New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), maternity benefits have been provided to more than 4.05 crore beneficiaries since the inception of the scheme on January 1 2017, to July 31 2025, the Ministry of Women and Child Development said in a release on Friday.

Also, as of July 2025, more than 72.22 lakh pregnant women are registered as beneficiaries under Mission Poshan 2.0 as per the data available on Poshan Tracker.

Under the National Health Mission (NHM), the Government of India has undertaken the following steps to provide maternal health services, including the reduction of prevalence of anaemia and low birth weight babies among the mothers, including tribal mothers, for all States/UTs across the count...