Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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Agency overview
Formed	1947 (77 years ago)
Jurisdiction	India
Headquarters	Cabinet Secretariat; Raisina Hill, New Delhi; 28°36′50″N 77°12′32″E / 28.61389°N 77.20889°E
Annual budget	₹223,000 crore (US$31 billion) (2021-22 est.)
Ministers responsible	Mansukh L. Mandaviya; Bharati Pawar, Minister of State for Health;
Agency executive	Rajesh Bhushan, IAS, Health Secretary;
Website	https://www.mohfw.gov.in/

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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 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.^[2]^[3]

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 MOS health is Dr Bharati Pawar .^[4]

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.^[5]

Composition[edit]

The ministry is composed of two departments: Department of Health and Family Welfare and the Department of Health Research.^[6]

Department of Health[edit]

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:

National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) (see HIV/AIDS in India)
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)^[7]
- 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)
- Revised National TB Control Programme (tuberculosis)
- Universal Immunisation Programme
Medical Council of India
Dental Council of India
Pharmacy Council of India
Indian Nursing Council
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysore
All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AIIPMR), Mumbai
All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata
HSCC (INDIA) Ltd.|Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation Limited (HSCC)
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Central Drugs Standard Control Organization
National Centre for Disease Control
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Department of Family Welfare[edit]

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:

18 Population Research Centres (PRCs) at six universities and six other institutions across 17 states
National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), South Delhi
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai
Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi: founded in 1911, it is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world
- National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune
- Viral Research & Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDL)

Department of Health Research[edit]

The Department of Health Research (DHR) was created in 2007 and became functional the following month.^[8] Researches on estimation of disease burden, health related affordable innovative technologies process/product development, Translational research and child health care, are included in Grant-In-Aid Scheme of DHR.^[9]

Department of AYUSH[edit]

Department of Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy (ISM&H) was established in 1995. It was later renamed as Department of Ayurveda, Yoga, and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) in 2003. AYUSH focuses on research and education.

The Department of AYUSH no more falls under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, it was elevated to the Ministry of AYUSH with effect 9 November 2014.^[10]

List Of Ministers[edit]


No	Name	Term of office			Political Party	Prime Minister
1	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur	15 August 1947	16 April 1957	9 years, 244 days	Indian National Congress	Jawaharlal Nehru
2	D. P. Karmakar (MoS)	17 April 1957	9 April 1962	4 years, 357 days		Jawaharlal Nehru
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	Janata Party	Morarji Desai
11	Morarji Desai	1 July 1978	24 January 1979	207 days	Janata Party	Morarji Desai
12	Rabi Ray	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	170 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan Singh
13	B. Shankaranand	16 January 1980	31 December 1984	4 years, 350 days	Indian National Congress	Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi
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	Janata Dal	V. P. Singh
20	Rasheed Masood	23 April 1990	10 November 1990	201 days	Janata Dal	V. P. Singh
21	Shakeel-Ur-Rehman	21 November 1990	20 February 1991	91 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar
22	Chandra Shekhar	20 February 1991	21 June 1991	121 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar
23	M. L. Fotedar	21 June 1991	17 January 1993	1 year, 210 days	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
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	Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Janata Dal	H. D. Dewe Gowda
28	Saleem Iqbal Shervani	29 June 1996	9 June 1997	345 days		H. D. Dewe Gowda
29	Inder Kumar Gujral	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	283 days		Inder Kumar Gujral
30	Dalit Ezhilmalai (Independent Charge)	19 March 1998	14 August 1999	1 year, 148 days	Pattali Makkal Katchi	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
31	A. K. Patel (Independent Charge)	16 August 1999	13 October 1999	58 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
32	N. T. Shanmugam (Independent Charge)	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	227 days	Pattali Makkal Katchi
33	C. P. Thakur	27 May 2000	1 July 2002	2 years, 35 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
34	Shatrughan Sinha	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	212 days
35	Sushma Swaraj	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days
36	Anbumani Ramadoss	22 May 2004	29 March 2009	4 years, 311 days	Pattali Makkal Katchi	Manmohan Singh
37	Panabaka Lakshmi (Independent Charge)	29 March 2009	22 May 2009	54 days	Indian National Congress
38	Ghulam Nabi Azad	28 May 2009	26 May 2014	4 years, 363 days	Indian National Congress
39	Harsh Vardhan	26 May 2014	9 November 2014	167 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Narendra Modi
40	Jagat Prakash Nadda	9 November 2014	30 May 2019	4 years, 202 days
(39)	Harsh Vardhan	30 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 38 days
41	Mansukh L. Mandaviya	7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 294 days

List of Ministers of State[edit]

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Minister of state	Political party	Term		Days
Faggan Singh Kulaste	Bharatiya Janata Party	5 July 2016	3 September 2017	425 days
Anupriya Patel	Apna Dal	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	1059 days
Ashwini Kumar Choubey	Bharatiya Janata Party	3 September 2017	7 July 2021	1403 days
Bharati Pawar	Bharatiya Janata Party	7 July 2021	Incubment	1024 days

References[edit]

↑ Choudhury, Saheli Roy (2021-02-01). "India to double health-care spending to $30 billion in new budget aimed at reviving growth". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
↑ "Suspension of anti-diabetes drug takes industry by surprise". The Hindu. June 27, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
↑ "Let the science decide", The Hindu, July 24, 2013, retrieved 1 August 2013
↑ "Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan resigns, Mansukh Mandaviya takes charge". Medical Dialogues. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission". ipc.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
↑ "Departments :: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare".
↑ Rath, Goura Kishor (Winter 2014). "National cancer control and registration program in India". Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology. 34 (4): 288–90. doi:10.4103/0971-5851.144991. PMC 4264276. PMID 25538407 – via National Institutes of Health.
↑ Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India., Department of Health Research. "About us". http://www.dhrschemes.in/. Department of Health Research. Retrieved 2 June 2021. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
↑ Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India., Department of Health Research. "GRANT-IN-AID SCHEME FOR INTER-SECTORAL CONVERGENCE & COORDINATION FOR PROMOTION AND GUIDANCE ON HEALTH RESEARCH". http://www.dhrschemes.in/. Department of Health Research. Retrieved 2 June 2021. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
↑ "About the Ministry – आयुष मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार". Retrieved 2021-07-10.

External links[edit]

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)

[1] Choudhury, Saheli Roy (2021-02-01). "India to double health-care spending to $30 billion in new budget aimed at reviving growth". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-02-01.

[2] "Suspension of anti-diabetes drug takes industry by surprise". The Hindu. June 27, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.

[3] "Let the science decide", The Hindu, July 24, 2013, retrieved 1 August 2013

[4] "Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan resigns, Mansukh Mandaviya takes charge". Medical Dialogues. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[5] "Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission". ipc.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2020-04-05.

[6] "Departments :: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare".

[7] Rath, Goura Kishor (Winter 2014). "National cancer control and registration program in India". Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology. 34 (4): 288–90. doi:10.4103/0971-5851.144991. PMC 4264276. PMID 25538407 – via National Institutes of Health.

[8] Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India., Department of Health Research. "About us". http://www.dhrschemes.in/. Department of Health Research. Retrieved 2 June 2021. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[9] Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India., Department of Health Research. "GRANT-IN-AID SCHEME FOR INTER-SECTORAL CONVERGENCE & COORDINATION FOR PROMOTION AND GUIDANCE ON HEALTH RESEARCH". http://www.dhrschemes.in/. Department of Health Research. Retrieved 2 June 2021. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[10] "About the Ministry – आयुष मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार". Retrieved 2021-07-10.

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