UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Health Minister Shri J.P. Nadda inaugurates Arogya Manthan 2026, marking eight years of AB PM-JAY and five years of ABDM
Q1. The Union Cabinet decision extending AB PM-JAY cover of Rs 5 lakh per family to all citizens aged 70 years and above, irrespective of income, was estimated to benefit approximately how many senior citizens?
- A. About 4.5 crore senior citizens
- B. About 6 crore senior citizens
- C. About 12 crore senior citizens
- D. About 13 crore senior citizens
Q2. Gig workers and platform workers, who are being extended AB PM-JAY coverage through registration on the e-Shram portal, were for the first time defined and given statutory recognition under which one of the following?
- A. The Code on Social Security, 2020
- B. The Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008
- C. The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
- D. The Industrial Relations Code, 2020
Q3. Under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, which one of the following is the primary component that establishes a verifiable identity for an individual and to which that individual's longitudinal health records are linked?
- A. Health Facility Registry, the national repository of public and private facilities
- B. Unified Health Interface, the open service layer for digital health services
- C. Ayushman Bharat Health Account
- D. Health Information Exchange and Consent Manager, the gateway for record sharing
Q4. With reference to the architecture of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, consider the following components:
1. Health Information Exchange and Consent Manager
2. Healthcare Professionals Registry
3. National Health Claims Exchange
4. Unified Health Interface
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as gateways, as distinct from registries, under ABDM?
- Health Information Exchange and Consent Manager
- Healthcare Professionals Registry
- National Health Claims Exchange
- Unified Health Interface
- A. 1 and 2
- B. 1, 3 and 4
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 3 and 4 only
Q5. Consider the following statements regarding the institutional framework for implementing AB PM-JAY and ABDM:
1. The National Health Authority functions as an attached office of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
2. At the State level, AB PM-JAY is implemented through State Health Agencies.
3. Private hospitals are empanelled under AB PM-JAY directly by the National Health Authority.
4. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India is the agency that operates the National Health Claims Exchange.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The National Health Authority functions as an attached office of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- At the State level, AB PM-JAY is implemented through State Health Agencies.
- Private hospitals are empanelled under AB PM-JAY directly by the National Health Authority.
- The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India is the agency that operates the National Health Claims Exchange.
- A. 1 and 3
- B. 2 and 3
- C. 1 and 2 only
- D. 1, 2 and 4
Q6. The Governing Board of the National Health Authority, which replaced the earlier multi-tier decision-making structure of the National Health Agency, is chaired by which one of the following?
- A. The Member (Health) of NITI Aayog, in ex-officio capacity
- B. The Secretary, Department of Health Research, Government of India
- C. The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
- D. The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Authority
Q7. Consider the following:
1. Establishment of Critical Care Hospital Blocks in districts with population exceeding five lakh
2. Establishment of Integrated Public Health Laboratories, one in each block of the country
3. Establishment of Block Public Health Units
4. Provision of a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as components of the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM)?
- Establishment of Critical Care Hospital Blocks in districts with population exceeding five lakh
- Establishment of Integrated Public Health Laboratories, one in each block of the country
- Establishment of Block Public Health Units
- Provision of a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 2 and 4
- C. 1 and 3
- D. 1, 2 and 4
Q8. Consider the following statements comparing the constituents of India's Ayushman Bharat architecture:
1. Both PM-ABHIM and the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission were launched in the same calendar year, PM-ABHIM being the later of the two.
2. Whereas AB PM-JAY provides financial protection for hospitalisation, PM-ABHIM is directed at creating health infrastructure and public health surveillance capacity.
3. The two pillars on which Ayushman Bharat was originally conceived are Ayushman Arogya Mandirs and PM-ABHIM.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Both PM-ABHIM and the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission were launched in the same calendar year, PM-ABHIM being the later of the two.
- Whereas AB PM-JAY provides financial protection for hospitalisation, PM-ABHIM is directed at creating health infrastructure and public health surveillance capacity.
- The two pillars on which Ayushman Bharat was originally conceived are Ayushman Arogya Mandirs and PM-ABHIM.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1 and 2 only
Q9. The National Health Accounts estimates for India, which report the share of out-of-pocket expenditure in total health expenditure, are released by which one of the following?
- A. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- B. The National Statistical Office, under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- C. The National Health Authority, under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- D. The Economics and Finance Division of NITI Aayog
Q10. Consider the following statements comparing the ABDM data governance framework with the general data protection framework:
1. The Health Data Management Policy governing the ABDM ecosystem was issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, whereas the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 were notified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
2. Under the ABDM architecture health records are stored at the place of their creation by the respective healthcare provider, whereas the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules require Consent Managers to be Indian companies.
3. Appeals against decisions of the Data Protection Board of India lie to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The Health Data Management Policy governing the ABDM ecosystem was issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, whereas the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 were notified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- Under the ABDM architecture health records are stored at the place of their creation by the respective healthcare provider, whereas the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules require Consent Managers to be Indian companies.
- Appeals against decisions of the Data Protection Board of India lie to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q11. At Aarogya Manthan 2026, marking five years of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, the number of health records linked under the Mission was stated to have crossed approximately what figure?
- A. 90 crore
- B. 97.8 crore
- C. 100 crore
- D. 121 crore
Q12. Consider the following statements:
1. West Bengal became the 36th State/Union Territory to implement AB PM-JAY.
2. 'Public health and sanitation, hospitals and dispensaries' is an entry in the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule.
3. Article 47 of the Constitution, a Directive Principle of State Policy, requires the State to regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties.
4. AB PM-JAY is a Central Sector Scheme financed wholly by the Union Government, with no State share.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- West Bengal became the 36th State/Union Territory to implement AB PM-JAY.
- 'Public health and sanitation, hospitals and dispensaries' is an entry in the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule.
- Article 47 of the Constitution, a Directive Principle of State Policy, requires the State to regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties.
- AB PM-JAY is a Central Sector Scheme financed wholly by the Union Government, with no State share.
- A. 1 and 2
- B. 3 and 4
- C. 1, 2 and 4
- D. 1 and 3