The National Health Policy-2017 identified seven priority areas for dedicated action to improve health. Which of the following is NOT one of these seven priority areas?
- (a)Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
- (b)Road/Passenger Safety (यात्री सुरक्षा)
- (c)Nirbhaya Nari
- (d)Annapurna Scheme
Correct — D, Annapurna Scheme. The National Health Policy (NHP), 2017 names seven priority areas for coordinated, immediate action on preventive and promotive health: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan; balanced, healthy diets and regular exercise; addressing tobacco, alcohol and substance abuse; Yatri Suraksha (preventing road and rail accident deaths); Nirbhaya Nari (action against gender-based violence); reduced stress and improved workplace safety; and reducing indoor and outdoor air pollution. The Annapurna Scheme — a Ministry of Rural Development food-security scheme (10 kg free foodgrain/month to indigent senior citizens aged 65+ who miss the old-age pension) launched in 2000 — belongs to social-welfare policy, not NHP-2017's health-behaviour/environment list.
- (a)Swachh Bharat Abhiyan — One of the genuine seven — sanitation is explicitly named as a priority area in NHP-2017 for its direct link to disease prevention.
- (b)Road/Passenger Safety (यात्री सुरक्षा) — This is 'Yatri Suraksha' — one of the seven, aimed at reducing deaths from road and rail traffic accidents.
- (c)Nirbhaya Nari — One of the seven — action against gender-based violence, named explicitly in the policy.
NHP-2017 is India's third National Health Policy (after 1983 and 2002). Beyond its core health-system goals (raising public health spending, universal access, etc.), it lists seven cross-sectoral 'priority areas for immediate attention', recognising that health outcomes depend on non-medical factors like sanitation, safety, diet and pollution.
MPPSC/UPSC test this list as a 'which is NOT included' elimination question — the safe strategy is to memorise the seven names as a fixed set, since any welfare/social scheme that merely sounds plausible (like Annapurna) but isn't on the list becomes the trap.
- NHP-2017 lists 7 priority areas: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan; balanced diet & exercise; tobacco/alcohol/substance abuse; Yatri Suraksha; Nirbhaya Nari; workplace stress & safety; air pollution.
- NHP-2017 is India's third National Health Policy, after 1983 and 2002.
- Annapurna Scheme (2000) gives 10 kg free foodgrain/month to eligible seniors aged 65+; it is a Ministry of Rural Development scheme, not part of NHP-2017's list.
- NHP-2017 envisages raising public health expenditure to 2.5% of GDP.
Of the four options, only the Annapurna Scheme is not one of NHP-2017's seven priority areas.
- Assuming any welfare-sounding scheme (like Annapurna) must be part of a health policy's priority list
- Mixing up 'Yatri Suraksha' (road/rail accident safety) with unrelated transport schemes
MPPSC/UPSC typically test this list as an odd-one-out / 'NOT one of the seven' elimination question — expect the wrong option to be a real but unrelated scheme.
Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
- (a) Under the Targeted Public Distribution System, the families Below Poverty Line are provided 50 kg of food grains per month per family at subsidized price.
- (b) Under Annapurna Scheme, indigent senior citizens of 65 years of age or above eligible for National Old Age Pension but not getting pension can get 10 kg of food grains per person per month at BPL rates.
- (c) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has a scheme in which indigent people living in welfare institutions like orphanages are given 15 kg of food grains per person per month at BPL rates.
- (d) Ministry of Human Resource Development gives financial support to Mid-Day Meal Scheme for the benefit of class I to V students in Government or Government-aided Schools.
Answer(a) — the TPDS statement (50 kg/family) is the false one; the Annapurna Scheme statement (option b) is accurate.
Directly tests the same Annapurna Scheme fact used as this MPPSC question's distractor — 10 kg free foodgrain/month to eligible seniors aged 65+ — confirming it is a distinct food-security scheme, not an NHP-2017 health priority area.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following is one of the seven priority areas named in the National Health Policy, 2017?
- (a)Ayushman Bharat
- (b)Nirbhaya Nari
- (c)Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
- (d)PM-JAY
Answer(b) Nirbhaya Nari — one of NHP-2017's seven priority areas (action against gender-based violence).
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Annapurna Scheme, which provides free foodgrain to indigent elderly citizens, is implemented under which Ministry?
- (a)Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- (b)Ministry of Rural Development
- (c)Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- (d)Ministry of Women and Child Development
Answer(b) Ministry of Rural Development.