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| 09.22.06 (11:49 pm) [edit] |
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The Union Government has decided to increase financial assistance to 1400 rupees from the present700 rupees as mother’s package for institutional delivery under the Janani Suraksha Yojana in the National Rural Health Mission areas. It is also extended to Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe mothers in non-NRHM areas. The Union Health & Family Welfare Minister, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss was addressing media persons after the 2nd meeting of Mission Steering Group of National Rural Health Mission in New Delhi today.
The Health Minister said that two more nurses would be placed in each primary health centre and one more Auxiliary Nurse Midwife would be appointed at sub-centre level. The government has also decided to put Rs.10,000/-as corpus at each sub-centre. Auxiliary Nurse Midwife would keep Rs.5000/- and ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) would carry Rs.600/- out of which she would spend Rs.200/- on transport at the time of mother’s delivery. ASHA would be responsible for sanitation, nutritional level of the area in which she is working.
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