UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Health Ministry Releases The National Health Accounts Estimates for India 2022-23

Q1. Which one of the following bodies is responsible for preparing India's National Health Accounts estimates, including the 2022-23 edition?

  • A. National Health Authority, under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • B. National Health Systems Resource Centre, designated as the National Health Accounts Technical Secretariat
  • C. National Statistical Office, under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • D. Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, under the Directorate General of Health Services

Q2. In which year was the National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC) designated as the National Health Accounts Technical Secretariat (NHATS) by the Union Health Ministry?

  • A. 2005
  • B. 2011
  • C. 2014
  • D. 2017

Q3. How many international organisations jointly developed the System of Health Accounts (SHA) 2011 manual on which India's NHA estimates are based?

  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Four
  • D. Five

Q4. The flagship fiscal commitment of the National Health Policy 2017 was to progressively raise public health expenditure to which one of the following levels of GDP by 2025?

  • A. 1.5%
  • B. 2.0%
  • C. 2.5%
  • D. 3.0%

Q5. Under Ayushman Bharat–Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), which one of the following is the annual health cover provided per family?

  • A. ₹1 lakh
  • B. ₹3 lakh
  • C. ₹5 lakh
  • D. ₹10 lakh

Q6. At the national level, Ayushman Bharat–Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) is implemented by which one of the following bodies?

  • A. National Health Systems Resource Centre
  • B. National Health Authority
  • C. National Health Accounts Technical Secretariat
  • D. NITI Aayog

Q7. In the National Health Accounts 2022-23 report, the 'base year' 2013-14 refers to which one of the following?

  • A. The benchmark year against which the decade's health expenditure progress is compared
  • B. The year in which the NHA report for 2022-23 was released
  • C. The year the System of Health Accounts 2011 was adopted by India
  • D. The year Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY was launched