Extracted Data Points

Maternal and Child Health Programs

  • Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme launched 22nd January 2015 to address declining child sex ratio
  • National Family Health Survey-5 recorded 1,020 women per 1,000 men, up from 943 (Census 2011)
  • Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) provides ₹5,000 for first living child and ₹6,000 for second child (girl child only)
  • 4.92 crore beneficiaries enrolled since PMMVY inception (as on 30th April 2026)
  • 4.28 crore beneficiaries paid since scheme inception
  • Total amount paid: ₹20,150 crore
  • Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) examined over 7.4 crore pregnant women
  • 8,812 volunteers registered under PMSMA
  • 22,000+ facilities providing PMSMA services nationwide
  • 6.85 crore antenatal check-ups conducted, 1.03 crore high-risk pregnancies identified
  • Maternal Mortality Ratio reduced to 88 per lakh live births (2021-2023) from 130 (2014-15)
  • Janani Suraksha Yojana beneficiaries in FY 2024-25: 1.99 crore pregnant women; 16.85 lakh sick infants
  • First-trimester antenatal care visits increased from 59% (NFHS-4, 2015-16) to 76.2% (NFHS-6, 2023-24)
  • Women completing four or more ANC visits grew from 51% (2015-16) to 65.2% (2023-24)
  • Institutional births increased from 79% (2015-16) to 90.6% (2023-24)

Education and Skills Development

  • Female enrolment increased from 1.57 crore (32%) in 2014-15 to 11.93 crore (48%) in 2024-25
  • 14.71 lakh schools, 1.01 crore teachers, and 24.69 crore students in 2024-25
  • 4,073 schools upgraded between 2018-19 and 2025-26
  • 1.49 lakh ICT and digital learning initiatives including smart classrooms supported
  • Vocational courses coverage increased from 9,477 to 25,000 schools
  • 99.3% schools had access to drinking water (97.3% had functional girls' toilets, 93.6% had electricity, 89.5% had libraries)
  • Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas increased from 4,996 (2022) to 5,316 (2026)
  • KGBV enrolment increased from 6.07 lakh (2020-21) to 7.58 lakh (2025-26)
  • Central Sector Scholarship reserves 50% of scholarships for girls
  • National Scholarship for Post Graduate Studies provides ₹1.5 lakh per year to selected students, including 3,000 women annually
  • AICTE PRAGATI Scholarship provided 10,000 scholarships annually since 2014-15
  • 36,000 girl students benefited under AICTE PRAGATI by 2024-25
  • 12 lakh more women enrolled in higher education between 2014-15 and 2022-23
  • Vigyan Jyoti Scheme reached over 1.12 lakh girls across 300 districts in 34 States/UTs
  • Women's participation in IITs/NITs increased from below 10% to over 20%
  • Women accounted for over 53% of UGC NET-JRF scholars in STEM subjects in 2024-25

Skills and Employment Programs

  • PMKVY trained: 19 lakh candidates (1.0), 1.10 crore candidates (2.0), 7.35 lakh candidates (3.0)
  • PMKVY 4.0 trained 27 lakh candidates in last three years, with 18.79 lakh certified
  • 45% of PMKVY beneficiaries were women
  • NAVYA program targets 3,850 girls across 27 Aspirational and North-Eastern districts
  • As of December 2025: 1,295 girls enrolled, 671 girls trained

Healthcare Infrastructure

  • Ayushman Bharat created over 43.52 crore Ayushman cards nationwide
  • Women account for 49% or 21 crore of Ayushman cards
  • 36,229 hospitals empanelled (19,483 public, 16,746 private)
  • 48% of authorized hospital admissions are women beneficiaries
  • 4.97 crore women received authorized hospital admissions
  • 1.84 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs operational nationwide (as on February 27, 2026)
  • 95 crore health records linked digitally nationwide, women constitute 49.75%

Nutrition and Anganwadi Services

  • 1.03 lakh Anganwadi Centres upgraded to Saksham Anganwadis
  • 10.58 lakh Anganwadi Workers trained in nutrition and ECCE

Immunization and Health Screening

  • Mission Indradhanush registered over 11.87 crore children and 3.96 crore pregnant women on U-WIN portal
  • 5.46 crore children and 1.32 crore pregnant women vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases
  • 8.73 crore women screened for cervical cancer as on 17th February 2026

