MCQs - 2026-08

The National Health Mission (NHM) was launched in 2013 by merging the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM).

A key focus of NHM is strengthening the rural health infrastructure, particularly Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Sub-Centres, to improve access to primary healthcare services.

The National Health Mission (NHM) encompasses its vision of achieving universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care that is accountable and responsive to the needs of the people, with a special focus on rural and underserved areas.

The primary objective of the PM-KISAN scheme is to supplement the financial needs of landholding farmer families to enable them to obtain agricultural inputs and other necessary expenses.

The financial assistance under PM-KISAN is disbursed in three equal installments of ₹2,000 each, typically every four months.

The PM-KISAN scheme provides an annual financial assistance of ₹6,000 to eligible farmer families, disbursed in three equal installments of ₹2,000 each.

The day aims to recognize the sacrifices made by humanitarian workers and highlight the ongoing need for protection of aid personnel in conflict zones.

The day commemorates the August 19, 2003, attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, which killed 22 humanitarian workers.

World Humanitarian Day is observed every year on August 19 to pay tribute to humanitarian workers killed and injured in the course of their work.

Indonesia was a Dutch colony for over 300 years before declaring independence on August 17, 1945.