National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)

iAbout This Scheme

Launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 12 April 2005, NRHM was the landmark health systems strengthening programme that transformed rural primary healthcare in India. It introduced the ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) programme, strengthened PHCs and CHCs, introduced Rogi Kalyan Samitis, and dramatically expanded institutional delivery through Janani Suraksha Yojana. NRHM was merged with the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) to form the National Health Mission (NHM) in May 2013.

🎁Key Benefits

• ASHA programme — one female health worker per 1,000 rural population
• Strengthening of sub-centres, PHCs, and CHCs
• Free essential medicines at public health facilities
• Janani Suraksha Yojana for institutional delivery
• Rogi Kalyan Samitis for hospital management

✅Eligibility Criteria

• 1
  Scheme merged into NHM 2013 — historical archive of original NRHM

📝How to Apply

❓Frequently Asked Questions