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11.91 lakh women benefitted from KCR Kit scheme: Eatala Rajender

Health Minister Eatala Rajender on Monday said that the institutional deliveries have increased in government hospitals in the Telangana State after the introduction of the KCR Kit scheme.

Replying to a question raised by TRS MLA Dr. Anand Methuku and others in Legislative Assembly during Question Hour, the Health Minister said that there were 209,130 institutional deliveries in the year 2016-17. This number increased to 259,335 in 2017-18; 277,383 in 2018-19; 288,844 in 2019-20 and it was 258,341 in 2020-21, as of February 28, 2021.

The Health Minister claimed that as many as 11,91,275 women have benefitted from this scheme so far. He said an amount of Rs. 1,175.94 Crore has been spent on KCR Kit Scheme from 2017-18 to 2020-21.