Who chairs the Medical Benefit Council of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation?

• A Union Minister of Labour and Employment
• B Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
• C Director General of the ESIC
• D Director General of Health Services, Government of India ✓

Explanation

The Medical Benefit Council, the advisory body on matters relating to medical benefit under the ESI scheme, is chaired by the Director General of Health Services. The ESIC Corporation itself is chaired by the Union Minister of Labour and Employment, while the Standing Committee is chaired by the Director General of the ESIC. Knowing these three distinct chairpersons is the discriminating point; confusing them leads directly to options A or C.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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