RAS question
What expenditure was incurred under Mukhyamantri Nishulk Nirogi Rajasthan Yojana in 2024-25?
Correct answer: (C) ₹1,221.76 crore.
In 2024-25, up to December 2024, Mukhyamantri Nishulk Nirogi Rajasthan Yojana incurred expenditure of ₹1,221.76 crore while benefiting 14.93 crore patients.
Explanation
The figure is not the broader health-insurance spending number. The Economic Review 2024-25 separates MAA Yojana from Mukhyamantri Nishulk Nirogi Rajasthan Yojana: MAA covered registered families for cashless treatment with government spending of ₹1,675 crore, while Nishulk Nirogi is described as providing free healthcare services to all citizens through free medicines and tests at approved laboratories. For Nishulk Nirogi, the Review records 14.93 crore patients benefited in 2024-25 up to December 2024, with expenditure of ₹1,221.76 crore on medicine. Hence the MCQ asks for the scheme-specific expenditure, not the larger or neighbouring health-scheme figures.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) ₹2,370.82 crore is linked to RGHS expenditure, so it does not answer the Nishulk Nirogi scheme-specific expenditure asked here.
- (B) ₹1,675 crore is the government spending recorded for MAA Yojana, not for Mukhyamantri Nishulk Nirogi Rajasthan Yojana.
- (D) ₹2,500 crore is the total provision for MAA Yojana, whereas the Nishulk Nirogi expenditure figure is ₹1,221.76 crore.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan Economic Review reading under welfare schemes and public health expenditure. RAS repeats such items because close-sounding health schemes often have different expenditure, provision and beneficiary figures.