Telangana Budget 2022: Rs 443 crore allocated for KCR Kits

Hyderabad: The State government in its Budget 2022-23 has allocated a massive Rs 443 crore to implement KCR Kits scheme, the centrepiece initiative in Telangana aimed at encouraging pregnant women deliver in government hospitals and improve Mother and Child Health (MCH) services. The KCR Kits initiative provides financial support to mothers, apart from distributing a […]

Hyderabad: The State government in its Budget 2022-23 has allocated a massive Rs 443 crore to implement KCR Kits scheme, the centrepiece initiative in Telangana aimed at encouraging pregnant women deliver in government hospitals and improve Mother and Child Health (MCH) services.

The KCR Kits initiative provides financial support to mothers, apart from distributing a kit containing 16 items that are essential for the infants and lactating mothers. If a boy is born, an amount of Rs 12,000 is given to the mother and if a girl is born, then the amount is enhanced to Rs 13,000.

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With the introduction of the scheme, the number of institutional deliveries in government hospitals has increased from 30.5 per cent to 56 per cent and so far the State government has distributed 10,91,344 KCR Kits.

Centrepiece initiative
• 10,91,344 KCR Kits distributed so far
• Since its launch, TS hospitals saw 25,85,609 deliveries
• Of these, govt hospitals reported 14,29,418 deliveries
• 11, 56191 deliveries in private hospitals
• Deliveries in govt hospitals rise from 30.5% to 56%