The purpose of these guidelines is to enable the states to develop and operationalize a strategy to ensure that all newborns are provided with home based care, through a series of visits by the ASHA, and ensuring that she has the skills and support to do so. Together with the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) and the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram (JSSK), the HBNC ensures that mother and newborn have access to services in order to ensure positive health outcomes. The guidelines are divided into two sections. The first section discusses the trends, rationale and the policy frameworks for HBNC. The second section discusses the skills and support that the ASHA requires, actions to be taken at state and district levels, and monitoring of the programme. The annexures consist of the ASHA’s home visit form, the first visit to the newborn form, material for IEC displays and the contents of the ASHA kits and communication package to enable the provision of HBNC.