With an aim to reduce maternal and infant mortalities and ensure overall maternal health, the Madhya Pradesh (MP) government has decided to provide one free meal every day to pregnant women in selected districts from?August 15. The scheme of the Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD) would be known as 'Full Meal Scheme'. According to 2013 special bulletin of the Registrar General of India (RGI), MP, recording about 18 to 19 lakh pregnancies every year, has a very high maternal mortality ratio (MMR) at 221 per lakh live births, which is amongst one of the highest in the country. MMR includes deaths of women during childbirth or due to related complications. Read More?at ?www.hindustantimes.com