evidence: The second highest budgetary allocation in Part A of the GBS is Rs 3,919 crore for the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Around 64% of this or Rs 2,500 crore is for pregnant women under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY). There have been complaints of low coverage in terms of beneficiaries under PMMVY. For instance, Jagriti Chandra (2020) cites a right to information (RTI) application, filed by Ritika Khera, Jean Dreze and Anmol Somanchi, which shows that only "38.3 lakh women, or 61% of the 62.8 lakh beneficiaries registered under the PMMVY between April 2018 and July 2019 received the full amount of Rs 5,000 promised under the scheme." [...] "the scheme failed to reach at least 49% of the total 123 lakh mothers who are estimated to have given birth to their first child and, therefore, it was able to benefit only 31% of its intended beneficiaries. Worse, the economists contend since the total number of births in 2017 was 270.5 lakh, the number of births covered stands at 23% of the total number of child births that year, and proportion of those who actually received the cash benefit is a paltry 14%." (Chandra 2020) Clearly, the allocations to PMMVY need to be substantially higher if the scheme aims to reach all those for whom it is intended. However, allocations alone are not enough. Following up to ensure that women who are entitled to benefit from the scheme are aware of it, for the scheme to be successful.