Senior bureaucrat Ritesh Chauhan has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and Joint Secretary, Agriculture under the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.
The 'One Health' project was launched by Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary, DBT through video conferencing. The Consortium is comprised of 27 organisations and will be led by the DBT-National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad.