Prerna award and scheme

National Population stabilization Fund

Prerna Award: In order to help push up the age of marriage of girls and space the birth of children in the interest of health of young mothers and infants, JSK launched PRERNA, a Responsible Parenthood strategy in all districts of seven high focus states namely Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Rajasthan. The strategy has been to identify the couple and award couples who have broken the stereotype of early marriage, early childbirth and repeated child birth and have helped change the mindsets of the community.

Prerna Scheme: In order to become eligible for award under the scheme, the girl should have been married on or after 19 years of age and given birth to the first child after at least 2 years of marriage. The couple will get an award of Rs.10,000/- if it is a Boy child or Rs.12,000/- if it is a Girl child. If birth of the second child takes place after at least 3 years of the birth of first child and either parent voluntarily accept permanent method of family planning within one year of the birth of the second child, the couple will get an additional award of Rs.5,000/- (Boy child) / Rs.7,000/- (Girl child). The amount of award will be given to the beneficiaries in their Adhar linked account through DBT.
The scheme is meant only for BPL families.

Attached – Prerna yojana scheme guideline and application format