India's National Health Policy 2017 set a quantitative goal for noncommunicable diseases stating that premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases should show what change, and by what year?
- A Absolute reduction of 10%, by 2030
- B Relative reduction of 25%, by 2025 ✓
- C Relative reduction of one third, by 2030
- D Halting of any rise, by 2020
Correct answer: B. Relative reduction of 25%, by 2025
Explanation
NHP 2017 commits to a 25% relative reduction in premature mortality from these four NCD groups by 2025, five years ahead of the corresponding SDG 3.4 timeline. The one third reduction by 2030 is the wording of SDG Target 3.4 itself, the strongest distractor because students conflate the national policy deadline with the global goal. Halting the rise of obesity and diabetes by 2025 appears elsewhere in the policy but applies to risk factors, not premature mortality.
Reference: National Health Policy 2017, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, 2017 ed.
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