"Mission Indradhanush" is related to
- A.Bullet train project
- B.Agriculture development
- C.Women empowerment
- D.Full immunization
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, Full immunization. Mission Indradhanush is the Union Health Ministry's drive to fully immunise children and pregnant women against vaccine-preventable diseases.
The mission was launched on 25 December 2014 to reach children who had missed their routine vaccines or had received them only partly, especially in districts with low coverage. Its name, meaning rainbow, stood for the seven diseases it first targeted: diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B. More vaccines were added later under the Universal Immunisation Programme, and an Intensified Mission Indradhanush was launched in 2017 to speed up coverage.
A is wrong because the bullet train is the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project, which has nothing to do with this mission.
B is wrong because agriculture schemes include PM-KISAN and the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, not Mission Indradhanush.
C is wrong because women's empowerment is the aim of schemes such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao; Indradhanush covers pregnant women only for vaccination.
Exam tip: Mission Indradhanush (25 Dec 2014, Health Ministry) = full immunisation; rainbow = seven diseases at launch.
Practice Questions
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