Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Agency overview
Formed15 August 1947;78 years ago (1947-08-15)
Jurisdiction Government of India
Headquarters Cabinet Secretariat, Raisina Hill, New Delhi
28°36′50″N77°12′32″E / 28.61389°N 77.20889°E / 28.61389; 77.20889
Annual budget₹99,859 crore (US$12 billion) (2025–26)
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
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  • Department of Health & Family Welfare
  • Department of Health Research
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (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. [1] [2]

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The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Jagat Prakash Nadda, while the current Minister of State for health (MOS: assistant to Minister i.e. currently assistant to J. P. Nadda) are Anupriya Patel and Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav.

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. [3]

Organisation

The ministry is composed of various departments and organisation. Directorate General of Health Services (India) and Department of Health and Family Welfare and Department of Health Research. [4]

Directorate General of Health Services

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is a department responsible for technical knowledge concerning Public Health, Medical Education and Health Care. [5]

Department of Health

Food safety
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Terms
Critical factors
Bacterial pathogens
Viral pathogens
Parasitic pathogens

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:[ citation needed ]

Department of Family Welfare

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:[ citation needed ]

Department of Health Research

The Department of Health Research (DHR) is responsible for formulation, support, coordination and promotion of biomedical research in India [8] [9]

Think Tank/Other Autonomous Bodies

Cabinet Ministers

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency		Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of Health
RajkumariAmritKaur1936.png Rajkumari Amrit Kaur DStJ
(1887–1964)
MP for Central Provinces and Berar, till 1952
MP for Mandi Mahasu, from 1952		15 August 194717 April 19579 years, 244 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru II
D. P. Karmarkar Lok Sabha photo.jpg D. P. Karmarkar
(1902–1991)
MP for Dharwad North
(Minister of State)		17 April 19579 April 19624 years, 357 days Nehru III
Dr Sushila Nayyar, 1947.jpg Sushila Nayyar
(1914–2001)
MP for Jhansi
(Minister of State)		10 April 196224 January 19662 years, 145 days Nehru IV
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
Minister of Health and Family Planning
Dr Sushila Nayyar, 1947.jpg Sushila Nayyar
(1914–2001)
MP for Jhansi
(Minister of State)		24 January 196613 March 1967323 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
Sripati Chandrasekhar Rajya Sabha member.jpg Sripati Chandrasekhar
(1918–2001)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu
(Minister of State)		13 March 196714 November 1967246 days Indira II
Satya Narayan Sinha portrait.gif Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
MP for Darbhanga 		14 November 196714 February 19691 year, 92 days
Kodardas Kalidas Shah portrait.jpg Kodardas Kalidas Shah
(1908–1986)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		14 February 196919 May 19712 years, 94 days Indian National Congress (R)
Uma Shankar Dikshit Rajya Sabha photo.jpg Uma Shankar Dikshit
(1901–1991)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		19 May 19715 February 19731 year, 262 days Indira III
R.K. Khadilkar.jpg Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar
(1905–1979)
MP for Khed
(Minister of State)		5 February 19739 November 1973277 days
Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg Karan Singh
(born 1931)
MP for Udhampur 		9 November 197324 March 19773 years, 135 days
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Raj Narain 2007 stamp of India.jpg Raj Narain
(1917–1986)
MP for Allahabad 		28 March 19771 July 19781 year, 95 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister)		1 July 197824 January 1979207 days
Portrait of Rabi Ray.jpg Rabi Ray
(1926–2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha 		28 July 197914 January 1980170 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh Charan Singh
B. Shankaranand portrait.jpg B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi 		16 January 198031 October 19844 years, 350 days Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
