National Health Mission

Loopholes in PMJAY (Ayushman Bharat) ............click for news paper:
Keyword:
1)Rastriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) = an annual corpus for Health ministry
2)Elligible candidate in PMJAY, not able to take treatment if cost is above cap.
3)RAN's cap is not lifted===will lead to squandering of fund
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18 Consider the following about National Health Mission (NHM).
1. It subsumes the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and the National Urban Health Mission
(NUHM).
2. Under the mission, within the broad national parameters states would have the flexibility to plan
and implement state specific action plans.
3. The scheme has a flexible pool finance component for Communicable diseases.
Select the correct answer using the codes below.
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
Your Answer : D
Correct Answer : D
Justification:
Statement 2: The State PIP is approved by the Union Secretary of Health & Family
Welfare as Chairman of the EPC, based on appraisal by the National Programme Coordination
Committee (NPCC)
Statement 3: Some of the finance components include: Flexible pool for Communicable disease;
Flexible pool for Non communicable disease including Injury and Trauma; Infrastructure
Maintenance.
The fund flow from the Central Government to the states/UTs would be as per the procedure
prescribed by the Government of India.
The main programmatic components include Health System Strengthening in rural and urban
areas- Reproductive-Maternal- Neonatal-Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A), and
Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases.