Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Agency overview
Formed1947 (77 years ago) (1947)
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersCabinet Secretariat
Raisina Hill, New Delhi
28°36′50″N 77°12′32″E / 28.61389°N 77.20889°E / 28.61389; 77.20889
Annual budget₹90,658 crore (US$11 billion) (2024-25)
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
Websitehttps://main.mohfw.gov.in/ [1]

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, also known by its abbreviation 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.[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 Minister of State for health (MOS: assistant to Minister i.e. currently assistant to Mansukh L. Mandaviya) are Bharati Pawar and S. P. Singh Baghel .[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]

Organisation[edit]

The ministry is composed of two departments and six subordinate offices. Department of Health and Family Welfare and Department of Health Research and Directorate General of Health Services.[6]

See also: Healthcare in India

Directorate General of Health Services[edit]

The Directorate General of Health Services is a department responsible for technical knowledge concerning Public Health, Medical Education and Health Care. Organizations and Institutes under DGHS are:[citation needed]

Department of Health[edit]

Food safety
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[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:[citation needed]

Department of Health Research[edit]

The Department of Health Research (DHR) is responsible for formulation, support, coordination and promotion of biomedical research in India [9][10]

Cabinet Ministers[edit]

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Health
1 Rajkumari Amrit Kaur DStJ
(1887–1964)
MP for Central Provinces and Berar, till 1952
MP for Mandi Mahasu, from 1952 		15 August
1947 		13 May
1952 		9 years, 244 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
13 May
1952 		17 April
1957 		Nehru II
2 D. P. Karmarkar
(1902–1991)
MP for Dharwad North
(MoS) 		17 April
1957 		9 April
1962 		4 years, 357 days Nehru III
3 Sushila Nayyar
(1914–2001)
MP for Jhansi
(MoS) 		10 April
1962 		27 May
1964 		2 years, 145 days Nehru IV
27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
9 June
1964 		11 January
1966 		Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
Minister of Health and Family Planning
(3) Sushila Nayyar
(1914–2001)
MP for Jhansi
(MoS) 		24 January
1966 		13 March
1967 		323 days Indian National Congress Indira I Indira Gandhi
4 Sripati Chandrasekhar
(1918–2001)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu
(MoS) 		13 March
1967 		14 November
1967 		246 days Indira II
5 Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
MP for Darbhanga 		14 November
1967 		14 February
1969 		1 year, 92 days
6 Kodardas Kalidas Shah
(1908–1986)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		14 February
1969 		19 May
1971 		2 years, 94 days Indian National Congress (R)
7 Uma Shankar Dikshit
(1901–1991)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		19 May
1971 		5 February
1973 		1 year, 262 days Indira III
8 Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar
(1905–1979)
MP for Khed
(MoS) 		5 February
1973 		9 November
1973 		277 days
9 Karan Singh
(born 1931)
MP for Udhampur 		9 November
1973 		24 March
1977 		3 years, 135 days
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
10 Raj Narain
(1917–1986)
MP for Allahabad 		28 March
1977 		1 July
1978 		1 year, 95 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
– Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister) 		1 July
1978 		24 January
1979 		207 days
11 Rabi Ray
(1926–2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha 		28 July
1979 		14 January
1980 		170 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh Charan Singh
12 B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi 		16 January
1980 		31 October
1984 		4 years, 350 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
4 November
1984 		31 December
1984 		Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
13 Mohsina Kidwai
(born 1932)
MP for Meerut 		31 December
1984 		24 June
1986 		1 year, 175 days Rajiv II
– Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister) 		24 June
1986 		14 February
1988 		1 year, 235 days
14 Motilal Vora
(1928–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		14 February
1988 		24 January
1989 		345 days
15 Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
(MoS, I/C) 		24 January
1989 		4 July
1989 		161 days
16 Rafique Alam
(1929–2011)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
(MoS, I/C) 		4 July
1989 		2 December
1989 		151 days
17 Nilamani Routray
(1920–2004)
MP for Puri 		6 December
1989 		23 April
