:Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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{{Infobox government agency

| name = Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

| seal = Government of India logo.svg

| seal_size = 100px

| seal_caption = Branch of the Indian government

| logo = Ministry of Health India.svg

| logo_size = 200px

| logo_caption = Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

| formed = {{Start date and age|1947|08|15|df=yes}}

| jurisdiction = Government of India

| headquarters = Cabinet Secretariat, Raisina Hill, New Delhi

| coordinates = {{coord|28|36|50|N|77|12|32|E|type:landmark|display=inline}}

| budget = {{INRConvert|90658|c}} (2024–2025)

| minister_type = Ministers

| minister1_name = J. P. Nadda

| minister1_pfo = Cabinet Minister

| minister2_name = Anupriya Patel

| minister2_pfo = Ministers of state

| minister3_name = Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav

| minister3_pfo = Ministers of state

| child1_agency = Department of Health & Family Welfare

| child2_agency = Department of Health Research

| chief1_name = Punya Salila Srivastava, IAS

| chief1_position = Secretary of the Department of Health & Family Welfare

| chief2_name = Rajiv Bahl

| chief2_position = Secretary of the Department of Health Research

| chief3_name = Atul Goel (CHS)

| chief3_position = Director General of Health Services

| chief4_name = L S Changsan (IAS)

| chief4_position = CEO of the National Health Authority

| website = {{official website}}

}}

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (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.{{cite news | title = Suspension of anti-diabetes drug takes industry by surprise | newspaper = The Hindu | date = June 27, 2013 | url = http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/suspension-of-antidiabetes-drug-takes-industry-by-surprise/article4857259.ece | access-date = August 1, 2013 }}{{Citation | title = Let the science decide | newspaper = The Hindu | date = July 24, 2013 | url =http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/let-the-science-decide/article4945959.ece | access-date = 1 August 2013 }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://ipc.nic.in|title=Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission|website=ipc.nic.in|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927234339/http://ipc.nic.in/|archive-date=2011-09-27|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite web|title=Departments :: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare|url=http://www.mohfw.nic.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=1&sublinkid=1731&lid=24}}

=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:{{Cite web |title=Directorate General Of Health Services |url=https://dghs.gov.in/content/282_1_LadyHardinge.aspx |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240804080758/https://dghs.gov.in/content/282_1_LadyHardinge.aspx |archive-date=2024-08-04 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=dghs.gov.in |language=en}}

Lady Hardinge Medical College
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences
Safdarjung Hospital
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing
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
Lady Reading Health School
Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute

=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|date=April 2024}}

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) ([http://www.naco.gov.in Details About Aids])
National Cancer Control Programme (cancer) (since 1985){{Cite journal|last=Rath|first=Goura Kishor|date=Winter 2014|title=National cancer control and registration program in India|journal=Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology|volume=34|issue=4|pages=288–90|via=National Institutes of Health|pmc=4264276|pmid=25538407|doi=10.4103/0971-5851.144991 |doi-access=free }}
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)
[https://ncdc.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=1&sublinkid=876&lid=660 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{{Cite web |title=Tele MANAS |url=https://telemanas.mohfw.gov.in/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=telemanas.mohfw.gov.in}}(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:{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

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 {{cite web |last1=Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. |first1=Department of Health Research |title=About us |url=http://www.dhrschemes.in/DHR/HomePage#aboutus |website=www.dhrschemes.in/ |publisher=Department of Health Research |access-date=2 June 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. |first1=Department of Health Research |title=GRANT-IN-AID SCHEME FOR INTER-SECTORAL CONVERGENCE & COORDINATION FOR PROMOTION AND GUIDANCE ON HEALTH RESEARCH |url=http://www.dhrschemes.in/DHR/gia |website=www.dhrschemes.in/ |publisher=Department of Health Research |access-date=2 June 2021}}

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

=Think Tank/Other Autonomous Bodies=

National Health Systems Resource Centre, a think-tank.
Central Medical Services Society

