Commemorating ten years of Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan, Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi said that every new life begins in the mother’s womb, and every stage of pregnancy has the right to safe, healthy and respectful care. In a social media post on Tuesday, she said that over the past decade, the initiative has made safe motherhood a mass movement by providing timely health checkups, expert consultations, and improved maternal health services to millions of pregnant women. She said, this is not just a scheme, but the government’s commitment to a healthy future for every mother and her unborn child. The minister added that this visionary initiative has shaped India’s maternal health journey over the past 10 years and has become the medium of positive change in the lives of lakhs of mothers.