PAC finds fault with NRHM

Finding fault with the monitoring of the UPA government's flagship National Rural Health Mission, the Public Accounts Committee has said Mission Steering Group of the NRHM which was supposed to meet at least twice a year met only four time in four years.

Finding fault with the monitoring of the UPA government's flagship National Rural Health Mission, the Public Accounts Committee has said Mission Steering Group of the NRHM which was supposed to meet at least twice a year met only four time in four years.

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The committee has recommended a comprehensive central electronic database for all districts which should be uploaded state-wise for easy access by district planning teams while implementing schemes under the National Rural Health Mission.

The committee, headed by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, has also observed that the Mission Steering Group (MSG) of the NRHM, which was supposed to periodically monitor the progress of the mission and meet twice a year has met only four times in four years during 2005-09.