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Maharashtra Public Health Minister Prakash Abitkar connected Friday (December 12, 2025) stated that the 14,526 children nether the property bracket of zero to 5 died successful 7 districts of the State implicit the past 3 years.
In a written reply to BJP legislator Sneha Dubey’s question, Mr. Abitkar said, “The 14,526 kid deaths person occurred successful the property radical of zero to 5 years, portion 303 SAM children and 2663 MAM children recorded successful the authorities nether the property of 6 months and 6 years person died successful the past six months.”
Sneha Dubey questioned whether it is existent that contempt the implementation of schemes worthy crores of rupees to forestall kid mortality successful the state, the 49,080 children died from zero to 5 successful the districts of Pune, Mumbai, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nagpur, Amravati, Akola and Yavatmal successful the past 3 years?
To which, Mr. Abitkar replied, “This is partially true.” He agreed that successful the tribal areas of the state, particularly Palghar district, arsenic galore arsenic 138 children died betwixt the ages of 0 and 6 successful the past six months owed to superior unwellness and a fewer deaths owed to malnutrition. He besides agreed to legislators’ question whether 269 children are suffering from superior diseases, 68 children are Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and 835 children are Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM).
Giving the numbers, Mr Abitkar mentioned that we person achieved the people of reducing the neonatal mortality complaint (NMR) acceptable by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. “According to the Sample Registration System (SRS) 2023 Survey published successful September 2025, the NMR of the authorities of Maharashtra was 11 per 1000 births, achieving the SDG target,” Mr Abitkar added.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals person acceptable the target of reducing the NMR to little than 12 per 1000 births.
The legislators besides asked whether the Dr. Abhay Bang committee recommendations were implemented to trim the babe mortality complaint (IMR) and maternal mortality complaint (MMR) to zero, and whether the authorities inquired astir the progress. To which helium listed the schemes that are presently implemented.
Schemes implemented
Mr Abitkar said, “Under the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS), to trim malnutrition, respective initiatives person been taken to supply supplementary nutritional food.”
He listed respective schemes that are implemented to “curb” the contented nether ICDS. These schemes see Abdul Kalam Amrit Aahar Yojana (Tribal Project), SAM Special Initiative for Children, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, Suposhit Mumbai, and Child’s First Golden 1000 Days’ Campaign.
Under the wellness department, the schemes similar Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Matritva Abhiyan, Janani Suraksha Yojana, Janani Shishu Suraksha Program are implemented, while the wellness infrastructure and services has been provided for Special New Born Care Unit (SNCU), New Born Stabilization Unit (NBSU), Comprehensive Lactation Management Center (CLMC), Nutrition Rehabilitation Center (NRC), Home Newborn Care (HBNC), and Home Baby Care (HBYC), arsenic per the nationalist wellness department.
The different programmes see “Ma” - Mother Absolute Affection (MAA), Anaemia Free India Vitamin A Program, Stop Diarrhoea Campaign, Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia (SAANS), and National Child Health Program (NCHP).
