10 key things you must know about Modi's ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme

Among the most important announcements that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to make in his 5th speech from the ramparts of Red Fort is the announcement of the Ayushman Bharat scheme's rollout

The third floor of Delhi’s Nirman Bhavan, where the current office of Ayushman Bharat are situated, has a palpable buzz. As the day concludes, people are leaving the office here, but there is no indication that work is likely to stop anytime soon. In a few days’ time, this office is to get its own space in central Delhi’s Jeevan Bharati building, the seat of the National Health Authority.

A month since Business Standard met with Indu Bhushan, the chief executive of the world’s most ambitious healthcare scheme that is attempting to cover 40 per cent of the country’s population