Despite a number of schemes announced by the erstwhile UPA government coming under attack from the BJP-led NDA government, the success of 10-year-old National Health Mission(NHM) is marked by the fact that the Prime Minister gave it credit for helping eradicate polio and maternal and neonatal mortality. This track record may spare the scheme for undergoing a changed funding pattern, under which the Centre would only provide 50 per cent from the earlier 75 per cent.

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