The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's flagship health scheme, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is set to get another lease of life with Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad claiming that the government will fund the project for another five years.

Speaking at a Ranbaxy drug launch on the occasion of World Malaria Day, Azad claimed that "due to our persuasion, the prime minister and Planning Commission have agreed to fund NRHM during the next Five Year Plan (2012-17)."