Gandhinagar: On the occasion of Mother’s Day on Sunday, the state govt said that about 4 lakh mothers were provided with a total financial assistance of Rs 222 crore in one year.According to data shared by the state health department on Sunday, 6.30 lakh women registered under the state govt’s flagship Namo Shri scheme in the past year, of which 4 lakh received financial assistance amounting to Rs 222 crore. Eligible women receive financial assistance of up to Rs 12,000 for their first two children, distributed in phases. The govt said that as a result of this scheme and other state and Union govt schemes, the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in the state witnessed a significant drop from 112 in 2011-13 to 57 by 2020. A statement added that Gujarat achieved a 99.97% institutional delivery rate.TNN