Jachha-Bachha Survey (JABS) 2019

Maternity entitlements of Rs 6,000 per child are a legal right of all Indian women under the National Food Security Act. Ignoring this, the central government has launched a half-baked maternity benefit scheme, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), restricted to one child per woman with reduced benefits. The survey will cover 1 district each in Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha.

The purpose of the survey is not only to take stock of PMMVY, but also to probe issues related to pregnancy and child birth in rural India.

Questionnaires

Main findings – a presentation

The World of Anganwadis – a short film

Media coverage

  1. Weight gain during pregnancy in rural India 7 kg as against 13-18 kg norm: Survey, Counterview, Rajiv Shah
  2. Survey shows PMMVY not reaching rural expectant mothers in five states, Kochi Post, Rosamma Thomas
  3. Modi Govt’s Flagship Scheme Benefited Only Half Of Eligible Pregnant Women, RTI Shows, HuffPost, Akshay Deshmane
  4. Less than half of the pregnant women in rural India get nutritious food: Survey, Live Mint, Srishti Choudhary
  5. Maternity Benefits Restricted to Handful of Urban Women in India, Finds Survey, The Wire
  6. Condition Of Pregnant Women Pathetic In India 63% Work Until Day Of Delivery, Says New Study, Bihar Post
  7. 63% pregnant women in rural areas work till delivery, shows survey, Business Standard, Sanjeeb Mukherjee [paywalled]
  8. One in five needy mothers gets govt aid for food, Deccan Herald, Kalyan Ray
  9. Only 1 in 4 gets pregnancy benefits, The Telegraph
  10. ‘Maternity scheme reaches only one-third of beneficiaries’, The Hindu, Jagriti Chandra
  11. Telling numbers | Pregnant, nursing women’s health: Himachal best, UP worst in survey, Indian Express (Explained Section)
  12. CENTRE’S MATERNITY SCHEME: Most Women Left Out, The Hindu Briefcase
    [available only on the Briefcase mobile app – pasted text and image in doc linked above]
  13. Survey tells story of malnourished, underweight pregnant women and nursing mother, Times of India, Ambika Pandit
  14. Poorly nourished pregnant women are also badly overworked in rural India, Quartz, Manavi Kapur
  15. WCD ministry refutes survey that claims maternity scheme missed 51% of beneficiaries, The Print, Fatima Khan
  16. Odisha’s maternal health scheme doing better: Survey, Economic Times, ET Bureau
  17. IndiaSpend Twitter thread
  18. Survey Shows Dismal Condition Of Pregnant Women In Rural India, SheThePeople, Prapti Sarkar
  19. ‘63% Of Pregnant Women In Rural India Work Until The Day Of Delivery’: Survey, The Logical Indian, Prashasti Awasthi
  20. Only 22% of pregnant women got benefits promised by Modi govt under PMMVY, National Herald, NH Web Desk
  21. Nutrition levels of pregnant women in rural India: 5 key takeaways from a new study, Asiaville News, Dibyaudh Das
  22. Indian states are failing to help mothers – and UP is the worst, Scroll.in, Aarefa Johari
  23. Survey Reveals India’s Rural Pregnant Women Are Severely Malnourished, iDiva, Karen Alfonso
  24. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana: Insufficient coverage, lacklustre approach, Yahoo News, Gayatri Vinayak
  25. Odisha Maternity Scheme Better Than Centre: Survey, Odisha Bytes, OB Bureau
  26. Access to nutritious food, a concern, Deccan Herald
  27. Missing mothers: Large chunk of intended beneficiaries falling through the scheme for pregnant women, Financial Express, Anish Mondal
  28. India’s Pregnant Women Need Better Nutrition: Survey, 7D News, Mayuri Phadnis
  29. How Schemes Fail Women: Delivery on Hospital Veranda Equals No Aid, Quint, Akanksha Kumar
  30. Maternity Benefits: What Centre Can Learn From Tamil Nadu, Odisha, IndiaSpend, Sana Ali
  31. Four in five expecting mothers in India deprived of government’s maternity benefits scheme, Business Insider, Prerna Sindwani