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Janani Suraksha Yojana yields positive results

Chitradurga: The introduction of the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) in 2005 under the National Rural Health Mission has yielded positive results, with institutional deliveries in the State having increased from 63.08 per cent in 2005 to 71.5 per cent till October end this year.

In April 2005, the Union Government launched the scheme with the objective of reducing the maternal and neo-natal mortality rates by promoting institutional deliveries among poor women.

The scheme, which mainly targets people living below the poverty line, encourages women to deliver babies in hospital and provides them with financial assistance.

Under the scheme, Rs. 700 is given to each woman delivering her baby in a hospital, and Rs. 1,500 if she undergoes a Caesarean.

“We have been seeing a substantial increase in institutional deliveries in State after the introduction of the scheme,” said an official of the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Project.

The reason for the increase is the constant awareness campaigns and programmes organised particularly in rural areas by health workers.

The statistics available with the Department of Health and Family Welfare states that 5,75,477 out of 9,10,788 deliveries were recorded as institutional deliveries in 2005-06 and 6,15,854 out of 9,70,059 in 2006-07.

The infant mortality rate has also declined marginally.

While it was 50 per 1,000 live births in 2005-06, it came down to 48 in 2006-07.

This achievement has, to a certain extent, been attributed to the success of the scheme.

While south Karnataka is far ahead in institutional deliveries and making rapid progress, north Karnataka is far behind.Records show that in 2005-06, Bangalore Urban district registered 95.03 per cent institutional deliveries, which increased to 96.06 per cent in 2006-07.

In Udupi district, it was 93.06 per cent in 2005-06 and 97.05 per cent in 2006-07.

Institutional deliveries in Mandya district increased from 86.03 per cent in 2005-06 to 89.08 per cent in 2006-07.

On the other hand, the figures for north Karnataka are disappointing.

In 2005-06, institutional deliveries in Koppal district were as low as 23.03 per cent, which went up to 31.08 per cent in 2006-07. Gulbarga district recorded 31.02 per cent institutional deliveries in 2005-06, which marginally increased to 33.3 per cent in 2006-07.

In Gadag district, institutional deliveries went up from 45.02 per cent in 2005-06 to 55.0 per cent in 2006-07.

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