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Recently, Rajasthan’s Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dava Yojana (free medicine scheme) secured the highest position with first ranking issued by the National Health Mission (NHM). Consider the following statements regarding the scheme:
- Rajasthan Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dava Yojana was launched on 2nd October 2011.
- It only aims to provide commonly-used essential medicines free of cost to patients visiting government healthcare institutions.
- The number of medicines under the scheme has been increased to 712 from 608.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
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1 and 2
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B |
2 and 3
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C |
1 and 4
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D |
1 and 3
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Explanation :
- Rajasthan’s free medicine scheme secured the highest position with first ranking issued by the National Health Mission (NHM) among the sixteen states of the country.
- The scheme was launched on 2nd October 2011 and it provides 2 components:
- Free Medicines: To provide commonly-used essential medicines free of cost to patients visiting government healthcare institutions (introduced on 2nd October 2011), and
- Free Tests: To provide free tests (introduced on 7th April 2011)
- The number of free medicines has been increased from 608 to 712 and free tests from 70 to 90.
Significance
- The initiative was taken aiming to reduce out of pocket expenditure (OOPE) and improve footfalls in public health facilities.
Source: Civil Services Chronicle Online
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