evidence: The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare informed the Lok Sabha that more than 3.60 crores of pregnant women have received comprehensive antenatal care under the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan programme across all States and Union Territories. [...] The PM Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan was launched by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in 2016 to provide assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care, free ofcost, universally to all pregnant women on the 9th of every month. [...] Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) provides pregnant women free of cost assured and quality Antenatal Care on the 9th day of every month.