National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is a specialized department established by the government of India
to cater the health issues of people living in rural areas effectively. It was some times earlier assessed
that the medical and health practices in rural areas of India is worse in terms of basic facilities, medicines, medical
staff etc and the people residing there were facing acute shortage of basic health facilities. It came in front as a huge
challenge as almost 90 percent of population in India is living in rural areas and thus govt. was keen in taking some
most crucial steps to effectively monitor and upgrade the health practices in rural areas. Thus as a result NRHM came
in existence and is exclusively catering the health and medical needs of rural people in almost all the states. Present
study seeks to identify the achievement level of various activities taken up under NRHM in Jammu and Kashmir State
in 2013-2014. The study also identifies the diversity of all the activities performed under Jammu and Kashmir NRHM in
2013-2014. The study further recommends various strategies which could help in enhancing the processes and pattern
of NRHM in Jammu and Kashmir State.