1990 		138 days Janata Dal Vishwanath V. P. Singh
18 Rasheed Masood
(1947–2020)
MP for Saharanpur
(MoS, I/C) 		23 April
1990 		10 November
1990 		201 days
19 Shakeelur Rehman
(1931–2016)
MP for Darbhanga 		21 November
1990 		20 February
1991 		91 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
– Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister) 		20 February
1991 		21 June
1991 		121 days
20 Makhan Lal Fotedar
(1932–2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		21 June
1991 		17 January
1993 		1 year, 210 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
(12) B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi 		18 January
1993 		22 December
1994 		1 year, 338 days
– P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister) 		23 December
1994 		11 June
1995 		170 days
21 A. R. Antulay
(1929–2014)
MP for Kolaba 		11 June
1995 		16 May
1996 		340 days
22 Sartaj Singh
(born 1940)
MP for Narmadapuram 		16 May
1996 		1 June
1996 		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
– H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Unelected
(Prime Minister) 		1 June
1996 		29 June
1996 		28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
23 Saleem Iqbal Shervani
(born 1953)
MP for Badaun
(MoS, I/C) 		29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		345 days
21 April
1997 		9 June
1997 		Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
– Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
(Prime Minister) 		9 June
1997 		19 March
1998 		283 days
24 Dalit Ezhilmalai
(1945–2020)
MP for Chidambaram
(MoS, I/C) 		20 March
1998 		14 August
1999 		1 year, 0 days Pattali Makkal Katchi Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
– Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		14 August
1999 		16 August
1999 		2 days Bharatiya Janata Party
25 A. K. Patel
(born 1931)
MP for Mehsena
(MoS, I/C) 		16 August
1999 		13 October
1999 		58 days
26 N. T. Shanmugam
MP for Vellore
(MoS, I/C) 		13 October
1999 		27 May
2000 		227 days Pattali Makkal Katchi Vajpayee III
27 C. P. Thakur
(born 1931)
MP for Patna 		27 May
2000 		1 July
2002 		2 years, 35 days Bharatiya Janata Party
28 Shatrughan Sinha
(born 1946)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 		1 July
2002 		29 January
2003 		212 days
29 Sushma Swaraj
(1952–2019)
MP for South Delhi 		29 January
2003 		22 May
2004 		1 year, 114 days
30 Anbumani Ramadoss
(born 1968)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu 		23 May
2004 		29 March
2009 		4 years, 310 days Pattali Makkal Katchi Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
31 Panabaka Lakshmi
(born 1958)
MP for Nellore
(MoS, I/C) 		29 March
2009 		22 May
2009 		54 days Indian National Congress
32 Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir 		29 May
2009 		26 May
2014 		4 years, 362 days Manmohan II
33 Harsh Vardhan
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk 		27 May
2014 		9 November
2014 		99 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
34 Jagat Prakash Nadda
(born 1960)
Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh 		9 November
2014 		30 May
2019 		4 years, 202 days
(33) Harsh Vardhan
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		2 years, 37 days Modi II
35 Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		7 July
2021 		Incumbent 2 years, 324 days

List of ministers of state[edit]

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Minister of state Portrait Term Years Prime Minister Political Party
Faggan Singh Kulaste 5 July 2016 3 September 2017 1 year, 60 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
Anupriya Patel 5 July 2016 30 May 2019 2 years, 329 days Apna Dal (Sonelal)
Ashwini Kumar Choubey 3 September 2017 7 July 2021 3 years, 307 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharati Pawar 7 July 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 324 days
S. P. Singh Baghel 18 May 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 8 days

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Health & Family Welfare| National Portal of India".
  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". 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. ^ "Tele MANAS". telemanas.mohfw.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  9. ^ Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India., Department of Health Research. "About us". www.dhrschemes.in/. Department of Health Research. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  10. ^ 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". www.dhrschemes.in/. Department of Health Research. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

External links[edit]

  1. ^ "Health & Family Welfare| National Portal of India".
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