Employment & Welfare Schemes (Part – I)

Total Questions: 50

1. The Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) of NITI Aayog was launched in: [U.P.R.O/A.R.O. (Mains) 2021]

(a) January 2016
(b) January 2017
(c) January 2018
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer: (c) January 2018

Solution:Launched by the PM Narendra Modi in January 2018, the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) of NITI Aayog aims to quickly and effectively transform 112 most under-developed districts across the country. With States as the main drivers, this programme focuses on the strength of each district, identifying low-hanging fruits for immediate improvement and measuring progress by ranking districts on a monthly basis. The ranking is based on the incremental progress made across 49 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) under 5 broad socio-economic themes - Health & Nutrition, Education, Agriculture & Water Resources, Financial Inclusion & Skill Development and Infrastructure.

PM Modi launched the Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP) of NITI Aayog in January, 2023, aiming to expedite the development of 500 relatively underdeveloped blocks across the country and improve socio-economic conditions in them.

2. From which district of Bihar was the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan launched by the Prime Minister in 2020? [B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

(a) Patna
(b) Banka
(c) Madhepura
(d) Khagaria
(e) None of the above / More than one of the above

Correct Answer: (d) Khagaria

Solution:Prime Minister of India launched a massive employment- cum-rural public works Campaign named 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' to empower and provide livelihood opportunities in areas/villages witnessing a large number of returnee migrant workers affected by the devastating COVID-19. The Abhiyaan was flagged off from village Telihar, Block Beldaur, district Khagaria, Bihar on June 20, 2020.

3. Which one is not the true statement about the PM Cares Fund? [B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2020]

(a) Any person appointed a trustee shall act in a pro bono capacity
(b) The fund consists entirely of voluntary contributions from individuals/organizations
(c) The primary objective of this is dealing with any kind of emergency or distress situation and to provide relief to the affected
(d) It does not get any budgetary support
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer: (e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Solution:Keeping in mind the need for having a dedicated fund with the primary objective of dealing with any kind of emergency or distress situation, like posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and to provide relief to the affected, a public charitable trust under the name of 'Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund' (PM CARES Fund) has been set up in March, 2020. This fund consists entirely of voluntary contributions from individuals/organizations and does not get any budgetary support. Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of this fund and Minister of Defence, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance are ex-officio trustees of the fund. The Chairman (PM) can nominate three eminent persons as trustees and any person appointed a trustee shall act in a pro bono capacity. Hence, all of the given statements are correct.

4. With reference to Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2022]

1. Private and public hospitals must adopt it.

2. As it aims to achieve universal health coverage, every citizen of India should be part of it ultimately.

3. It has seamless portability across the country.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1,2 and 3

Correct Answer: (b) 3 only

Solution:Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) via video conferencing on 27th September, 2021. ABDM will create a seamless online platform by providing a wide range of data, information and infrastructure services, duly leveraging open, interoperable, standards-based digital systems while ensuring the security, confidentiality and privacy of health-related personal information. The key components of the Mission include a health ID (fourteen-digit ABHA-Ayushman Bharat Health Account number) for every citizen that will also be used as their health account to which personal health records can be linked and viewed with the help of a mobile application, a Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) and Healthcare Facilities Registry (HFR) that will act as a repository of all healthcare providers across both modern and traditional systems of medicine. However, participation in ABDM is voluntary, including for citizens. The participation of a healthcare facility or an institution is also voluntary and shall be taken by the respective management (government or private management). Hence, statements 1 and 2 are in. correct, while statement 3 is correct,

5. Consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2023]

Statement-1: India's public sector healthcare system largely focuses on curative care with limited preventive, promotive and rehabilitative care.

Statement-II: Under India's decentralized approach to healthcare delivery, the States are primarily responsible for organizing health services.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

(a) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I
(b) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I
(c) Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect
(d) Statement-l is incorrect but Statement-II is correct

Correct Answer: (b) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I

Solution:India's public sector healthcare system largely focuses on curative care with limited preventive, promotive and rehabilitative care. The Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) were launched under the Ayushman Bharat Programme in a bid to move away from selective healthcare to a more comprehensive range of services spanning preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative care for all ages. Hence, Statement-I is correct. Under India's decentralized approach to healthcare delivery, the States are primarily responsible for organizing health services, since public health is a subject under State List of 7th Schedule of Indian Constitution. Hence, Statement-II is also correct, but it is not the correct explanation for Statement-I.

