UPSC Prelims 2012 · GS Paper I
Question 52: Economy and Social Development
The endeavour of 'Janani Suraksha Yojana' Programme is
- 1.to promote institutional deliveries
- 2.to provide monetary assistance to the mother to meet the cost of delivery
- 3.to provide for wage loss due to pregnancy and confinement
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (a).
Janani Suraksha Yojana, under the National Rural Health Mission, is a safe-motherhood scheme that promotes institutional deliveries among poor women by giving cash assistance to the mother to meet delivery costs. It does not compensate for wages lost during pregnancy and confinement; that is the aim of maternity benefit schemes.
- 1. The scheme promotes institutional deliveries.
- 2. It gives cash assistance to the mother towards delivery cost.
- 3. It does not compensate for wage loss from pregnancy and confinement.
How you could have got this
- If you were sure statement 1 is correct, (b) and (c) go: each of them leaves 1 out.
What you needed to know: The scheme promotes institutional deliveries.
- Then, if you were sure statement 3 is not correct, (d) goes: it includes 3.
What you needed to know: It does not compensate for wage loss from pregnancy and confinement.
Only (a) is left. You didn’t need statement 2.
Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Correct: institutional delivery and cash assistance for the mother.
- (b) Incomplete: promoting institutional deliveries is also its aim.
- (c) Wrong: compensation for wage loss is not an aim of the scheme.
- (d) Wrong: wage-loss compensation is not part of the scheme.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2012, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.