4 November 198431 December 1984 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
Mohsina Kidwai (cropped).jpg Mohsina Kidwai
(born 1932)
MP for Meerut 		31 December 198424 June 19861 year, 175 days Rajiv II
RajivGandhi.jpg Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister)		24 June 198614 February 19881 year, 235 days
Motilal Vora.jpg Motilal Vora
(1928–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		14 February 198824 January 1989345 days
Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
(Minister of State, I/C)		24 January 19894 July 1989161 days
Rafique Alam.jpg Rafique Alam
(1929–2011)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
(Minister of State, I/C)		4 July 19892 December 1989151 days
NilamaniRautray.jpg Nilamani Routray
(1920–2004)
MP for Puri 		6 December 198923 April 1990138 days Janata Dal Vishwanath V. P. Singh
Rasheed Masood
(1947–2020)
MP for Saharanpur
(Minister of State, I/C)		23 April 199010 November 1990201 days
Shakeelur Rehman
(1931–2016)
MP for Darbhanga 		21 November 199020 February 199191 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister)		20 February 199121 June 1991121 days
Makhan Lal Fotedar (cropped).jpg Makhan Lal Fotedar
(1932–2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		21 June 199117 January 19931 year, 210 days Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
B. Shankaranand portrait.jpg B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi 		18 January 199322 December 19941 year, 338 days
Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister)		23 December 199411 June 1995170 days
A. R. Antulay with Shivraj Patil (cropped).jpg A. R. Antulay
(1929–2014)
MP for Kolaba 		11 June 199516 May 1996340 days
Sartaj Singh
(born 1940)
MP for Narmadapuram 		16 May 19961 June 199616 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
H. D. Deve Gowda BNC.jpg H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Unelected
(Prime Minister)		1 June 199629 June 199628 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Saleem Iqbal Shervani
(born 1953)
MP for Badaun
(Minister of State, I/C)		29 June 19969 June 1997345 days
Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
(Prime Minister)		9 June 199719 March 1998283 days
Dalit Ezhilmalai
(1945–2020)
MP for Chidambaram
(Minister of State, I/C)		20 March 199814 August 19991 year, 0 days Pattali Makkal Katchi Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister)		14 August 199916 August 19992 days Bharatiya Janata Party
A. K. Patel
(born 1931)
MP for Mehsena
(Minister of State, I/C)		16 August 199913 October 199958 days
N. T. Shanmugam
MP for Vellore
(Minister of State, I/C)		13 October 199927 May 2000227 days Pattali Makkal Katchi Vajpayee III
C. P. Thakur PIB 2004 (cropped).jpg C. P. Thakur
(born 1931)
MP for Patna 		27 May 20001 July 20022 years, 35 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Shatrughan Sinha.jpg Shatrughan Sinha
(born 1946)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 		1 July 200229 January 2003212 days
Sushma Swaraj in 2014.jpg Sushma Swaraj
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttarakhand 		29 January 200322 May 20041 year, 114 days
Anbumani Ramadoss in 2007 (cropped).jpg Anbumani Ramadoss
(born 1968)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu 		23 May 200429 March 20094 years, 310 days Pattali Makkal Katchi Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Panabaka Lakshmi taking office in 2012 (cropped).jpg Panabaka Lakshmi
(born 1958)
MP for Nellore
(Minister of State, I/C)		29 March 200922 May 200954 days Indian National Congress
Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir 		29 May 200926 May 20144 years, 362 days Manmohan II
Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg Harsh Vardhan
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk 		27 May 20149 November 201499 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Jagat Prakash Nadda 2023.jpg Jagat Prakash Nadda
(born 1960)
Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh 		9 November 201430 May 20194 years, 202 days
Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg Harsh Vardhan
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk 		31 May 20197 July 20212 years, 37 days Modi II
Mansukh Mandaviya Profile (4x5).png Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		7 July 20219 June 20242 years, 338 days
Jagat Prakash Nadda 2023.jpg Jagat Prakash Nadda
(born 1960)
Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh 		10 June 2024Incumbent1 year, 99 days Modi III

