RAS question
Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana was launched in which year?
Correct answer: (B) 2021.
Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana was launched in Rajasthan on 1 May 2021.
Explanation
Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana belongs to Rajasthan's health-security policy space, and its launch date is 1 May 2021. The Rajasthan Economic Review describes the scheme as a state initiative in the health-care sector, launched while Rajasthan was moving towards universal health care. The scheme was meant to provide universal health coverage to families in Rajasthan, with the government later renaming it Mukhyamantri Ayushman Arogya Yojana in February 2024. The correct launch year is therefore 2021, not a later year linked to coverage changes or scheme modifications.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 2022 is wrong because it relates to an enhancement in coverage, while the scheme had already been launched on 1 May 2021.
- (C) 2019 is wrong because the Rajasthan Economic Review places the launch of Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana in 2021.
- (D) 2023 is wrong because it points to later modifications, not the original launch year of the scheme.
Concept
Rajasthan economy and welfare-scheme chronology includes flagship social-sector programmes. Launch years anchor policy evolution, budget announcements and later scheme changes.