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GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 2019
TO BE ANSWERED ON10THMARCH 2026
MATERNALMORTALITYRATIOIN THE COUNTRY
2019#SHRIADITYAPRASAD:
DR. DINESH SHARMA:
SHRISHAMBHUSHARAN PATEL:
SMT.KIRAN CHOUDHRY:
SHRINARHARI AMIN:
SHRIDEEPAKPRAKASH:
DR. PARMARJASHVANTSINHSALAMSINH:
SHRIMADAN RATHORE:
SHRIAMAR PALMAURYA:
Will the MINISTER OFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFAREbe pleased tostate:
(a) the current Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) inthe country, the detailsthereof, State-wise
andUnion Territory-wise;
(b) whether the Ministry has undertaken any major interventions to reduce MMR in the
country, if so, the detailsthereof;
(c)the detailsof progress made,budget allocationsandresults achieved;
(d) whether in the latest report of the United Nations it has been indicated that the rate of
declineinMMR inIndia isfaster than the globalaverage;and
(e)if so, the detailsthereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY
WELFARE
(SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)
(a) As per the latest bulletin on Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) 2021-23, released by the
Registrar General of India, the MMR of the country is 88 per lakh live births. The state-wise
detailsof MMR isplacedat Annexure I.
(b) The Government of India has undertaken various interventions under the National Health
Mission (NHM) toreduce the MMR inthe country. The keyinterventionsinclude: 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.
OptimizingPostnatal Care aims tostrengthen the quality of postnatal care by laying
emphasis on detection of danger signs in mothers andincentivizing Accredited Social
HealthActivists (ASHAs) for prompt detection,referral & treatment of such high-risk
postpartum mothers.
Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Day (VHSND) is a monthly outreach
activity at Anganwadi centers for provision of maternal and childcare including
nutritioninconvergence with the ICDS.
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 andChild health services andcommunitymobilizationaswell
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.
(c) The details of the progress made, results achieved and State/UT-wise budget allocations
for maternal health under National Health Mission (NHM) for FY 2024-25 is placed at
Annexure II.
(d) & (e) According to the latest United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency
Group (UN-MMEIG) Report 2000-2023, the MMR of India has seen a reduction of 86%
since 1990, far exceedingthe global average of 48%.
*****Annexure I
Annexure referredto in replyto part(a) of Rajya Sabha UnstarredQ.No. 2019
to beanswered on10.03.2026
Maternal MortalityRatio
S.No. India/States
(SRS2021-23)
India 88
1 Andhra Pradesh 30
2 Assam 110
3 Bihar 104
4 Jharkhand 54
5 Gujarat 51
6 Haryana 89
7 Karnataka 68
8 Kerala 30
9 Madhya Pradesh 142
10 Chhattisgarh 146
11 Maharashtra 36
12 Odisha 153
13 Punjab 90
14 Rajasthan 86
15 Tamil Nadu 35
16 Telangana 59
17 Uttar Pradesh 141
18 Uttarakhand 91
19 West Bengal 104
20 Other States 86
Source - Sample Registration System (SRS),RGI ReportAnnexure II
Annexure referred to inreply to part(c)of Rajya SabhaUnstarred
Q.No. 2019 to beansweredon10.03.2026
MaternalMortalityRatio (MMR) in IndiaasperSampleRegistration System(SRS)
SRS2014-16 SRS 2021-23
MaternalMortality Ratio (MMR)
88perlakhlive
130perlakhlive births
births
OtherKeyMaternalHealthIndicatorsasperNationalFamilyHealth Survey(NFHS)
India
Indicators
NFHS-4 NFHS-5
(2015-16) (2019-21)
Antenatalcheck-up coverage(%) 83.5 93.9
Total InstitutionalDelivery (%) 78.9 88.6
BirthsAttended bySkilledHealth Personnel(%) 81.4 89.4State/UTwise SPIPApprovalsfor MaternalHealthunderNHM forFY2024-25
(Rs.in Lakh)
SPIPApproval
S.No. State/UT
2024-25
1 AndamanandNicobar Islands 45.19
2 Andhra Pradesh 19,080.03
3 Arunachal Pradesh 2,173.74
4 Assam 29,326.27
5 Bihar 69,211.23
6 Chandigarh 43.51
7 Chhattisgarh 14,435.90
8 Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu 208.21
9 Delhi 1,164.54
10 Goa 303.71
11 Gujarat 19,079.94
12 Haryana 6,873.66
13 HimachalPradesh 9,749.92
14 Jammu andKashmir 8,912.49
15 Jharkhand 39,393.64
16 Karnataka 18,880.74
17 Kerala 6,496.03
18 Ladakh 559.24
19 Lakshadweep 44.62
20 Madhya Pradesh 47,381.70
21 Maharashtra 37,344.12
22 Manipur 2,467.03
23 Meghalaya 5,290.51
24 Mizoram 755.46
25 Nagaland 1,132.75
26 Odisha 20,818.32
27 Puducherry 656.66
28 Punjab 18,513.37
29 Rajasthan 44,404.12
30 Sikkim 369.35
31 Tamil Nadu 19,247.20
32 Telangana 10,594.48
33 Tripura 2,571.85
34 Uttar Pradesh 1,69,793.57
35 Uttarakhand 6,095.91
36 West Bengal 32,032.19
Note: The above data is as per the available Financial Management Reports submitted by
the State/UTs andisprovisional