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The SRS special bulletin for 2007-09 estimated India's maternal mortality ratio at 212 per 100,000 live births, down from 254 in 2004-06; the 2001-03 estimate was 301.

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OriginalMaternal mortality rate has declined from 301 per 100,000 live births in 2001-03 to 254 in 2004-05 and further declined to 212 in 2007-09.

EnglishMaternal mortality rate has declined from 301 per 100,000 live births in 2001-03 to 254 in 2004-05 and further declined to 212 in 2007-09.

Speaker

Ghulam Nabi Azad

Party

INC

Office

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare

Venue

New Delhi

Date

2013-08-30

Topics

health

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Grounding check

1 of 1 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures

Transcript / text sources

• Maternal mortality rate declining: Azad
• Estimates of Maternal Mortality, Child Mortality and Total Fertility Rates

Evidence

Government's response

Analysis

The statement cites SRS estimates: MMR 301 in 2001-03, 254 in 2004-06 and 212 in 2007-09. The SRS special bulletin for 2007-09, published in June 2011, reports an MMR of 212 with a 95 per cent confidence interval of 198-226.

The same bulletin reports the decline from 254 to 212, a fall of about 17 per cent. The 301 figure for 2001-03 is consistent with the earlier SRS series.

The claim is a statistical statement about published SRS estimates and is supported by the primary bulletin.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

High

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

The SRS PDF was read directly. The Business Standard page returned HTTP 403 to an automated fetch, but the quoted sentence appeared in the search-result snippet. The 301 figure is taken from the earlier SRS round, not from the 2007-09 bulletin itself. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]