‘One Health’ Consortium

Current Context: The ‘One Health’ consortium was launched by Department of Biotechnology. It was launched by secretary of Department of Biotechnology, Dr Renu Swarup.

• The ‘One Health’ consortium will conduct surveillance of important viral, bacterial, & parasitic infections of zoonotic and transboundary pathogens in India
• It will also look after ongoing diagnostic tests
• It will develop additional methodologies to conduct surveillance and understand spread of emerging diseases so that these disease can be eradicated
• The consortium consist of IIMS Delhi, AIIMS Jodhpur, GADVASU Ludhiana, IVRI Bareilly, TANUVAS Chennai, Assam agricultural & veterinary university, MAFSU Nagpur, ICAR and ICMR centres & wildlife agencies.
• It is led and managed by DBT-National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad

Question: 

Ques: 1: Which entity launched ‘One Health’ consortium?

a. Department of Biotechnology
b. NITI Aayog
c. DRDO
d. CSIR- Centre for Cellular Molecular Biology