The Health Minister relaunched the intensified version 4.0 of the largest global inoculation drive in February 2022. What is the name of this Mission which covers crores of pregnant women and children?
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The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Mission Indradhanush.
- In February 2022, Indian Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched the largest vaccination drive globally- Indradhanush 4.0, which started as Mission Indradhanush in 2014 to vaccinate unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children,
- Indradhanush 4.0 has covered 416 districts across the country in three rounds.
- Under the Indradhanush program, 2.6 crores of children and 3 crores of pregnant women are covered under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) annually in India.