Indu Bhushan was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Centres ambitious Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission (ABNHPM).
Bhushan, the Director General of East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, Philippines, has been appointed to the post for a period of two years.
The scheme has the benefit cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year. The cover will take care of almost all secondary care and tertiary care procedures.
The scheme aims to target over 10 crore families belonging to poor and vulnerable population based on the 2011 Socio-Economic and Caste Census database.