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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]
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]
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Directorate General of Health Services
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Department of Health
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- National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) (see HIV/AIDS in India)
- National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences(NBE)
- 14 National Health Programmes
- National AIDS Control Programme (AIDS) Department Of Aids Control (National AIDS Control Organisation) (Details About Aids)
- National Cancer Control Programme (cancer) (since 1985)[6]
- National Filaria Control Programme (filariasis)
- National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme (iodine deficiency)
- National Leprosy Eradication Programme (leprosy)
- National Mental Health Programme (mental health)
- National Programme for Control of Blindness (blindness)
- National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (deafness)
- National Tobacco Control Programme (tobacco control)
- National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) (vector-borne disease)
- Pilot Programme on Prevention and Control of Diabetes, CVD and Stroke (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke)
- National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health (Climate change)
- Revised National TB Control Programme (tuberculosis)
- Universal Immunisation Programme
- National Tele Mental Health Programme - Tele MANAS[7](mental health)
- National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore
- National Medical Commission(NMC)
- Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB)
- Post-Graduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB)
- Medical Assessment and Rating Board
- Ethics and Medical Registration Board
- Dental Council of India
- Pharmacy Council of India
- Indian Nursing Council
- All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru
- All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AIIPMR), Mumbai
- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
- Central Drugs Standard Control Organization
- National Centre for Disease Control
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:Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- 18 Population Research Centres (PRCs) at six universities and six other institutions across 17 states
- National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), Delhi
- International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai
- Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow
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]
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad
- National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research (NARF-BR), Hyderabad
- National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai
- National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE), Chennai
- National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), Noida
- National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Delhi
- Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS), Patna
- National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), Mumbai
- National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune
- National Institute of Traditional Medicine (NITM), Belagavi
- Microbial Containment Complex (MCC), Pune
- National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune
- National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Ahmedabad
- National Institute of Pathology (NIP), Delhi
- National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS), Delhi
- Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC), Puducherry
- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata
- National Institute for Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur
- National Center for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR), Bengaluru
- Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Center (BMHRC), Bhopal
- National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (NIREH), Bhopal
- National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases (NJILOMD), Agra
- Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (CRME), Madurai
- National Institute of Immunohaemotology (NIIH), Mumbai
- Enterovirus Research Centre (ERC), Mumbai
- Genetic Research Centre (GRC), Mumbai
- National Institute for Implementation Research on Non-Communicable Diseases (NIIRNCD), Jodhpur
- Regional Medical Research Center (RMRC), Port Blair
- Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Gorakhpur
- Regional Medical Research Center (RMRC), Bhubaneswar
- Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh
- ICMR Virus Unit (IVU), Kolkata
- Institute of Reproductive Medicine (IRM), Kolkata
Think Tank/Other Autonomous Bodies
Cabinet Ministers
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| Minister of Health | |||||||||
| 1 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:RajkumariAmritKaur1936.png | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Template:Post-nominals (1887Template:Ndash1964) MP for Central Provinces and Berar, till 1952 MP for Mandi Mahasu, from 1952Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15 August 1947 |
13 May 1952 |
Template:Ayd | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 13 May 1952 |
17 April 1957 |
Nehru II | |||||||
| 2 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:D. P. Karmarkar Lok Sabha photo.jpg | D. P. Karmarkar (1902Template:Ndash1991) MP for Dharwad NorthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS) |
17 April 1957 |
9 April 1962 |
Template:Ayd | Nehru III | ||
| 3 | rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Dr Sushila Nayyar, 1947.jpg | Sushila Nayyar (1914Template:Ndash2001) MP for JhansiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS) |
10 April 1962 |
27 May 1964 |
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| 27 May 1964 |
9 June 1964 |
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| 9 June 1964 |
11 January 1966 |
Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||||||
| 11 January 1966 |
24 January 1966 |
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| Minister of Health and Family Planning | |||||||||
| (3) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Dr Sushila Nayyar, 1947.jpg | Sushila Nayyar (1914Template:Ndash2001) MP for JhansiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS) |
24 January 1966 |
13 March 1967 |
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| 4 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Sripati Chandrasekhar (1918Template:Ndash2001) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil NaduScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS) |
13 March 1967 |
14 November 1967 |
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| 5 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Satya Narayan Sinha portrait.gif | Satya Narayan Sinha (1900Template:Ndash1983) MP for DarbhangaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 November 1967 |
14 February 1969 |
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| 6 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Kodardas Kalidas Shah portrait.jpg | Kodardas Kalidas Shah (1908Template:Ndash1986) Rajya Sabha MP for GujaratScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 February 1969 |
19 May 1971 |
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| 7 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Uma Shankar Dikshit Rajya Sabha photo.jpg | Uma Shankar Dikshit (1901Template:Ndash1991) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 May 1971 |
5 February 1973 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indira III | ||
| 8 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:R.K. Khadilkar.jpg | Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar (1905Template:Ndash1979) MP for KhedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS) |
5 February 1973 |
9 November 1973 |
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| 9 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg | Karan Singh (born 1931) MP for UdhampurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9 November 1973 |
24 March 1977 |
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| Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |||||||||
| 10 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Raj Narain 2007 stamp of India.jpg | Raj Narain (1917Template:Ndash1986) MP for AllahabadScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 March 1977 |
1 July 1978 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai |
| Template:Ndash | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg | Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for SuratScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
1 July 1978 |
24 January 1979 |
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| 11 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Portrait of Rabi Ray.jpg | Rabi Ray (1926Template:Ndash2017) Rajya Sabha MP for OdishaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 July 1979 |
14 January 1980 |
Template:Ayd | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh | Charan Singh |
