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GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 3620
TO BE ANSWERED ON24THMARCH 2026
MATERNALMORTALITYRATIOAND INFANTMORTALITYRATE
IN THE COUNTRY
3620#SHRIMAYANKKUMARNAYAK:
SHRISHAMBHUSHARAN PATEL:
SHRIBRIJ LAL:
SHRIKESRIDEVSINH JHALA:
DR. PARMARJASHVANTSINHSALAMSINH:
DR. KAVITAPATIDAR:
SHRIRYAGAKRISHNAIAH:
SHRIAMAR PALMAURYA:
SHRINARHARI AMIN:
SMT.DARSHANASINGH:
Will the MINISTER OFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFAREbe pleased tostate:
(a)the current maternal mortalityratioandinfant mortality ratesinthe country;
(b) whether Government hasidentified districts with highmaternalmortalityrates;
(c)if so, the detailsthereof;
(d) the steps taken to strengthen institutional delivery services under the Ministry’s flagship
schemes;
(e) whether additional incentives are being provided to encourage more check-ups for
antenatalcare; and
(f) if so, the detailsthereof?
ANSWER
THEMINISTEROFSTATEINTHEMINISTRYOFHEALTHANDFAMILY
WELFARE
(SMT.ANUPRIYAPATEL)
(a) As per the Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality, 2021-23, released by the Registrar
General of India, the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of the country is 88 per lakh live
births.
The Infant Mortality Rate of India is 25 per 1000 live births as per the latest Sample
Registration System(SRS) report 2023.
(b) & (c)District-wise MMR isnot capturedseparately inthe data set of Registrar General of
India.(d) The Government of India hasundertaken variousinterventionsunderthe National Health
Mission (NHM) tostrengthen institutional delivery across the country.The key interventions
include:
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) isa demand promotion andconditional cash transfer
scheme for promotinginstitutional delivery.
Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) under which every pregnant woman
andsick infant isentitled tofree delivery, includingcaesareansection, inpublic health
institutions along with provision of free transport, diagnostics, medicines,blood,other
consumables& diet.
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) provides pregnant
women a fixed day, free of cost assured and quality antenatal check up by a
Specialist/Medical Officeronthe 9thdayof everymonth.
ExtendedPMSMA(e-PMSMA) strategy was launched for individual tracking of
high-risk pregnantwomen till a safe delivery.
LaQshya improves the quality of care in labour room and maternity operation
theatres to ensure that pregnant women receive respectful and quality care during
deliveryandimmediate post-partum.
Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) aims to provide assured, dignified,
respectful and quality healthcare at no cost and zero tolerance for denial of services
for every woman andnewborn visiting the public health facilityto endall preventable
maternalandnewborn deaths.
Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Day (VHSND) is a monthly outreach
activity at Anganwadi centers for provision of maternal and childcare including
counseling for institutional deliveryandbirthplanning.
Outreach camps are provisioned to improve the reach of health care services,
especially in tribal and hard-to-reach areas. This platform is used to increase
awareness for Maternal and Child health services, including institutional delivery and
communitymobilization aswell astotrackhigh-risk pregnancies.
Strengthening of infrastructure, including functionalization of First Referral Units
(FRUs), setting up of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Wings, operationalization of
Obstetric High Dependency Units & Intensive Care Units (Obst. HDU & ICU),
establishment of Birth Waiting Homes (BWHs) in difficult terrain, remote and tribal
areastoimprove accesstohealthcare facilitiesandpromote institutional delivery.
(e) & (f) Under the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA), every
pregnant woman identified as a High-Risk Pregnancy (HRP) is provided with an incentive of
Rs.100 per visit, for up to a maximum of three antenatal follow-up visits, to support
transportation costs.
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