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Formed | 1947 |
Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Headquarters | Cabinet Secretariat Raisina Hill, New Delhi 28°36′50″N77°12′32″E / 28.61389°N 77.20889°E |
Annual budget | ₹89,155 crore (US$11 billion) (2023-24) [1] |
Ministers responsible |
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Agency executive |
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Website | https://main.mohfw.gov.in/ [2] |
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, also known by its abbreviation MoHFW, is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. [3] [4]
The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Mansukh L. Mandaviya, while the current Minister of State for health (MOS: assistant to Minister i.e. currently assistant to Mansukh L. Mandaviya) are Dr Bharati Pawar and S. P. Singh Baghel . [5]
Since 1955 the Ministry regularly publishes the Indian Pharmacopoeia through the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), an autonomous body for setting standards for drugs, pharmaceuticals and healthcare devices and technologies in India. [6]
The ministry is composed of two departments: Department of Health and Family Welfare and the Department of Health Research. [7]
The Directorate General of Health Services is a department responsible for technical knowledge concerning Public Health, Medical Education and Health Care. Organizations and Institutes under DGHS are:
The Department of Health deals with health care, including awareness campaigns, immunisation campaigns, preventive medicine, and public health. Bodies under the administrative control of this department are:
The Department of Family Welfare (FW) is responsible for aspects relating to family welfare, especially in reproductive health, maternal health, pediatrics, information, education and communications; cooperation with NGOs and international aid groups; and rural health services. The Department of Family Welfare is responsible for:
The Department of Health Research (DHR) is responsible for formulation, support, coordination and promotion of biomedical research in India [10] [11]
No | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Prime Minister | Political party | |||
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1 | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur | 15 August 1947 | 16 April 1957 | 9 years, 244 days | Jawaharlal Nehru | Indian National Congress | ||
2 | D. P. Karmakar (MoS) | 17 April 1957 | 9 April 1962 | 4 years, 357 days | ||||
3 | Sushila Nayar (MoS) | 10 April 1962 | 13 March 1967 | 4 years, 337 days | Indira Gandhi | |||
4 | Sripati Chandrasekhar (MoS) | 13 March 1967 | 14 November 1967 | 246 days | ||||
5 | Satya Narayan Sinha | 14 November 1967 | 14 February 1969 | 1 year, 92 days | ||||
6 | Kodardas Kalidas Shah | 14 February 1969 | 19 May 1971 | 2 years, 94 days | ||||
7 | Uma Shankar Dikshit | 19 May 1971 | 5 February 1973 | 1 year, 262 days | ||||
8 | R. K. Khadilkar (MoS) | 5 February 1973 | 9 November 1973 | 277 days | ||||
9 | Karan Singh | 9 November 1973 | 24 March 1977 | 3 years, 135 days | ||||
10 | Raj Narain | 28 March 1977 | 1 July 1978 | 1 year, 95 days | Morarji Desai | Janata Party | ||
11 | Morarji Desai | 1 July 1978 | 24 January 1979 | 207 days | ||||
12 | Rabi Ray | 28 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 170 days | Charan Singh | Janata Party (Secular) | ||
13 | B. Shankaranand | 16 January 1980 | 31 December 1984 | 4 years, 350 days | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi | Indian National Congress | ||
14 | Mohsina Kidwai | 31 December 1984 | 24 June 1986 | 1 year, 175 days | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
15 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 24 June 1986 | 14 February 1988 | 1 year, 235 days | ||||
16 | Motilal Vora | 14 February 1988 | 24 January 1989 | 345 days | ||||
17 | Ram Niwas Mirdha | 24 January 1989 | 4 July 1989 | 161 days | ||||
18 | Rafique Alam (Independent Charge) | 4 July 1989 | 2 December 1989 | 151 days | ||||
19 | Nilamani Routray | 6 December 1989 | 23 April 1990 | 138 days | V. P. Singh | Janata Dal | ||
20 | Rasheed Masood (Independent Charge) | 23 April 1990 | 10 November 1990 | 201 days | ||||
21 | Shakeelur Rehman | 21 November 1990 | 20 February 1991 | 91 days | Chandra Shekhar | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | ||
22 | Chandra Shekhar | 20 February 1991 | 21 June 1991 | 121 days | ||||
23 | M. L. Fotedar | 21 June 1991 | 17 January 1993 | 1 year, 210 days | P. V. Narasimha Rao | Indian National Congress | ||
24 | B. Shankaranand | 18 January 1993 | 22 December 1994 | 1 year, 338 days | ||||
25 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 23 December 1994 | 11 June 1995 | 171 days | ||||
26 | A. R. Antulay | 11 June 1995 | 16 May 1996 | 340 days | ||||
27 | Sartaj Singh | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | 16 days | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
28 | H. D. Deve Gowda | 1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | 28 days | H. D. Deve Gowda | Janata Dal | ||
29 | Saleem Iqbal Shervani | 29 June 1996 | 9 June 1997 | 345 days | ||||
30 | Inder Kumar Gujral | 9 June 1997 | 19 March 1998 | 283 days | Inder Kumar Gujral | |||
31 | Dalit Ezhilmalai (Independent Charge) | 19 March 1998 | 14 August 1999 | 1 year, 148 days | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Pattali Makkal Katchi | ||
32 | A. K. Patel (Independent Charge) | 16 August 1999 | 13 October 1999 | 58 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
33 | N. T. Shanmugam (Independent Charge) | 13 October 1999 | 27 May 2000 | 227 days | Pattali Makkal Katchi | |||
34 | C. P. Thakur | 27 May 2000 | 1 July 2002 | 2 years, 35 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
35 | Shatrughan Sinha | 1 July 2002 | 29 January 2003 | 212 days | ||||
36 | Sushma Swaraj | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 114 days | ||||
37 | Anbumani Ramadoss | 22 May 2004 | 29 March 2009 | 4 years, 311 days | Manmohan Singh | Pattali Makkal Katchi | ||
38 | Panabaka Lakshmi (Independent Charge) | 29 March 2009 | 22 May 2009 | 54 days | Indian National Congress | |||
39 | Ghulam Nabi Azad | 28 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | 4 years, 363 days | ||||
40 | Harsh Vardhan | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 167 days | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
41 | Jagat Prakash Nadda | 9 November 2014 | 30 May 2019 | 4 years, 202 days | ||||
(40) | Harsh Vardhan | 30 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | 2 years, 38 days | ||||
42 | Mansukh Mandaviya | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 259 days |
Minister of state | Portrait | Term | Years | Prime Minister | Political Party | ||
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Faggan Singh Kulaste | 5 July 2016 | 3 September 2017 | 1 year, 60 days | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Anupriya Patel | 5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | 2 years, 329 days | Apna Dal (Sonelal) | |||
Ashwini Kumar Choubey | 3 September 2017 | 7 July 2021 | 3 years, 307 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
Bharati Pawar | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 259 days | ||||
S. P. Singh Baghel | 18 May 2023 | Incumbent | 309 days |
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