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in the non-PM-JAY states. The percentage of mothers who received post-natal care within two
days of delivery increased by 15 per cent in the PM-JAY states vis-à-vis an increase of only 9 per
cent in the non-PM-JAY states, reflecting the positive impact of the PM-JAY on maternal health
(Figure 22b).
Figure 22a: Maternal and Child Health: All States

Source: National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 4 and 5

Figure 22b: Maternal and Child Health: All States

Source: National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 4 and 5

9.48 Considering the delivery care for births in the five years before the survey, we find that
the PM-JAY has not been much fruitful. The improvement in the delivery care indicators, e.g.
institutional births, institutional births in public facility, and home births are much higher in
the states which did not adopt the PM-JAY. While there has been an overall increase in the
caesarean deliveries, the percentage rise is higher among the PM-JAY states as compared to the
non-PM-JAY states, barring caesarean deliveries in private health facilities (Figure 23).