Consider the following statements regarding Community Health Centres (CHCs) and public health infrastructure in India: Statement I: Community Health Centres (CHCs) function as the first referral units in the rural public healthcare system. Statement II: As per the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS), every CHC is expected to have 30 beds and specialists including physician, surgeon, obstetrician-gynaecologist, paediatrician, and anaesthetist. Statement III: Health is an exclusive Union List subject under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, and therefore States have no primary responsibility in public healthcare administration. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

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Neither Statement II nor Statement III is correct.

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Only one of the Statements II and III is correct, and that explains Statement I.

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Both Statement II and Statement III are correct, but only one of them explains Statement I.

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Both Statement II and Statement III are correct, and both of them explain Statement I.

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