Meet the New MOS Health - Ashwini Kumar Choubey
New Delhi: With the recent shuffling of the Modi government cabinet, the Health Ministry has found a new Minister of State -Ashwini Kumar Choubey. He recently took the charge of MOS (Health).
Ashwini Kumar Choubey is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing Buxar (Lok Sabha constituency) and a former health minister of Bihar. He had represented the Bihar legislative assembly from Bhagalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) before contesting for the 16th Lok Sabha election.
According to Health Ministry officials, he will be entrusted with the responsibilities which his predecessor Faggan Singh Kulaste dealt with during his tenure.
Immediately after the assuming charge, he got down to work by signing a file relating to laying the foundation stone of a new medical college at Nahaan in Shimla.Ashwini Kumar Choubey, said that enhancing awareness on public health and reducing people's dependence on "medicines and needles" will be high on his agenda.
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