RAS question
Rajasthan Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dawai Yojana provides:
Correct answer: (C) Free essential medicines at all government hospitals.
Rajasthan's Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dawa Yojana provides free essential medicines to patients at government-run medical institutions across the state.
Explanation
Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dawa Yojana is about access to essential medicines, not a limited employee benefit or a specialised stream of treatment. The Rajasthan Health Department describes it as a flagship programme launched by the Government of Rajasthan in 2011 to provide free essential medicines to patients visiting government-run medical institutions across the state. The facility operates through government hospitals and dispensaries, with over 1,000 medicines available free of charge. That makes option C the precise answer: the scheme supplies free essential medicines through the public health system, improving access to treatment for ordinary patients who use government facilities.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Ayurvedic medicines alone are too narrow; the scheme is framed as free essential medicines for patients in government-run medical institutions.
- (B) The benefit applies to patients visiting government-run medical institutions, not only to government employees.
- (D) The scheme concerns essential medicines made available free of charge, not luxury medicines.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan welfare schemes under public health and social-sector spending. RAS repeatedly asks such schemes because they connect state policy instruments with service delivery through government institutions.