Answer-Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyaan (PMSMA), launched on June 9, 2016, completes a decade in...

Statement I is correct PMSMA provides free comprehensive antenatal care to pregnant women in their second 1327 weeks and third trimester on the 9th of every month at designated government health facilities. Statement II is correct Indias MMR declined from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 87 in 2022-24, a reduction of 43 points over the decade since PMSMA was launched. Statement III is incorrect as stated. The Extended PMSMA Strategy does provide financial incentives to the beneficiary and the accompanying ASHA worker for additional follow-up visits but only for pregnancies that have been identified as high-risk. It does not provide incentives for three additional visits to all pregnant women in general. The statement implies a general entitlement of three additional visits for all women, which is not accurate. The benefit applies specifically to high-risk pregnancies that require continuous monitoring beyond the standard PMSMA session. This makes Statement III incorrect as written.

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Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyaan (PMSM

A , launched on June 9, 2016, completes a decade in 2026. Consider the following statements: I. PMSMA provides free antenatal care to pregnant women during their second and third trimesters on the 9th of every month at designated government health facilities. II. India's Maternal Mortality Ratio (MM
R has declined from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 87 per lakh live births in 2022-24 a reduction of 43 points since the launch of PMSMA. III. The Extended PMSMA Strategy, launched in January 2022, ensures that high-risk pregnancies identified under the programme receive financial incentives for up to three additional antenatal follow-up visits. Which of the above statements is/are correct?