Q. With reference to Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) worker program, consider the following statements:
1.It is based on Chhattisgarh’s successful Mitanin program.
2.ASHA workers are paid a fixed salary like government servants.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: A
Notes:
  • Statement 1 is correct:The ASHA programme was based on Chhattisgarh’s successful Mitanin programme, in which a Community Worker looks after 50 households. The ASHA was to be a local resident, looking after 200 households.
  • Statement 2 is incorrect: ASHA workers get performance-based payments, not a fixed salary like government servants

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