A/HRC/14/20/Add.2 regarding maternal death reviews and EmOC indicators. For a middle-income country of its stature and level of development, the rate of maternal deaths in India is shocking. Comparable middle-income countries have significantly lower rates of maternal deaths. The country is most unlikely to reach its relevant Millennium Development Goal targets. Although the problem is not simply a matter of funding, public spending on health remains among the lowest in the world. There is a yawning gulf between India’s commendable maternal mortality policies and their urgent, focused, sustained, systematic and effective implementation. For the most part, maternal mortality reduction is still not a priority in India and, in the report, the Special Rapporteur suggests why this is the case. 2 GE.10-12866