Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday took a decision to double the financial assistance for the Mamata Yojana.
Under the scheme earlier, pregnant women in the State used to get Rs 5,000 in two installments.
From now onwards, the pregnant women would get Rs 10,000. The beneficiaries would get the hiked assistance with effect from August 2023.They would get the pending assistance for four months between February 20 and 25, 2024.
The CM had launched the Mamata Yojana in 2011 to reduce maternal and infant deaths.
In the new Mamata Yojana, the assistance would be credited directly to the account of the beneficiary. In the first installment, Rs 6,000 (after six months’ pregnancy) would be provided. In the second installment, Rs 4,000 would be given after the child becomes 10-month-old.