1Department of Economics, Dibrugarh University.
The JSY is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) which focuses on reducing maternal and neo-natal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among the poor pregnant women. With the introduction of the JSY from the year 2005, there has been almost 22 times increase in institutional delivery in the State. However, improving the safe motherhood still remains a major challenge for overall improvement in the maternal and therefore child health in the State. This paper tries to study the maternal health scenario after the implementation of Janani Suraksha Yojana and also its impact on increasing institutional delivery.
