The Assam government has taken initiatives to bring down Maternal Mortality Ratio, MMR. Official sources said, in a bid to reduce the MMR, National Rural Health Mission has introduced Mamoni scheme. Assam has recorded 381 MMR against per lakh live birth as per Annual Health Surver,2010-11. Lack of nutritious food during pregnancy can lead to anaemia and other vitamin and mineral deficiency related diseases, which obstruct the development of the foetus. Mamoni is a scheme to encourage pregnant women to undergo three ante-natal checkups which identify danger signs during pregnancy and offer proper treatment.Under the scheme, every pregnant woman receives a booklet on tips of safe motherhood and new born care. After this, the pregnant women are provided with an amount of 1000 rupees in the second and third ante-natal check-ups for expenses related to nutritional food and supplements. Last year, more than 2 lakh 40 thousand women received the first instalment and around 2 lakh, 12 thousand pregnant women received the third instalment.