Ministers of State

PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency		Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of State for Health and Family Planning
Sripati Chandrasekhar Rajya Sabha member.jpg Sripati Chandrasekhar
(1918–2001)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu 		14 November 196726 June 19702 years, 224 days Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi
Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy
(1906–1979)
MP for Kakinada 		18 February 196913 March 19712 years, 23 days
Parimal Ghosh
(1917–1985)
MP for Ghatal 		26 June 197018 March 1971265 days
Ram Sewak Chowdhary
(born 1927)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		1 December 197524 March 19771 year, 113 days Indira III
Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
Jagadambi Prasad Yadav
(1925–2002)
MP for Godda 		14 August 197726 January 19791 year, 165 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Nihar Ranjan Laskar.jpg Nihar Ranjan Laskar
(born 1932)
MP for Karimganj 		14 January 198015 January 19822 years, 1 day Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Mohsina Kidwai (cropped).jpg Mohsina Kidwai
(born 1932)
MP for Meerut 		29 January 19832 August 19841 year, 186 days
Yogendra Makwana
(born 1933)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat
(Health)		31 December 198425 September 1985268 days Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Saroj Khaparde Rajya Sabha portrait.jpg Saroj Khaparde
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		12 May 19864 July 19893 years, 53 days
Taradevi Siddhartha Lok Sabha photo.jpg Taradevi Siddhartha
(born 1953)
MP for Chikmagalur 		26 June 199118 January 19931 year, 206 days Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
K. V. Thangkabalu
(born 1950)
MP for Salem 		19 January 199316 May 19963 years, 118 days
C. Silvera
(1935–2016)
MP for Mizoram 		17 February 199415 September 19951 year, 210 days
Paban Singh Ghatowar at the 2013 Horasis Global India Business Meeting crop.jpg Paban Singh Ghatowar
(born 1950)
MP for Dibrugarh
(Indian System of Medicines and Homoeopathy)		15 September 199516 May 1996244 days
Saleem Iqbal Shervani
(born 1953)
MP for Badaun 		1 June 199629 June 199628 days Samajwadi Party Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
A still of the Union Minister for Environment & Forests, Shri A. Raja during a meeting of Chief Wildlife Wardens and Field Directors of Project Tiger Reserves, in New Delhi on May 26, 2005.jpg A. Raja
(born 1963)
MP for Perambalur 		30 September 200021 December 20033 years, 82 days Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Vallabhbhai Kathiria (cropped).jpg Vallabhbhai Kathiria
(born 1954)
MP for Rajkot 		29 January 200330 January 20031 day Bharatiya Janata Party
9 January 200422 May 2004134 days
Panabaka Lakshmi taking office in 2012 (cropped).jpg Panabaka Lakshmi
(born 1958)
MP for Nellore 		23 May 200429 March 20094 years, 310 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
S. Gandhiselvan (cropped).jpg S. Gandhiselvan
(born 1963)
MP for Namakkal 		28 May 200920 March 20133 years, 296 days Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Manmohan II
Dinesh trivedi.jpg Dinesh Trivedi
(born 1950)
MP for Barrackpore 		28 May 200912 July 20112 years, 45 days All India Trinamool Congress
Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay official portrait.jpg Sudip Bandyopadhyay
(born 1952)
MP for Kolkata Uttar 		12 July 201122 September 20121 year, 72 days
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury with Hamid Ansari (cropped).jpg Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
(born 1938)
MP for Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency 		28 October 201226 May 20141 year, 210 days Indian National Congress
Ghulam Nabi Azad releasing the report on National AIDS Control Support Project, in New Delhi. The Ministers of State for Health & Family Welfare, Smt. Santosh Chowdhary and Shri A.H. Khan Choudhury are also seen (Santosh Chowdhary).png Santosh Chowdhary
(born 1944)
MP for Hoshiarpur 		17 June 201326 May 2014343 days
Shripad Yasso Naik - Kolkata 2014-10-12 7755.JPG Shripad Naik
(born 1952)
MP for North Goa 		9 November 20145 July 20161 year, 239 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Faggan Singh Kulaste addressing function at 7th Indian Organ Donation Day (cropped).jpg Faggan Singh Kulaste
(born 1959)
MP for Mandla 		5 July 20163 September 20171 year, 60 days
Anupriya Singh Patel with PM Modi in 2021.jpg Anupriya Patel
(born 1981)
MP for Mirzapur 		5 July 201630 May 20192 years, 329 days Apna Dal (Sonelal)
The Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey on July 25, 2018.jpg Ashwini Kumar Choubey
(born 1953)
MP for Buxar 		3 September 20177 July 20213 years, 307 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Modi II
Bharati Pawar with PM Modi (cropped).jpg Bharati Pawar
(born 1978)
MP for Dindori 		7 July 20219 June 20242 years, 338 days
SPS Baghel MoS Health.jpg S. P. Singh Baghel
(born 1960)
MP for Agra 		18 May 20239 June 20241 year, 22 days
Prataprao Jadhav (cropped).jpg Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav
(born 1960)
MP for Buldhana 		10 June 2024Incumbent1 year, 99 days Shiv Sena Modi III
Anupriya Singh Patel with PM Modi in 2021.jpg Anupriya Patel
(born 1981)
MP for Mirzapur 		Apna Dal (Sonelal)

See also

References

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