• Pradhan Mantri Matri Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is a maternity benefit program run by the government of India
• It was introduced in 2017 and is implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development
• It is a conditional cash transfer scheme for pregnant and lactating women of 19 years of age or above for the first live birth

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• It provides a partial wage compensation to women for wage-loss during childbirth and childcare and to provide conditions for safe delivery and good nutrition and feeding practices.
• In 2013, the scheme was brought under the National Food Security Act, 2013 to implement the provision of cash maternity benefit of ₹6,000 stated in the Act.
• The government’s maternity benefit scheme, or Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, has crossed 1.75 crore eligible women till financial year 2020