evidence: The second transition occurred after 2015, that further coincides with the launch of various breakthrough schemes like Dakshta28 and Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative (LaQshya) which is a strategic intervention to improve quality of care during and around childbirth. The National Health Mission's Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)29 was introduced in 2016. The programme seeks to offer guaranteed, thorough, and high-quality antenatal care to all pregnant women on the ninth of every month, free of charge. It is difficult to infer whether these transitions were strictly due to the introduction of specific large scale public health interventions, since a more granular analysis of the determinants indicate the differential uptake of services across the states. [...] Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan | PMSMA [Internet]. [cited 2023 Mar 1]. https://pmsma.nhp.gov.in/.