# Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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.
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.

## 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. Organizations and Institutes under DGHS are:
* Lady Hardinge Medical College
* Vardhman Mahavir Medical College
* All India Institutes of Medical Sciences(AIIMS)
* Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences
* Safdarjung Hospital
* Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital
* Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing
* Lady Reading Health School
* Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital
* National Centre for Disease Control
* All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health
* Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute
* Central Research Institute, Kasauli
* Central Institute of Psychiatry Ranchi

### 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 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

### 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

## Cabinet Ministers

| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister |
| No. | Portrait | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | From | To | Period | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister |
| 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 |
| 1 | | | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur DStJ (1887–1964) MP for Central Provinces and Berar, till 1952 MP for Mandi Mahasu, from 1952 | 13 May 1952 | 17 April 1957 | 9 years, 244 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru II | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 2 | | | D. P. Karmarkar (1902–1991) MP for Dharwad North (MoS) | 17 April 1957 | 9 April 1962 | 4 years, 357 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru III | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 3 | | | Sushila Nayyar (1914–2001) MP for Jhansi (MoS) | 10 April 1962 | 27 May 1964 | 2 years, 145 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 3 | | | Sushila Nayyar (1914–2001) MP for Jhansi (MoS) | 27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | 2 years, 145 days | Indian National Congress | Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) |
| 3 | | | Sushila Nayyar (1914–2001) MP for Jhansi (MoS) | 9 June 1964 | 11 January 1966 | 2 years, 145 days | Indian National Congress | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 3 | | | Sushila Nayyar (1914–2001) MP for Jhansi (MoS) | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | 2 years, 145 days | Indian National Congress | 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 | Indian National Congress | Indira II | Indira Gandhi |
| 5 | | | Satya Narayan Sinha (1900–1983) MP for Darbhanga | 14 November 1967 | 14 February 1969 | 1 year, 92 days | Indian National Congress | Indira II | Indira Gandhi |
| 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) | Indira II | Indira Gandhi |
| 7 | | | Uma Shankar Dikshit (1901–1991) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 19 May 1971 | 5 February 1973 | 1 year, 262 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | Indira Gandhi |
| 8 | | | Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar (1905–1979) MP for Khed (MoS) | 5 February 1973 | 9 November 1973 | 277 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | Indira Gandhi |
| 9 | | | Karan Singh (born 1931) MP for Udhampur | 9 November 1973 | 24 March 1977 | 3 years, 135 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | Indira Gandhi |
| 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 | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai |
| 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 |
| 12 | | | B. Shankaranand (1925–2009) MP for Chikkodi | 4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | 4 years, 350 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 13 | | | Mohsina Kidwai (born 1932) MP for Meerut | 31 December 1984 | 24 June 1986 | 1 year, 175 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| – | | | Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP for Amethi (Prime Minister) | 24 June 1986 | 14 February 1988 | 1 year, 235 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 14 | | | Motilal Vora (1928–2020) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh | 14 February 1988 | 24 January 1989 | 345 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 15 | | | Ram Niwas Mirdha (1924–2010) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan (MoS, I/C) | 24 January 1989 | 4 July 1989 | 161 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 16 | | | Rafique Alam (1929–2011) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar (MoS, I/C) | 4 July 1989 | 2 December 1989 | 151 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 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 | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | V. P. Singh |
| 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 | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar |
| 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 | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| – | | | P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Nandyal (Prime Minister) | 23 December 1994 | 11 June 1995 | 170 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 21 | | | A. R. Antulay (1929–2014) MP for Kolaba | 11 June 1995 | 16 May 1996 | 340 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 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 | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| 23 | | | Saleem Iqbal Shervani (born 1953) MP for Badaun (MoS, I/C) | 21 April 1997 | 9 June 1997 | 345 days | Janata Dal | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| – | | | Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar (Prime Minister) | 9 June 1997 | 19 March 1998 | 283 days | Janata Dal | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| 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 | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 25 | | | A. K. Patel (born 1931) MP for Mehsena (MoS, I/C) | 16 August 1999 | 13 October 1999 | 58 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 26 | | | N. T. Shanmugam MP for Vellore (MoS, I/C) | 13 October 1999 | 27 May 2000 | 227 days | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 27 | | | C. P. Thakur (born 1931) MP for Patna | 27 May 2000 | 1 July 2002 | 2 years, 35 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 28 | | | Shatrughan Sinha (born 1946) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar | 1 July 2002 | 29 January 2003 | 212 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 29 | | | Sushma Swaraj (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttarakhand | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 114 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 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 | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh |
| 32 | | | Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949) Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir | 29 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | 4 years, 362 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh |
| 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 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi |
| (33) | | | Harsh Vardhan (born 1954) MP for Chandni Chowk | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | 2 years, 37 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi |
| 35 | | | Mansukh Mandaviya (born 1972) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi |
| (34) | | | Jagat Prakash Nadda (born 1960) Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 280 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi III | Narendra Modi |

## List of ministers of state

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare :
| Minister of state | Term | 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 | Narendra Modi | Apna Dal (Sonelal) |
| Ashwini Kumar Choubey | 3 September 2017 | 7 July 2021 | 3 years, 307 days | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Bharati Pawar | 7 July 2021 | 10 June 2024 | 2 years, 339 days | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| S. P. Singh Baghel | 18 May 2023 | 10 June 2024 | 1 year, 23 days | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 280 days | Narendra Modi | Shiv Sena |
| Anupriya Patel | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 280 days | Narendra Modi | Apna Dal (Sonelal) |