Stage set for Ayushman Bharat's soft launch on I-Day, six states on board

Scheme's name might change to Prajaa; govt wants to avoid GST-like tech issues

 

The third-floor cabin of Indu Bhushan, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission, or ‘Modicare’, resembles a war room, as the buzz around an Independence Day launch gets louder.
 
The otherwise non-descript room in Nirman Bhavan, the headquarters for the Union health ministry, is at the centre of the action. A large whiteboard gets updated almost on a real-time basis, with data flowing in from states. But, will the prime minister (PM) launch the mega health scheme on Independence Day?
 
To that, former bureaucrat Bhushan, who criss-crossed 10 states