This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Health education & planning, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Rural health scheme intriduced by? 
Select and explain. 
A. Bhore committee, B. Mukherjee comminttee, C. Shrivastava committee, D. Mudaliar Committee
C: Shrivastava committee
Answer: C: Shrivastava committee 
Explanation: - the most impoant recommendation of Shrivastav Committee was that primary health care should be provided within the community itself through specially trained workers so that the health of the people placed in hands of the people themselves. - the basic recommendation of the committee were accepted by government in 1977, which led to the formation of Rural Health Scheme. Reference : Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no:875 <\p>