Consider the following statements :Statement-I :India's public sector health care system largely focuses on curative care with limited preventive, promotive and rehabilitative care.Statement-II :Under India's decentralized approach to health care delivery, the States are primarily responsible for organizing health services.Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

1. A

   Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement- II is the correct explanation for Statement-I

   Both correct and II explains I. States running services does not explain a curative tilt; that tilt is a system-design fact.

2. B

   Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement- II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I

   Both correct but II does not explain I. Public facilities are still cure-heavy; health is a State subject / State-delivered. One does not explain the other.

3. C

   Statement-I is correct but Statement- II is incorrect

   I correct, II incorrect. States do organise most public health delivery.

4. D

   Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct

   I incorrect, II correct. NHP documents have long flagged the curative bias.

Summary. Official key is (b). India’s public system has been described as curative-first, with thinner preventive and rehabilitative arms. Under the Constitution, States organise health services. Decentralisation does not explain the curative bias, so II is not the explanation of I.