<h1>India's rise in institutional deliveries to 89% is credited with reducing maternal mortality while expanding medical colleges via PPPs.</h1> An increase in institutional deliveries to 89% is identified as the principal driver of a marked reduction in the Maternal Mortality Rate, and the government is expanding health-system capacity by establishing new medical colleges under a public-private partnership model to increase MBBS seats, deploy doctors to villages, and strengthen health infrastructure in tribal and underserved districts.