Health Care, Step Child of the Indian Government-a Glance on Maternal and Child Care

Out of the 2.89 lakh women who died in 2013 as a result of complication in pregnancy or child birth, 50000 were in India i.e 17 per cent of maternal mortality of the world. We lose approximately two million children under the age of five every year and India is claiming the tag of a global leader. With the objective to evaluate health statistics and government role in sphere of maternal and child health, study was conducted based on secondary data obtained from statutory bodies of national and international concern. Areas of grave concern were identified and reasons for the same were proposed. Descriptive statistics, using frequency distribution mean percentage scores were calculated.