Cabinet Ministers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2"\| {{abbr\|No.\|Number}} ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" \|Portrait ! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" \|Minister {{small\|(Birth-Death) Constituency}} ! colspan="3" \|Term of office ! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" \|Political party ! rowspan="2"\| Ministry ! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" \|Prime Minister
style="width:7em"\| From !style="width:7em"\| To !style="width:6em"\| Period
colspan="10"\| Minister of Health
rowspan="2"\| 1 \|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \|rowspan="2"\| 70px \|rowspan="2"\| Rajkumari Amrit Kaur {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|DStJ}} {{small\|(1887{{ndash}}1964) MP for Central Provinces and Berar, till 1952 MP for Mandi Mahasu, from 1952}} \|15 August 1947 \|13 May 1952 \|rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|1947\|8\|15\|1957\|4\|16}} \|rowspan="7"\| Indian National Congress \|bgcolor="#87CEEB"\| Nehru I \|rowspan="4"\| Jawaharlal Nehru
13 May 1952 \|17 April 1957 \|bgcolor="#87CEEB"\| Nehru II
2 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \|70px \|D. P. Karmarkar {{small\|(1902{{ndash}}1991) MP for Dharwad North}} (MoS) \|17 April 1957 \|9 April 1962 \|{{ayd\|1957\|4\|17\|1962\|4\|9}} \|bgcolor="#87CEEB"\| Nehru III
rowspan="4"\| 3 \|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \|rowspan="4"\| 70px \|rowspan="4"\| Sushila Nayyar {{small\|(1914{{ndash}}2001) MP for Jhansi}} (MoS) \|10 April 1962 \|27 May 1964 \|rowspan="4"\| {{ayd\|1963\|9\|1\|1966\|1\|24}} \|bgcolor="#87CEEB"\| Nehru IV
27 May 1964 \|9 June 1964 \|bgcolor="#87CEEB"\| Nanda I \|Gulzarilal Nanda {{small\|(Acting)}}
9 June 1964 \|11 January 1966 \|bgcolor="#87CEEB"\| Shastri \|Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January 1966 \|24 January 1966 \|bgcolor="#87CEEB"\| Nanda II \|Gulzarilal Nanda {{small\|(Acting)}}
colspan="10"\| Minister of Health and Family Planning
(3) \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \|70px \|Sushila Nayyar {{small\|(1914{{ndash}}2001) MP for Jhansi}} (MoS) \|24 January 1966 \|13 March 1967 \|{{ayd\|1966\|4\|24\|1967\|3\|13}} \|rowspan="3"\| Indian National Congress \|bgcolor="#87CEEB"\| Indira I \|rowspan="7"\| Indira Gandhi
4 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \| \|Sripati Chandrasekhar {{small\|(1918{{ndash}}2001) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu}} (MoS) \|13 March 1967 \|14 November 1967 \|{{ayd\|1967\|3\|13\|1967\|11\|14}} \|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"\| Indira II
5 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \|70px \|Satya Narayan Sinha {{small\|(1900{{ndash}}1983) MP for Darbhanga}} \|14 November 1967 \|14 February 1969 \|{{ayd\|1967\|11\|14\|1969\|2\|14}}
6 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (R)}}"\| \|70px \|Kodardas Kalidas Shah {{small\|(1908{{ndash}}1986) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat}} \|14 February 1969 \|19 May 1971 \|{{ayd\|1969\|2\|14\|1971\|5\|19}} \|rowspan="4"\| Indian National Congress (R)
7 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (R)}}"\| \|70px \|Uma Shankar Dikshit {{small\|(1901{{ndash}}1991) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh}} \|19 May 1971 \|5 February 1973 \|{{ayd\|1971\|5\|19\|1973\|2\|5}} \|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (R)}}"\| Indira III
8 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (R)}}"\| \|70px \|Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar {{small\|(1905{{ndash}}1979) MP for Khed}} (MoS) \|5 February 1973 \|9 November 1973 \|{{ayd\|1973\|2\|5\|1973\|11\|9}}
9 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (R)}}"\| \|70px \|Karan Singh {{small\|(born 1931) MP for Udhampur}} \|9 November 1973 \|24 March 1977 \|{{ayd\|1973\|11\|9\|1977\|3\|24}}
colspan="10"\| Minister of Health and Family Welfare
