Guwahati, June 19 -- Assam has made significant strides towards reducing the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and the Under 5 Mortality Rate. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said this on Thursday, adding that in the recent reports of the Sample Registration System (SRS) published by the Office of the Registrar General of India the MMR of Assam has come down to 125. He said that historically, Assam recorded the highest Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in the country till the last SRS report of 2018-20. In 2001-03, the MMR in Assam was 490 per one lakh live births. At that time, the national MMR was 301. "The maternal health conditions were poor and the health infrastructure in the state was unable to provide...