Which of the following states pioneered the Chiranjeevi Scheme, later adopted by many other states, to involve private sector gynecologists for institutional delivery of Below Poverty Line women under the National Rural Health Mission?

Gujarat government's ambitious programme to reduce child and maternal mortality rate seems to have caught the fancy of other states in the country. As many as 8 states in India have decided to adopt Gujarat government's “Chiranjeevi Yojna”. States to adopt Chiranjeevi Yojna of Gujarat government include names such as Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab and Kerala. The maternal mortality rate (per lakh live births) in Gujarat was 389 in 1989, which has declined to 136 in 2007-08.