The National Rural Health Mission was launched in the year:

Correct option is D

The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched in the year 2005.
· The NRHM was a significant initiative by the Government of India to address healthcare infrastructure and services in rural areas and improve the overall health and well-being of rural populations.
·  NRHM  seeks to provide equitable, affordable, and quality health care to the rural population, especially the vulnerable groups. 
· Under the NRHM, the Empowered Action Group (EAG) States, as well as the North Eastern States, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, have been given special focus
· The thrust of the mission is on establishing a fully functional, community-owned, decentralized health delivery system with inter-sectoral convergence at all levels, to ensure simultaneous action on a wide range of determinants of health such as water, sanitation, education, nutrition, social and gender equality.