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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
"MoHFW" redirects here. For MoHFW of Bangladesh, see Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh).

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.[1][2]

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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Branch of the Indian government
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Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Agency overview
Formed1947 (78 years ago) (1947)
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersCabinet Secretariat, Raisina Hill, New Delhi
28°36′50″N 77°12′32″E
Annual budget₹90,658 crore (US$10 billion) (2024–2025)
Ministers responsible
Child agencies
  • Department of Health & Family Welfare
  • Department of Health Research
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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

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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.[4]

See also: Healthcare in India

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. Organizations and Institutes under DGHS are:[5]

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:[citation needed]

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:[citation needed]

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]

Cabinet Ministers

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No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency		 Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Health
1 Thumb 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 Thumb D. P. Karmarkar
(1902–1991)
MP for Dharwad North
(MoS)		 17 April
1957		 9 April
1962		 4 years, 357 days Nehru III
3 Thumb 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) Thumb 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 Thumb Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
MP for Darbhanga		 14 November
1967		 14 February
1969		 1 year, 92 days
6 Thumb 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 Thumb Uma Shankar Dikshit
(1901–1991)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh		 19 May
1971		 5 February
1973		 1 year, 262 days Indira III
8 Thumb Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar
(1905–1979)
MP for Khed
(MoS)		 5 February
1973		 9 November
1973		 277 days
9 Thumb Karan Singh
(born 1931)
MP for Udhampur		 9 November
1973		 24 March
1977		 3 years, 135 days
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
10 Thumb Raj Narain
(1917–1986)
MP for Allahabad		 28 March
1977		 1 July
1978		 1 year, 95 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
– Thumb Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister)		 1 July
1978		 24 January
1979		 207 days
11 Thumb 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 Thumb 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 Thumb Mohsina Kidwai
(born 1932)
MP for Meerut		 31 December
1984		 24 June
1986		 1 year, 175 days Rajiv II
– Thumb Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister)		 24 June
1986		 14 February
1988		 1 year, 235 days
14 Thumb Motilal Vora
(1928–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh		 14 February
1988		 24 January
1989		 345 days
15 Thumb 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 Thumb 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
– Thumb Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister)		 20 February
1991		 21 June
1991		 121 days
20 Thumb 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) Thumb B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi		 18 January
1993		 22 December
1994		 1 year, 338 days
– Thumb P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister)		 23 December
1994		 11 June
1995		 170 days
21 Thumb 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
– Thumb 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
– Thumb 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
– Thumb 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 Thumb C. P. Thakur
(born 1931)
MP for Patna		 27 May
2000		 1 July
2002		 2 years, 35 days Bharatiya Janata Party
28 Thumb Shatrughan Sinha
(born 1946)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar		 1 July
2002		 29 January
2003		 212 days
29 Thumb Sushma Swaraj
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttarakhand		 29 January
2003		 22 May
2004		 1 year, 114 days
30 Thumb 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 Thumb Panabaka Lakshmi
(born 1958)
MP for Nellore
(MoS, I/C)		 29 March
2009		 22 May
2009		 54 days Indian National Congress
32 Thumb 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 Thumb Harsh Vardhan
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk		 27 May
2014		 9 November
2014		 99 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
34 Thumb Jagat Prakash Nadda
(born 1960)
Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh		 9 November
2014		 30 May
2019		 4 years, 202 days
(33) Thumb Harsh Vardhan
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk		 31 May
2019		 7 July
2021		 2 years, 37 days Modi II
35 Thumb Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat		 7 July
2021		 9 June
2024		 2 years, 338 days
(34) Thumb Jagat Prakash Nadda
(born 1960)
Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh		 10 June
2024		 Incumbent 266 days Modi III
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List of ministers of state

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Ministers of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Minister of state Portrait Term Years Prime Minister Political Party
Faggan Singh Kulaste Thumb 5 July 2016 3 September 2017 1 year, 60 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
Anupriya Patel Thumb 5 July 2016 30 May 2019 2 years, 329 days Apna Dal (Sonelal)
Ashwini Kumar Choubey Thumb 3 September 2017 7 July 2021 3 years, 307 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharati Pawar Thumb 7 July 2021 10 June 2024 2 years, 339 days
S. P. Singh Baghel Thumb 18 May 2023 10 June 2024 1 year, 23 days
Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav Thumb 10 June 2024 Incumbent 266 days Shiv Sena
Anupriya Patel Thumb 10 June 2024 Incumbent 266 days Apna Dal (Sonelal)
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