RAS question
The National Health Mission (NHM) subsumes which two sub-missions?
Correct answer: (A) NRHM and NUHM.
The National Health Mission subsumes the National Rural Health Mission and the National Urban Health Mission as its two sub-missions.
Explanation
The National Health Mission is not a separate replacement for rural or urban health missions; it is the umbrella mission that encompasses both. NHM includes the National Rural Health Mission and the National Urban Health Mission as its two sub-missions. The precise pairing is NRHM with NUHM. NRHM was launched in 2005, NHM in 2013, and NUHM in 2013. NHM's purpose is also broader than a scheme label: it seeks universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care by strengthening public health systems, with programme components such as health system strengthening and disease-control work.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) PMJAY belongs to Ayushman Bharat, while NHM's two sub-missions are NRHM and NUHM.
- (C) AIIMS is an institution, not a mission component, and NHM pairs NRHM with NUHM.
- (D) ICDS and MDMS are nutrition or food-related programmes, whereas NHM's two sub-missions are the rural and urban health missions.
Concept
RAS tests the governance structure of national health programmes, especially umbrella missions and their sub-missions. Health-sector schemes often appear through institutional pairing rather than only through launch years.