| Agency Name: | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| Seal: | Government of India logo.svg |
| Picture Width: | 200px |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of India |
| Headquarters: | Cabinet Secretariat Raisina Hill, New Delhi |
| Coordinates: | 28.6139°N 77.2089°W |
| Budget: | (2024-25) |
| Minister1 Name: | J. P. Nadda |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Minister of Health |
| Minister2 Name: | Anupriya Patel |
| Minister2 Pfo: | MoS for Health |
| Minister3 Name: | Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav |
| Minister3 Pfo: | MoS for Health |
| Chief1 Name: | Punya Salila Srivastava, IAS |
| Chief1 Position: | Health Secretary |
| Website: | https://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]
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]
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.
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:
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:
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:
The Department of Health Research (DHR) is responsible for formulation, support, coordination and promotion of biomedical research in India [7] [8]
| Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Minister of Health | |||||||||
| 1 | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur | 15 August 1947 | 13 May 1952 | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| 13 May 1952 | 17 April 1957 | Nehru II | |||||||
| 2 | D. P. Karmarkar (MoS) | 17 April 1957 | 9 April 1962 | Nehru III | |||||
| 3 | Sushila Nayyar (MoS) | 10 April 1962 | 27 May 1964 | Nehru IV | |||||
| 27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||
| 9 June 1964 | 11 January 1966 | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||||||
| 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||||||
| Minister of Health and Family Planning | |||||||||
| (3) | Sushila Nayyar (MoS) | 24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | Indian National Congress | Indira I | Indira Gandhi | |||
| 4 | Sripati Chandrasekhar (MoS) | 13 March 1967 | 14 November 1967 | Indira II | |||||
| 5 | Satya Narayan Sinha | 14 November 1967 | 14 February 1969 | ||||||
| 6 | Kodardas Kalidas Shah | 14 February 1969 | 19 May 1971 | Indian National Congress (R) | |||||
| 7 | Uma Shankar Dikshit | 19 May 1971 | 5 February 1973 | Indira III | |||||
| 8 | Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar (MoS) | 5 February 1973 | 9 November 1973 | ||||||
| 9 | Karan Singh | 9 November 1973 | 24 March 1977 | ||||||
| Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |||||||||
| 10 | Raj Narain | 28 March 1977 | 1 July 1978 | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai | |||
| Morarji Desai (Prime Minister) | 1 July 1978 | 24 January 1979 | |||||||
| 11 | Rabi Ray | 28 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh | Charan Singh | |||
| 12 | B. Shankaranand | 16 January 1980 | 31 October 1984 | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | |||
| 4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||
| 13 | Mohsina Kidwai | 31 December 1984 | 24 June 1986 | Rajiv II | |||||
| Rajiv Gandhi (Prime Minister) | 24 June 1986 | 14 February 1988 | |||||||
| 14 | Motilal Vora | 14 February 1988 | 24 January 1989 | ||||||
| 15 | Ram Niwas Mirdha (MoS, I/C) | 24 January 1989 | 4 July 1989 | ||||||
| 16 | Rafique Alam (MoS, I/C) | 4 July 1989 | 2 December 1989 | ||||||
| 17 | Nilamani Routray | 6 December 1989 | 23 April 1990 | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | V. P. Singh | |||
| 18 | Rasheed Masood (MoS, I/C) | 23 April 1990 | 10 November 1990 | ||||||
| 19 | 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 | |||||||
| 20 | Makhan Lal Fotedar | 21 June 1991 | 17 January 1993 | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |||
| (12) | B. Shankaranand | 18 January 1993 | 22 December 1994 | ||||||
| P. V. Narasimha Rao (Prime Minister) | 23 December 1994 | 11 June 1995 | |||||||
| 21 | A. R. Antulay | 11 June 1995 | 16 May 1996 | ||||||
| 22 | 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 | ||||
| 23 | Saleem Iqbal Shervani (MoS, I/C) | 29 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | ||||||
| 21 April 1997 | 9 June 1997 | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||
| Inder Kumar Gujral (Prime Minister) | 9 June 1997 | 19 March 1998 | |||||||
| 24 | Dalit Ezhilmalai (MoS, 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 | ||||||
| 25 | A. K. Patel (MoS, I/C) | 16 August 1999 | 13 October 1999 | ||||||
| 26 | N. T. Shanmugam (MoS, I/C) | 13 October 1999 | 27 May 2000 | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Vajpayee III | ||||
| 27 | C. P. Thakur | 27 May 2000 | 1 July 2002 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| 28 | Shatrughan Sinha | 1 July 2002 | 29 January 2003 | ||||||
| 29 | Sushma Swaraj | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | ||||||
| 30 | Anbumani Ramadoss | 23 May 2004 | 29 March 2009 | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | |||
| 31 | Panabaka Lakshmi (MoS, I/C) | 29 March 2009 | 22 May 2009 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 32 | Ghulam Nabi Azad | 29 May 2009 | 26 May 2014 | Manmohan II | |||||
| 33 | Harsh Vardhan | 27 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |||
| 34 | Jagat Prakash Nadda | 9 November 2014 | 30 May 2019 | ||||||
| (33) | Harsh Vardhan | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | Modi II | |||||
| 35 | Mansukh Mandaviya | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | ||||||
| (34) | Jagat Prakash Nadda | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | Modi III | |||||
| Political Party | |||||||
| Faggan Singh Kulaste | 5 July 2016 | 3 September 2017 | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| Anupriya Patel | 5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | Apna Dal (Sonelal) | ||||
| Ashwini Kumar Choubey | 3 September 2017 | 7 July 2021 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| Bharati Pawar | 7 July 2021 | 10 June 2024 | |||||
| S. P. Singh Baghel | 18 May 2023 | 10 June 2024 | |||||
| Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | Shiv Sena | ||||
| Anupriya Patel | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | Apna Dal (Sonelal) |