Bhubaneswar, Feb 11: The State government has decided to jointly implement the State government's 'Mamata Yojana" and the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana on a co-branding basis to provide more financial aid to mothers.

Now, the mothers will get Rs 2,000 more in case of birth of a girl child. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has taken this decision to promote good health and birth of girl child among pregnant and lactating women.

Under this joint scheme, Rs 10,000 will be given on the birth of a male child. However, Rs 12,000 will be given for the birth of a girl child. A maximum of two children will be supported. However, the two-child limit will not apply to PVTGs, a statement of the Chief Minister's Office said.

Anganwadi workers will get an incentive of Rs 250 instead of Rs 200 and Anganwadi helpers will get Rs 150 instead of Rs 50 under the joint scheme.

The combined implementation of these two schemes is estimated to cost about Rs 511 crore in the next financial year. For this, the central government will provide Rs 115.97 crore, while the state government will provide Rs 395.75 crore. This is likely to benefit about 4.5 lakh pregnant and lactating women.

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