| 12 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:B. Shankaranand portrait.jpg | B. Shankaranand (1925Template:Ndash2009) MP for ChikkodiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16 January 1980 |
31 October 1984 |
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| 4 November 1984 |
31 December 1984 |
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||
| 13 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Mohsina Kidwai (cropped).jpg | Mohsina Kidwai (born 1932) MP for MeerutScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 December 1984 |
24 June 1986 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Rajiv II | ||
| Template:Ndash | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:RajivGandhi.jpg | Rajiv Gandhi (1944Template:Ndash1991) MP for AmethiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
24 June 1986 |
14 February 1988 |
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| 14 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Motilal Vora.jpg | Motilal Vora (1928Template:Ndash2020) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 February 1988 |
24 January 1989 |
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| 15 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg | Ram Niwas Mirdha (1924Template:Ndash2010) Rajya Sabha MP for RajasthanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
24 January 1989 |
4 July 1989 |
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| 16 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Rafique Alam (1929Template:Ndash2011) Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
4 July 1989 |
2 December 1989 |
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| 17 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:NilamaniRautray.jpg | Nilamani Routray (1920Template:Ndash2004) MP for PuriScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 December 1989 |
23 April 1990 |
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| 18 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Rasheed Masood (1947Template:Ndash2020) MP for SaharanpurScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
23 April 1990 |
10 November 1990 |
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| 19 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Shakeelur Rehman (1931Template:Ndash2016) MP for DarbhangaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 November 1990 |
20 February 1991 |
Template:Ayd | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar | |
| Template:Ndash | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg | Chandra Shekhar (1927Template:Ndash2007) MP for BalliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
20 February 1991 |
21 June 1991 |
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| 20 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Makhan Lal Fotedar (cropped).jpg | Makhan Lal Fotedar (1932Template:Ndash2017) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 June 1991 |
17 January 1993 |
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| (12) | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:B. Shankaranand portrait.jpg | B. Shankaranand (1925Template:Ndash2009) MP for ChikkodiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 January 1993 |
22 December 1994 |
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| Template:Ndash | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg | P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921Template:Ndash2004) MP for NandyalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
23 December 1994 |
11 June 1995 |
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| 21 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:A. R. Antulay with Shivraj Patil (cropped).jpg | A. R. Antulay (1929Template:Ndash2014) MP for KolabaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 June 1995 |
16 May 1996 |
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| 22 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Sartaj Singh (born 1940) MP for NarmadapuramScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16 May 1996 |
1 June 1996 |
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| Template:Ndash | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:H. D. Deve Gowda BNC.jpg | H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) UnelectedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
1 June 1996 |
29 June 1996 |
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| 23 | rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Saleem Iqbal Shervani (born 1953) MP for BadaunScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
29 June 1996 |
21 April 1997 |
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| 21 April 1997 |
9 June 1997 |
Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||
| Template:Ndash | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg | Inder Kumar Gujral (1919Template:Ndash2012) Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Prime Minister) |
9 June 1997 |
19 March 1998 |
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| 24 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Dalit Ezhilmalai (1945Template:Ndash2020) MP for ChidambaramScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
20 March 1998 |
14 August 1999 |
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14 August 1999 |
16 August 1999 |
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| 25 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | A. K. Patel (born 1931) MP for MehsenaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
16 August 1999 |
13 October 1999 |
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| 26 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | N. T. Shanmugam MP for VelloreScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
13 October 1999 |
27 May 2000 |
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| 27 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:C. P. Thakur PIB 2004 (cropped).jpg | C. P. Thakur (born 1931) MP for PatnaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 May 2000 |
1 July 2002 |
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| 28 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Shatrughan Sinha.jpg | Shatrughan Sinha (born 1946) Rajya Sabha MP for BiharScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 July 2002 |
29 January 2003 |
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| 29 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Sushma Swaraj in 2014.jpg | Sushma Swaraj (1952Template:Ndash2019) Rajya Sabha MP for UttarakhandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
29 January 2003 |
22 May 2004 |
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| 30 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Anbumani Ramadoss in 2007 (cropped).jpg | Anbumani Ramadoss (born 1968) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil NaduScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 May 2004 |
29 March 2009 |
Template:Ayd | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh |
| 31 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Panabaka Lakshmi taking office in 2012 (cropped).jpg | Panabaka Lakshmi (born 1958) MP for NelloreScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (MoS, I/C) |
29 March 2009 |
22 May 2009 |
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| 32 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg | Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949) Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and KashmirScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
29 May 2009 |
26 May 2014 |
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| 33 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg | Harsh Vardhan (born 1954) MP for Chandni ChowkScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
27 May 2014 |
9 November 2014 |
Template:Ayd | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi |
| 34 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:J.P. Nadda in New Delhi - 2018 (cropped).jpg | Jagat Prakash Nadda (born 1960) Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal PradeshScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9 November 2014 |
30 May 2019 |
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31 May 2019 |
7 July 2021 |
Template:Ayd | Modi II | ||
| 35 | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | File:Mansukh Mandaviya Profile (4x5).png | Mansukh Mandaviya (born 1972) Rajya Sabha MP for GujaratScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 July 2021 |
9 June 2024 |
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10 June 2024 |
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See also
- Central Health Service (CHS)
- Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)
- Mission Indradhanush
- Arogyavani
- Integrated disease surveillance program (IDSP)
- Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission (PMDHM)
- Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
- Health effects of pesticides
- Pesticide poisoning
- Pesticide residue
- Environmental impact of pesticides
- Pesticide regulation in the United States
- Regulation of pesticides in the European Union
References
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External links
- Official website
- Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), Official website
- National Health Portal (Available in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Tamil and Punjabi)
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