Department of Health and Family Welfare (Tamil Nadu)

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Department of Health and Family Welfare of State of Tamil Nadu
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Agency overview
JurisdictionTamil Nadu
HeadquartersChennai
Employees121,221 (2019)[1]
Annual budget₹15,773 crore (US$2.2 billion) (2020–21)[2]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
Parent agencyGovernment of Tamil Nadu
Websitetnhealth.tn.gov.in

The Department of Health and Family Welfare of State of Tamil Nadu is a department of Government of Tamil Nadu responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services in Tamil Nadu. Its undertakings include National Health Mission – Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation, Medicinal Plant Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation and Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu.[3][4] It is headquartered in Chennai.

Sub - Departments[edit]

Name Website
National Rural Health Mission Tamil Nadu http://www.nhm.tn.gov.in/
Tamil Nadu Health System Project(TNHSP) http://www.tnhsp.org/
Directorate of Medical Education - List of Tamil Nadu Government's Medical Colleges http://www.tnhealth.org/dme/medicaleducation.php
Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services http://www.tnhealth.org/dms/mrhs.php
Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine http://www.tnhealth.org/dph/dphpm.php
Directorate of Indian Medicine and Homeopathy http://www.tnhealth.org/imh/im.htm
Directorate of Family Welfare http://www.tnhealth.org/dfw/dfw.php
Directorate of Drugs Control https://web.archive.org/web/20121014124408/http://www.tnhealth.org/drugcontrol/
Tamil Nadu State Health Transport Department https://web.archive.org/web/20121022142933/http://www.tnhealth.org/tshtd.htm
Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society http://www.tnhealth.org/tsaids.htm
Tamil Nadu State Blindness Control Society http://www.tnhealth.org/tsbcs.htm
DANIDA Health Care Project https://web.archive.org/web/20121022145554/http://www.tnhealth.org/danida.htm
Department of Food Safety & Drug Administration (Food Safety Division) https://web.archive.org/web/20121009133136/http://www.tnhealth.org/FoodSafety.htm

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Undertakings & Bodies[edit]

Name Website
Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited (TNMSC) http://www.tnmsc.com/
Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (TRANSTAN) https://transtan.tn.gov.in/
Medicinal Plant Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation Ltd (TAMPCOL) https://www.tn.gov.in/detail_contact/4807/5/

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Ministers for Health and Family Welfare[edit]

Ministers Health and Family Welfare (Tamilnadu)
Name Portrait Term of office
A. B. Shetty Attavar Balakrishna Shetty.jpg 13 April 1954 13 April 1957
Jothi Venkatachalam 1962 1963
S. J. Sadiq Pasha 6 March 1967 10 February 1969
V. R. Nedunchezhiyan 10 February 1969 4 January 1971
K. Anbazhagan Anbazhagan2006.jpg 15 March 1971 31 January 1976
Dr. H.V.Hande 1977 1987
K. Ponmudy 27 January 1989 30 January 1991
S. Muthusamy 24 June 1991 12 May 1996
Arcot N. Veeraswami 13 May 1996 13 May 2001
S. Semmalai 22 May 2001 2 June 2003
Thalavai Sundaram ThalavaiSundaram.jpg 3 June 2003 12 May 2006
M. R. K. Panneerselvam 13 May 2006 15 May 2011
Dr. V.S.Vijay 16 May 2011 27 February 2013
K. C. Veeramani K. c. veeramani.jpg 28 February 2013 31 October 2013
Dr. C.Vijaya Baskar 1 November 2013 6 May 2021
M. Subramaniam Ex.mayor.jpg 7 May 2021 Incumbent

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Performance Budget of Health and Family Welfare Department - 2018-2019" (PDF). tn.gov.in. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Budget Analysis 2020-21". PRSIndia. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "department | Tamil Nadu Government Portal". www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Health Directorates". tnhealth.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sub - Departments under BC, MBC & MW Department". www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Organisations under the Health and Family Welfare Department" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

External links[edit]

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