Even though the health department is taking a number of steps to promote institutional deliveries (births), non-institutional ones are still taking place in Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s home district Muktsar. Data procured from the district administration revealed that till July end this year, 193 non-institutional deliveries took place across the district. Of these, the maximum (49) were reported in the Chief Minister’s home turf Lambi. This is followed by Alamwala with 43 non-institutional deliveries, Chak Sherewala with 40, Malout 25, Doda 20, Muktsar with nine and Gidderbaha with seven.