6. What is the name of World's largest Health Care Scheme launched by Government of India in 2018? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

(a) Deendayal Chalit Hospital Yojna
(b) Aam Admi Bima Yojna
(c) Arunima Yojna
(d) Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna

Correct Answer: (d) Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna

Solution:Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PM- JAY) is a national initiative launched by PM Narendra Modi in September, 2018 as the part of National Health Policy 2017, in order to achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). PM-JAY is a health assurance scheme that covers over 12 crores poor and deprived families with approx. 55 crore beneficiaries. It provides health insurance cover of upto Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year. Ayushman Bharat PM- JAY is the largest government funded health assurance scheme in the world.

7. With reference to 'Ayushman Bharat Yojana' which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? [U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2020]

1. This Yojana provides free health insurance of Rs. five lakh per person.

2. The expenses incurred in this Scheme (Yojana) is shared between the Centre and State in 60: 40 ratio.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: (b) 2 only

Solution:Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PM- JAY) is a scheme that aims to help economically vulnerable Indians who are in need to healthcare facilities. This scheme provides free health insurance of Rs. five lakh per family, per year, thus helping the economically disadvantaged to obtain easy access to healthcare services. This is a centrally sponsored scheme and the existing expenses sharing pattern ratio is 60: 40 between the Centre and States. For North- Eastern and Himalayan States, this sharing pattern ratio is 90:10.

8. Which scheme was recognized as world's largest insurance scheme launched in India in September, 2018? [B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018]

(a) Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana
(b) Pradhan Mantri Jan Swasthya Yojana
(c) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
(d) Pradhan Mantri Jana Dhan Yojana
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer: (a) Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana

Solution:Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana' (PM-JAY) under flagship scheme 'Ayushman Bharat' on 23 September, 2018 in Ranchi (Jharkhand). Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY is the largest health assurance scheme in the world which aims at providing a health cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to over 12 crores poor and vulnerable families (approximately 55 crore beneficiaries) that form the bottom 40% of the Indian population.

9. Which of the following is responsible for implementation of 'Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana'? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2021]

(a) National Health Authority
(b) World Health Organization
(c) Niti Aayog
(d) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India

Correct Answer: (a) National Health Authority

Solution:Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PM- JAY) was launched in Ranchi, Jharkhand on 23rd September, 2018. National Health Authority (NHA) is the apex body responsible for implementing Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY scheme.

10. With reference to the schemes launched by the Union Government, consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]

1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana.

2. Ministry of Textiles launched the Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: (b) 2 only

Solution:Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana' (RSBY) is a health insurance scheme for unorganized sector workers, launched by the Ministry of Labour and Employment. It was launched in 2007 and operationalized in April, 2008. This scheme has been transferred to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare from 1 April, 2015. Now RSBY has been subsumed in Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY. While, Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana was started by the Ministry of Textiles for providing health insurance to handicraft sector workers. Hence, only statement 2 is correct.

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Employment & Welfare Schemes (Part – I)

1. The Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) of NITI Aayog was launched in: [U.P.R.O/A.R.O. (Mains) 2021]

2. From which district of Bihar was the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan launched by the Prime Minister in 2020? [B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

3. Which one is not the true statement about the PM Cares Fund? [B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2020]

4. With reference to Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2022]

5. Consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2023]

6. What is the name of World's largest Health Care Scheme launched by Government of India in 2018? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

7. With reference to 'Ayushman Bharat Yojana' which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? [U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2020]

8. Which scheme was recognized as world's largest insurance scheme launched in India in September, 2018? [B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018]

9. Which of the following is responsible for implementation of 'Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana'? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2021]

10. With reference to the schemes launched by the Union Government, consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]

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