UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2023

Consider the following statements in relation to Janani Suraksha Yojana: 1. It is a safe motherhood intervention of the State Health Departments. 2. Its objective is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality among poor pregnant women. 3. It aims to promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women. 4. Its objective includes providing public health facilities to sick infants up to one year of age. How many of the statements given above are correct?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four

Answer

Correct Answer

Only two

Explanation

Statements 2 and 3 are correct: JSY aims to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality and promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women. Statement 1 is incorrect since JSY is a Centrally sponsored scheme (not merely of State Health Departments), and statement 4 (care for sick infants up to one year) describes a different feature not central to JSY's objectives.

Topics: health schemes, janani suraksha yojana, maternal health, social issues