11 October 2016 Current Affairs: As per the new study Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) has played important role in reducing ‘socioeconomic disparities’ existing in maternal care. The study was conducted by researchers from Delhi based National Council of Applied Economic Research. This is for first time study has shown JSY has reduced socioeconomic inequalities in maternal care compared to earlier studies which showed impact of JSY in reducing maternal mortality. JSY has led to reduction of prevalent differences in access to maternal care between individual people of higher or lower socioeconomic status. It has led to enhancement in utilisation of health services among all groups especially among the poorer and underserved sections in the rural areas. Utilisation of all three maternal healthcare services was remarkably higher among illiterate or less educated and poor women. Usage of all three maternal healthcare services by the Dalit, Adivasis, OBC and Muslim women increased between the surveys. However, inequalities still exist in access to maternal care but JSY has narrowed gap in access to healthcare between the marginalised group of women and financially better-off. Women in their early 20s more likely avail maternal health care services as compared to their older women. The incidence of women availing maternal healthcare decreases with the increase in the number of children. FreshersLive - No.1 Job site in India. Here you can find latest 2017 government as well as private job recruitment notifications for different posts vacancies in India. Get top company jobs for both fresher and experienced. Job Seekers can get useful interview tips, resume services & interview Question and answer. Practice online test free which is helpful for interview preparation. Register with us to get latest employment news/rojgar samachar notifications. Also get latest free govt and other sarkari naukri job alerts daily through E-mail.