Health and Welfare

* Statement 1: Incorrect. The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) provides a minimum package of antenatal care (ANC) services only during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. It does not cover post-delivery health care services for six months. The focus is on ensuring safe pregnancies through early detection and management of high-risk cases.

* Statement 2: Correct. Under PMSMA, private sector health care providers (such as gynecologists, radiologists, and physicians) can volunteer to provide free services at nearby government health facilities on the 9th of every month. This public-private partnership enhances access to specialized care for pregnant women.

* Statement 1 is incorrect: Prophylactic Iron Folic Acid supplementation (not Prophylactic calcium) given to children, adolescents, women of reproductive age and pregnant women, irrespective of anaemia is a key continued intervention.

* Statement 2 is correct: Promotion and monitoring of delayed clamping of the umbilical cord for at least 3 minutes (or until cord pulsations cease) for newborns across all health facilities will be carried out for improving the infants iron reserves up to 6 months after birth. Simultaneously, all birth attendants should make an effort to ensure early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth.

* Statement 3 is correct: The Anaemia Mukt Bharat, also integrates deworming of women of reproductive age and for pregnant women as part of the NDD strategy. Bi-annual mass deworming for children in the age groups between 1-19 years is carried out on designated dates 10th February and 10th August every year under National Deworming Day (NDD) programme.

* Statement 4 is correct: The Anaemia Mukt Bharat strategy attempts to intensify awareness and integrate screening and treatment for non-nutritional causes of anaemia with special focus on malaria, haemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.

Statement 1 is incorrect: Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme under the National Health Mission (NHM). It is a central intervention implemented by states, not an intervention of the State Health Departments.

Statement 2 is correct: The primary objective is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by encouraging safe, institutional births.

Statement 3 is correct: The scheme provides a cash incentive to mothers to promote institutional delivery, particularly among those from BPL, SC, and ST households.

Statement 4 is incorrect: While care for sick infants is a priority under the National Health Mission, the provision of free facilities for sick infants up to one year of age is specifically a feature of the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) launched in 2011. JSY, launched in 2005, is primarily a conditional cash transfer scheme for delivery.

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission aims to provide digital health IDs for all Indian citizens to help hospitals, insurance firms, and citizens access health records electronically when required.

Statement 1 is incorrect. Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) has not made it mandatory for adoption by private and public hospitals. Its adoption so far would be voluntary. Participation in ABDM is voluntary including for citizens. Participation of a healthcare facility or an institution is also voluntary and shall be taken by the respective management (government or private management).

Statement 2 is incorrect. The aim of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is to facilitate the ease of access to medical records and it is not been mandated to have every citizen as its part though the facility is available to every citizen on a consent basis.

Statement 3 is correct. ABDM will have a national footprint and will enable seamless portability across the country through a Health ID Personal Health Identifier.

Statement 1 is Incorrect: Under the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, pregnant women are entitled to 26 weeks of paid leave. However, the maximum period for which a woman can avail of pre-delivery leave is 8 weeks, not 3 months (12 weeks).

Statement 2 is Incorrect: The Act mandates that every establishment with 50 or more employees must provide a crèche facility. The employer is required to allow the woman 4 visits a day to the crèche, which includes the interval for rest allowed to her, not 6 visits.

Statement 3 is Correct: The Act provides reduced entitlements for women who have two or more surviving children. In such cases, the paid maternity leave is limited to 12 weeks (6 weeks pre-delivery and 6 weeks post-delivery) instead of the 26 weeks provided for the first two children.

Mission Indradhanush was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, in December 2014.

Key Features of Mission Indradhanush: * Objective: To achieve full immunization coverage for all children up to two years of age and pregnant women. * Disease Coverage: It provides life-saving vaccines against several diseases, including Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus, Polio, Tuberculosis, Measles, Meningitis, and Hepatitis B. * Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI): Subsequent phases like IMI 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 were launched to further reach unvaccinated or partially vaccinated children in remote and high-priority districts.

Note: Do not confuse this with the 'Indradhanush Plan' for Public Sector Banks (PSBs), which is a separate framework for banking reforms.

Hence, option A is the correct answer.

The National Nutrition Mission, also known as Poshan Abhiyaan, has several objectives. - The first objective is to create awareness relating to malnutrition among pregnant women and lactating mothers. - The second objective is to reduce the incidence of anaemia among young children, adolescent girls and women. These two objectives are clearly stated in the mission's goals. Hence, statements 1 & 2 are correct.

However, the promotion of the consumption of millets, coarse cereals and unpolished rice, and the promotion of the consumption of poultry eggs are not explicitly stated as objectives of the mission. Hence, statement 3 & 4 are incorrect.