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UPSC PYQPrelims 2023

Civil Services Examination · Question 51

Consider the following statements in relation to Janani Suraksha Yojana: 1. It is a safe motherhood intervention of the State Health Departments. 2. Its objective is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality among poor pregnant women. 3. It aims to promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women. 4. Its objective includes providing public health facilities to sick infants up to one year of age. How many of the statements given above are correct?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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Answer: (B) Only two

Explanation

JSY is a centrally sponsored safe-motherhood intervention under NHM that aims to cut maternal and neonatal mortality through institutional deliveries. Sick-infant care is under JSSK, not JSY.