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?

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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?

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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.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) One of the genuine seven — sanitation is explicitly named as a priority area in NHP-2017 for its direct link to disease prevention.  (b) This is 'Yatri Suraksha' — one of the seven, aimed at reducing deaths from road and rail traffic accidents.  (c) One of the seven — action against gender-based violence, named explicitly in the policy.

Concept: 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.

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