Maternal mortality rates are quite high in India, and especially so in northern part of the country. This manual accompanies the best practices to setup labor room, sterilization, and topics of practical significance not only for new beginners of Obstetrics and Gynecology but any practitioner who would like refurbish his/her knowledge of basics. The chapter on ethics by Dr Prakash Trivedi is very relevant to today’s practice wherein doctors are losing all credibility in society.