10 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Party}}"\| \|70px \|Raj Narain {{small\|(1917{{ndash}}1986) MP for Allahabad}} \|28 March 1977 \|1 July 1978 \|{{ayd\|1977\|3\|28\|1978\|7\|1}} \|rowspan="2"\| Janata Party \|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1F75FE"\| Desai \|rowspan="2"\| Morarji Desai
{{ndash}} \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Party}}"\| \|70px \|Morarji Desai {{small\|(1896–1995) MP for Surat}} (Prime Minister) \|1 July 1978 \|24 January 1979 \|{{ayd\|1978\|7\|1\|1979\|1\|24}}
11 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Party (Secular)}}"\| \|70px \|Rabi Ray {{small\|(1926{{ndash}}2017) Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha}} \|28 July 1979 \|14 January 1980 \|{{ayd\|1979\|7\|28\|1980\|1\|14}} \|Janata Party (Secular) \|bgcolor="#6495ED"\| Charan Singh \|Charan Singh
rowspan="2"\| 12 \|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \|rowspan="2"\| 70px \|rowspan="2"\| B. Shankaranand {{small\|(1925{{ndash}}2009) MP for Chikkodi}} \|16 January 1980 \|31 October 1984 \|rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|1980\|1\|16\|1984\|12\|31}} \|rowspan="7"\| Indian National Congress (I) \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| Indira IV \|Indira Gandhi
4 November 1984 \|31 December 1984 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| Rajiv I \|rowspan="6"\| Rajiv Gandhi
13 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \|70px \|Mohsina Kidwai {{small\|(born 1932) MP for Meerut}} \|31 December 1984 \|24 June 1986 \|{{ayd\|1984\|12\|31\|1986\|6\|24}} \|rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| Rajiv II
{{ndash}} \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \|70px \|Rajiv Gandhi {{small\|(1944{{ndash}}1991) MP for Amethi}} (Prime Minister) \|24 June 1986 \|14 February 1988 \|{{ayd\|1986\|6\|24\|1988\|2\|14}}
14 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \|70px \|Motilal Vora {{small\|(1928{{ndash}}2020) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh}} \|14 February 1988 \|24 January 1989 \|{{ayd\|1988\|2\|14\|1989\|1\|24}}
15 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \|70px \|Ram Niwas Mirdha {{small\|(1924{{ndash}}2010) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan}} (MoS, I/C) \|24 January 1989 \|4 July 1989 \|{{ayd\|1989\|1\|24\|1989\|7\|4}}
16 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| \|Rafique Alam {{small\|(1929{{ndash}}2011) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar}} (MoS, I/C) \|4 July 1989 \|2 December 1989 \|{{ayd\|1989\|7\|4\|1989\|12\|2}}
17 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Dal}}"\| \|70px \|Nilamani Routray {{small\|(1920{{ndash}}2004) MP for Puri}} \|6 December 1989 \|23 April 1990 \|{{ayd\|1989\|12\|6\|1990\|4\|23}} \|rowspan="2"\| Janata Dal \|rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"\| Vishwanath \|rowspan="2"\| V. P. Singh
18 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Dal}}"\| \| \|Rasheed Masood {{small\|(1947{{ndash}}2020) MP for Saharanpur}} (MoS, I/C) \|23 April 1990 \|10 November 1990 \|{{ayd\|1990\|4\|23\|1990\|11\|10}}
19 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"\| \| \|Shakeelur Rehman {{small\|(1931{{ndash}}2016) MP for Darbhanga}} \|21 November 1990 \|20 February 1991 \|{{ayd\|1990\|11\|21\|1991\|2\|20}} \|rowspan="2"\| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) \|rowspan="2" style="background:#74C365"\| Chandra Shekhar \|rowspan="2"\| Chandra Shekhar
{{ndash}} \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"\| \|70px \|Chandra Shekhar {{small\|(1927{{ndash}}2007) MP for Ballia}} (Prime Minister) \|20 February 1991 \|21 June 1991 \|{{ayd\|1991\|2\|20\|1991\|6\|21}}
20 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \|70px \|Makhan Lal Fotedar {{small\|(1932{{ndash}}2017) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh}} \|21 June 1991 \|17 January 1993 \|{{ayd\|1991\|6\|21\|1993\|1\|17}} \|rowspan="4"\| Indian National Congress (I) \|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| Rao \|rowspan="4"\| P. V. Narasimha Rao
(12) \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \|70px \|B. Shankaranand {{small\|(1925{{ndash}}2009) MP for Chikkodi}} \|18 January 1993 \|22 December 1994 \|{{ayd\|1993\|1\|18\|1994\|12\|22}}
