Explanation:

The government’s recent announcement that the maternity benefit programme which provides Rs 5,000 for first child will be extended to cover the second child only if it is a girl has met with sharp criticism from activists who have demanded that it be universalised.

• The Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), launched in 2017, provides Rs 5,000 for the birth of the first child to partially compensate a woman for loss of wages.
• It also aims to improve the nutritional well-being of the mother and the child.
• The amount is given in three instalments upon meeting certain conditions.
• It is combined with another scheme, Janani Suraksha Yojana, under which nearly Rs 1,000 is given for an institutional birth, so that a woman gets a total of Rs 6,000.
• Under the revamped PMMVY under Mission Shakti, the maternity benefit amounting to Rs 6000 is also to be provided for the second child, but only if the second is a girl child, to discourage pre-birth sex selection and promote the girl child, Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani told the Lok Sabha.

Hence only statement 2nd is correct.