If poor pregnant women do not have BPL Card but otherwise considered very poor and needy by the community, how to certify and disburse cash benefit under JSY?
Ans. The Panchayat and the local bodies need to be effectively involved in the certification of poor and needy expectant mother, in a manner that genuine poor pregnant women are able to benefit from the scheme. However, if the BPL certification is not available through a legally constituted process, the beneficiary could still access the benefit on certification by Gram Panchayat/pradhan provided the delivery takes place in a Government institution. The benefit available under JSY will be admissible in a private hospital only against a regular BPL card whose number etc. has to be quoted in the birth certificate to be issued by the private institution.
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