The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) has been introduced to provide fixed day quality antenatal care services to women in their 2nd/3rd trimesters of pregnancy on the 9^th day of every month. The initiative aims to ensure that assured and comprehensive antenatal services are provided to pregnant women at designated health facilities by Obstetricians/ medical officers. The programme also invites active participation from private practitioners on a voluntary basis and in the 31^st July 2016 episode of 'Mann Ki Baat', Hon’ble Prime Minister of India has appealed to doctors across India to contribute twelve days in a year to this initiative.

Assam launched this program on 9^th June 2016. At present total 286 Facilities are selected including Civil Hospitals, FRUs & Selected Govt. Health Facilities with high case load for PMSMA services.