Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity Benefit Scheme 2023 for Pregnant Women

Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity Benefit Scheme 2023 for Pregnant Women: Tamil Nadu State government announced a new welfare scheme for the State's pregnant women. This scheme is launched under the name Tamil Nadu Pregnancy Scheme 2023. As the name suggests, under this scheme State government will provide nutrition kits for maternity. The distribution of the Amma Maternity Nutrition Kit is been conducted under Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy's Maternity Benefit Scheme for pregnant women. As you must be aware of this fact, Tamil Nadu is the leading State in the healthcare sector. The state provides better mediocre services, infrastructure and manpower in the health sector. Along with the Maternity Nutrition Kit State government will also provide financial assistance under this scheme. The scheme announcement is made in the 2018-19 budget session. For those pregnant women, who need nutrition during pregnancy but cannot afford it, this scheme is meant for them. More details related to this scheme are in the article below.

Tamil Nadu Pregnancy Scheme

Name of Scheme	Dr. Muthulakshmi Maternity Benefit Scheme
Name of State	Tamil Nadu
Scheme Launched By	State Chief Minister
Beneficiaries of Scheme	Poor Pregnant Women of the State
Benefit of Scheme	Financial Assistance of Rs 18,000/-
Number of Scheme Beneficiaries	Around 8 Lakh Every Year
Scheme Announced In	2018-19 Budget
Allocated Budget For Scheme	Rs 1,001 Crore

Dr. Muthulakshmi Maternity Benefit Scheme is announced by the State Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam in the budget session 2018-19. Under this scheme, the State government will provide a Maternity Nutrition Kit worth Rs 4,000/- to pregnant women. Along with the kit, the State government will also provide the financial amount of Rs 14,000/- to pregnant women under this scheme. As mentioned before in this article, Maternity Nutrition Kit will be provided under Muthulakshmi Maternity Scheme. For this scheme, the State government has allocated a budget of Rs 1,001.33 Crore. Amma Maternity Nutrition Kit Scheme is launched at Egmore Government Maternity Hospital. Government is also aware that they have to enhance the facility of government run hospitals in the State. Every woman in the State who has delivered babies before the 1st of January is not eligible for this scheme revised version. Scheme benefits and other details are in the article below.

Key Features of Dr. Muthulakshmi Maternity Scheme

1) Maternity Nutrition Kit will be provided under Muthulakshmi Maternity Scheme.
2) The amount which was previously given under Muthulakshmi Maternity Scheme is now been increased from Rs 12,000/- to Rs 18,000/-.

3) Under Amma Maternity Nutrition Kit Scheme Maternity Nutrition Kit worth Rs 4,000/- will be provided to State pregnant women.

4) In the Maternity Nutrition Kit total of around 12 nutrition items will be provided, which even includes dry fruits.

5) The Nutrition Kit will be provided twice to pregnant women. First, it will be given at the 12th week of pregnancy, and second will be given at the 16th to 20th week of pregnancy.

6) For this scheme State government will spend Rs 1,001.33 crore.

7) Under this scheme, the State government will also provide the amount of Rs 14,000/- to pregnant women as financial assistance.

8) Due to the Maternity Nutrition Kit, different nutrition deficiency diseases during pregnancy to mother and baby will reduce. Also, it will help to improve the baby's health and weight.

9) It is expected that under this scheme, every year, around 8 lakh pregnant women will get its benefit.

Tamil Nadu Pregnancy Scheme Maternity Benefits

1) This scheme will help pregnant women get a proper nutritious diet.
2) Both Mother and baby will stay healthy because of the scheme.
3) Mother and baby will not suffer from any nutrition deficiency.
4) Infant will be born with good weight.
5) Pregnant women will not suffer from anaemia.
6) Under this scheme, pregnant women will get financial assistance of Rs 14,000/- along with kit worth Rs 4,000/-.

Instalment Details of Dr. Muthulakshmi Maternity Benefit Scheme 2023

Scheme Benefit/Instalment	Amount	Conditionality
1 Instalment	Rs 2,000/-	Antenatal Registration On or Before 12 Weeks
11 Instalment	Rs 2,000/-	After Four Months
111 Instalment	Rs 4,000/-	After Delivery
IV Instalment	Rs 4,000/-	After the 3^rd OPV/Pent a valent/Rota & IPV 2 doses completion
V Instalment	Rs 2,000/-	After Measles Rubella Vaccination completion of 9^th & 12th-month infants
Kind benefit	Rs 2,000/-	After 3^rd Month Completion.
Kind Benefit	Rs 2,000/-	2^nd Nutrition Kit
Total Amount	Rs 18,000/-

Tamil Nadu Amma Nutrition Kit Contains

Product It Contains	Units of Product
Pregnant Mothers Health Mix Powder	1 Kg
IFA Syrup	3 Nos
Protein Biscuits	500 gms
Dates	1 Kg
Aavin Ghee	500 gms
Towel	1 Noa
T. Albendazole	3 Nos

Tamil Nadu Pregnancy Scheme 2023 Registration Online

1) To take benefit of the Amma maternity Nutrition Kit Scheme, pregnant women must register before the 12th week of pregnancy.
2) As the kit is provided under Muthulakshmi Maternity Scheme so pregnant women have to register in that scheme to get the nutrition kit.
3) The registration can be done with UHN/VHN.

Tamil Nadu Pregnancy Scheme 2023 Maternity Benefit Application Form

1) To download the scheme application form, you need to click here.
2) Then fill out this form and attach the documents asked with it.
3) After this, submit it to above mentioned authorities.