Objectives of the National Accreditation Centre (NAC) include:
- To facilitate assessment and monitoring of the interested hospitals with maternity services.
- To analyse and provide award certificate of accreditation to the hospitals, which adhere to the standards validated through independent external assessment.
- To maintain the digital portal, and database of such hospitals and follow up for re-assessment and award after 3 years.
- To provide technical advice, and services to the hospitals for strengthening their support to breastfeeding mothers, delivered by normal or cesarean section deliveries.