Contribution of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM): UPSC Daily Important Topic | 13 February 2023

Contribution of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM):

✅While there has been a decline in the past year, a huge improvement has been recorded as compared to 2005, when the government launched the NRHM (now subsumed under NHM).

For example, the number of allopathic doctors at PHCs has increased from 20,308 in 2005 to 30,640 in 2022, which is about a 51% increase.