Background: The Janani Suraksha Yojana was implemented to ensure that pregnant women who are Below the Poverty Line (BPL) access health facilities for childbirth. It provides cash benefit to eligible pregnant women if they choose to deliver in a health facility irrespective of their age and the number of children they have special dispensation is provided to states that have low institutional delivery rates.

Materials and Methods: A descriptive approach was found to be appropriate to assess the knowledge of primipara mothers regarding Janani Suraksha Yojana in selected hospital of Agartala with a view to develop an information booklet. The sample considered of 100 primipara mothers who met the inclusion criteria and were chosen by Non-probability purposive sampling technique. The study was conducted at the postnatal ward of IGM hospital, Agartala. Data collection was done from 08.09.2020 to 18.09.2020. Formal written permission from hospital Medical Superintendent was obtained prior to data collection process. Data was collected by using structured questionnaire.

Result: It has been found that the majority of primipara mothers knowledge questionnaire regarding Janani Suraksha Yojana 16% of primipara mothers had inadequate knowledge respectively, 56% of primipara mothers had moderately adequate knowledge respectively and 28% of primipara mothers had adequate knowledge respectively in Janani Suraksha Yojana. The data was also presented graphically. To test the null hypotheses the level of significance was set at 0.05 and the result shown that the value is significant at >0.05% level of significance.