Question: Who amongst the following has recently been appointed as the new director of the ambitious Ayushman Bharat ‘scheme by the Central Government?
(a) Manoj Jhalani
(b) Dr. Dinesh Chandra
(c) Dr. Dinesh Arora
(d) Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- On February 14th, 2018, the Central Government appointed senior IAS officer Dr. Dinesh Arora as the director of the ambitious ‘Ayushman Bharat’ scheme.
- He is the 2002 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
- At present, he is a director in the Policy Commission and looks at matters related to health.
- Apart from this, senior IAS officer Manoj Jhalani was appointed the Mission Director of this scheme.
- It is worth mentioning that under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme, there is a plan to provide treatment up to five lakh rupees to 10 million poor families.
- This plan was announced in the Union Budget 2018-19.