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This study tries to analyse maternal health as a human security issue. Maternal health has been an issue of serious concern since decades. Human security ,health security ,maternal health and human rights are closely interlinked. Human security refers to the security of the people and communities as opposed to the security of the states. Health security, as identified by UNDP's Human Development Report 1994 , is one of the component of human security. Health is the determinant of human well being and economic growth. Without good health , progress of a nation is not possible. Maternal health is a component of health so security relating to maternal health is a human right . To safeguard maternal health as a human right, state and non state actors at global and national level have taken initiatives in the form of policies ,laws and strategies. This study makes an attempt to study those policies and schemes with special reference to India.