The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is a ministry of the Government of India charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India.
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 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.
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.
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. National Medical Library
Department of Health
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) 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) 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(mental health) National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore National commission for Allied And Healthcare Professionals (NCAHP) 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 Health Division Disaster Management Cell Blindness Control Bureau of Planning Cancer Control Programme Central Design Bureau Central Health Service (CHS) Drugs Food Quality control division Emergency Medical Relief International Health and Cooperation Immunization Institutes of National Importance-II Medical Education Medical Value Travel Mental Health Division National Programme For Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness National Center for Vector Borne Diseases Control Non Government Organisations National Health Mission Finance National Health Mission policy & planning National Universal Health Mission Infrastructure & HR Division E-Health Medical Education Policy - II Dental Nursing Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNTD) Principal Accounts Office Training Procurement Revised National Tuberculosis Programme Statistics Activities of Health and Family Welfare OP & Nirodh Marketing Drug De-Addiction Programme Central Public Sector Enterprises Drugs Regulation
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: 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 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 Health Technology Assessment in India (HTAIn)
Think Tank/Other Autonomous Bodies National Health Systems Resource Centre, a think-tank. Central Medical Services Society Pasteur Institute of India
Cabinet Ministers
PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryPrime Minister From To Period Minister of Health Rajkumari Amrit Kaur 15 August 1947 17 April 1957 Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru Nehru II D. P. Karmarkar(Minister of State) 17 April 1957 9 April 1962 Nehru III Sushila Nayyar(Minister of State) 10 April 1962 24 January 1966 Nehru IV Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda Minister of Health and Family Planning Sushila Nayyar(Minister of State) 24 January 1966 13 March 1967 Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi Sripati Chandrasekhar(Minister of State) 13 March 1967 14 November 1967 Indira II Satya Narayan Sinha 14 November 1967 14 February 1969 Kodardas Kalidas Shah 14 February 1969 19 May 1971 Indian National Congress (R) Uma Shankar Dikshit 19 May 1971 5 February 1973 Indira III Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar(Minister of State) 5 February 1973 9 November 1973 Karan Singh 9 November 1973 24 March 1977 Minister of Health and Family Welfare Raj Narain 28 March 1977 1 July 1978 Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai Morarji Desai(Prime Minister) 1 July 1978 24 January 1979 Rabi Ray 25 January 1979 15 July 1979 Morarji Desai(Prime Minister) 16 July 1979 28 July 1979 Rabi Ray 28 July 1979 14 January 1980 Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh Charan Singh B. Shankaranand 16 January 1980 31 October 1984 Indian National Congress Indira IV Indira Gandhi 4 November 1984 31 December 1984 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi Mohsina Kidwai 31 December 1984 24 June 1986 Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi(Prime Minister) 24 June 1986 14 February 1988 Motilal Vora 14 February 1988 24 January 1989 Ram Niwas Mirdha(Minister of State, I/C) 24 January 1989 4 July 1989 Rafique Alam(Minister of State, I/C) 4 July 1989 2 December 1989 Nilamani Routray 6 December 1989 23 April 1990 Janata Dal Vishwanath V. P. Singh Rasheed Masood(Minister of State, I/C) 23 April 1990 10 November 1990 Shakeelur Rehman 21 November 1990 20 February 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar(Prime Minister) 20 February 1991 21 June 1991 Makhan Lal Fotedar 21 June 1991 17 January 1993 Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao B. Shankaranand 18 January 1993 22 December 1994 P. V. Narasimha Rao(Prime Minister) 23 December 1994 11 June 1995 A. R. Antulay 11 June 1995 16 May 1996 Sartaj Singh 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee H. D. Deve Gowda(Prime Minister) 1 June 1996 29 June 1996 Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda Saleem Iqbal Shervani(Minister of State, I/C) 29 June 1996 9 June 1997 Samajwadi Party Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral(Prime Minister) 9 June 1997 19 March 1998 Janata Dal Dalit Ezhilmalai(Minister of State, I/C) 20 March 1998 14 August 1999 Pattali Makkal Katchi Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Prime Minister) 14 August 1999 16 August 1999 Bharatiya Janata Party A. K. Patel(Minister of State, I/C) 16 August 1999 13 October 1999 N. T. Shanmugam(Minister of State, I/C) 13 October 1999 27 May 2000 Pattali Makkal Katchi Vajpayee III C. P. Thakur 27 May 2000 1 July 2002 Bharatiya Janata Party Shatrughan Sinha 1 July 2002 29 January 2003 Sushma Swaraj 29 January 2003 22 May 2004 Anbumani Ramadoss 23 May 2004 29 March 2009 Pattali Makkal Katchi Manmohan I Manmohan Singh Panabaka Lakshmi(Minister of State, I/C) 29 March 2009 22 May 2009 Indian National Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad 29 May 2009 26 May 2014 Manmohan II Harsh Vardhan 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi Jagat Prakash Nadda 9 November 2014 30 May 2019 Harsh Vardhan 30 May 2019 7 July 2021 Modi II Mansukh Mandaviya 7 July 2021 9 June 2024 Jagat Prakash Nadda 9 June 2024 Incumbent Modi III
Ministers of State