Multiple choice

Which of the following statements about the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is/are correct?

  1. Being run by the Ministry of Health, the mission was initially mooted for 5 years (2005-2010).
  2. Apart from improving healthcare delivery across rural India, it also aims at improving hygiene and sanitation infrastructure.
  3. It also provides for training of local residents as Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA).

  1. Only 1 and 2

  2. Only 2

  3. Only 2 and 3

  4. 1, 2 and 3
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Statement 1 is wrong as NRHM is a health program for improving healthcare delivery across rural India. The mission, initially mooted for 7 years (2005-2012), is run by the Ministry of Health.

Statement 2 is perfectly correct. Statement 3 is also correct as NRHM proposes a number of new mechanisms for healthcare delivery including training local residents as Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and the Janani Suraksha Yojana.

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