Financial Inclusion Programs

  • Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana offers 8.2% annual interest with tax-free returns
  • DAY-NRLM covers 7,627 blocks nationwide with 1.51 crore community cadre members
  • SHGs accessed over ₹12.18 lakh crore in bank credit
  • 50,548 trained Bank Sakhis support women with banking services
  • 5.88 lakh enterprises supported under Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)
  • Lakhpati Didi initiative covers 34 States/UTs, 757 districts, 7,193 blocks, 2.56 lakh panchayats, 5.94 lakh villages
  • 93.85 lakh SHGs with 10.07 crore members
  • Government target of creating 6 crore Lakhpati Didis

Entrepreneurship and Credit Programs

  • PMMY loans sanctioned grew from ₹3.49 crore in 2015-16 to ₹57.79 crore till March 2026
  • PMMY amount sanctioned grew from ₹1.37 lakh crore in 2015-16 to ₹40.07 lakh crore till March 2026
  • PM SVANidhi sanctioned over 1.15 crore loans benefiting 74.9 lakh street vendors
  • Women account for 46% of PM SVANidhi beneficiaries
  • Stand-Up India supported over 2.05 lakh women entrepreneurs until March 2025
  • Women accounts increased from 55,000+ in 2018 to 1.90 lakh in 2024 under Stand-Up India
  • Sanctioned amount rose from over ₹12 crore to nearly ₹44 crore under Stand-Up India

Agricultural Technology Program

  • Namo Drone Didi scheme approved with outlay of ₹1,261 crore for 2023-24 to 2025-26
  • Aims to provide 15,000 drones to women SHGs
  • 1,094 drones distributed to drone didis of SHGs in 2023-24

Government Procurement and Market Access

  • Womaniya initiative: Over 2.1 lakh women-led enterprises registered on GeM
  • Around 13.7 lakh orders secured in FY 2025-26
  • Over ₹28,000 crore contract value awarded to women-led enterprises with 27.60% growth over FY 2024-25
  • Womaniya secured 5.6% of GeM's total order value, surpassing mandated 3% procurement target
  • SHE-Marts target to benefit 1 crore women

Infrastructure and Living Standards

  • Swachh Bharat Mission built over 12 crore individual household latrines/toilets
  • 6.3 lakh Community & Public Toilets constructed under SBM (Urban)
  • 2.7 lakh Community Sanitary Complexes built under SBM (Gramin)
  • Nearly 16 crore families got access to clean tap water in rural areas
  • Over 5 lakh villages declared as ODF Plus (Model)
  • Over 5.3 lakh villages have arrangements for solid waste management
  • 5.4 lakh villages have arrangement of liquid waste management
  • PMAY-Gramin: 4.15 crore houses allocated, 3.90 crore sanctioned, 2.99 crore houses completed
  • Financial assistance of over ₹4.03 lakh crore under PMAY-Gramin
  • PMAY-Urban: 96% houses allotted to women under PMAY-U 2.0
  • Total homes sanctioned – 125.31 lakh, grounded – 119.35 lakh, completed – 98.10 lakh
  • PM Ujjwala Yojana released 10.55 crore LPG connections (as on 14 May 2026)
  • Additional 22.42 lakh connections released under 25 lakh target (as of 4 May 2026)
  • Jal Jeevan Mission provided 15.84 crore families access to clean tap water

Governance and Representation

  • Women constituted 48.62% of electorate with over 47 crore registered voters in 2024
  • Women voter turnout stood at 65.78%
  • 75 women elected to Lok Sabha in 2024
  • Women accounted for nearly 17% of Rajya Sabha members
  • Over 14.5 lakh women serve as elected representatives in Panchayati Raj Institutions (46% of total)
  • Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023 provides 33% reservation for women in Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies
  • First batch of 17 women cadets graduated from National Defence Academy in 2025
  • By early 2026, 158 women cadets had joined NDA

Mission Shakti Program

  • 973 One Stop Centres operational nationwide
  • Over 14.49 lakh women assisted through One Stop Centres
  • Over 3 crore women supported through Women Helpline (181)
  • 15,000+ Women Help Desks across police stations