{{ndash}} \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \|70px \|P. V. Narasimha Rao {{small\|(1921{{ndash}}2004) MP for Nandyal}} (Prime Minister) \|23 December 1994 \|11 June 1995 \|{{ayd\|1994\|12\|23\|1995\|6\|11}}
21 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \|70px \|A. R. Antulay {{small\|(1929{{ndash}}2014) MP for Kolaba}} \|11 June 1995 \|16 May 1996 \|{{ayd\|1995\|6\|11\|1996\|5\|16}}
22 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| \|Sartaj Singh {{small\|(born 1940) MP for Narmadapuram}} \|16 May 1996 \|1 June 1996 \|{{ayd\|1996\|5\|16\|1996\|6\|1}} \|Bharatiya Janata Party \|style="background:#FFA551;"\| Vajpayee I \|Atal Bihari Vajpayee
{{ndash}} \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Dal}}"\| \|70px \|H. D. Deve Gowda {{small\|(born 1933) Unelected}} (Prime Minister) \|1 June 1996 \|29 June 1996 \|{{ayd\|1996\|6\|1\|1996\|6\|29}} \|rowspan="4"\| Janata Dal \|rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"\| Deve Gowda \|rowspan="2"\| H. D. Deve Gowda
rowspan="2"\| 23 \|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Samajwadi Party}}"\| \|rowspan="2"\| \|rowspan="2"\| Saleem Iqbal Shervani {{small\|(born 1953) MP for Badaun}} (MoS, I/C) \|29 June 1996 \|21 April 1997 \|rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|1996\|6\|29\|1997\|6\|9}}
21 April 1997 \|9 June 1997 \|rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"\| Gujral \|rowspan="2"\| Inder Kumar Gujral
{{ndash}} \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Dal}}"\| \|70px \|Inder Kumar Gujral {{small\|(1919{{ndash}}2012) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar}} (Prime Minister) \|9 June 1997 \|19 March 1998 \|{{ayd\|1997\|6\|9\|1998\|3\|19}}
24 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"\| \| \|Dalit Ezhilmalai {{small\|(1945{{ndash}}2020) MP for Chidambaram}} (MoS, I/C) \|20 March 1998 \|14 August 1999 \|{{ayd\|1998\|3\|20\|1999\|3\|20}} \|Pattali Makkal Katchi \|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"\| Vajpayee II \|rowspan="7"\| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
{{ndash}} \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \|70px \|Atal Bihari Vajpayee {{small\|(1924{{ndash}}2018) MP for Lucknow}} (Prime Minister) \|14 August 1999 \|16 August 1999 \|{{ayd\|1999\|8\|14\|1999\|8\|16}} \|rowspan="2"\| Bharatiya Janata Party
25 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \| \|A. K. Patel {{small\|(born 1931) MP for Mehsena}} (MoS, I/C) \|16 August 1999 \|13 October 1999 \|{{ayd\|1999\|8\|16\|1999\|10\|13}}
26 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"\| \| \|N. T. Shanmugam {{small\|MP for Vellore}} (MoS, I/C) \|13 October 1999 \|27 May 2000 \|{{ayd\|1999\|10\|13\|2000\|5\|27}} \|Pattali Makkal Katchi \|rowspan="4" style="background:#FFA551;"\| Vajpayee III
27 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \|70px \|C. P. Thakur {{small\|(born 1931) MP for Patna}} \|27 May 2000 \|1 July 2002 \|{{ayd\|2000\|5\|27\|2002\|7\|1}} \|rowspan="3"\| Bharatiya Janata Party
28 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \|70px \|Shatrughan Sinha {{small\|(born 1946) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar}} \|1 July 2002 \|29 January 2003 \|{{ayd\|2002\|7\|1\|2003\|1\|29}}
29 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \|70px \|Sushma Swaraj {{small\|(1952{{ndash}}2019) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttarakhand}} \|29 January 2003 \|22 May 2004 \|{{ayd\|2003\|1\|29\|2004\|5\|22}}
30 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"\| \|70px \|Anbumani Ramadoss {{small\|(born 1968) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu}} \|23 May 2004 \|29 March 2009 \|{{ayd\|2004\|5\|23\|2009\|3\|29}} \|Pattali Makkal Katchi \|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"\| Manmohan I \|rowspan="3"\| Manmohan Singh
31 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \|70px \|Panabaka Lakshmi {{small\|(born 1958) MP for Nellore}} (MoS, I/C) \|29 March 2009 \|22 May 2009 \|{{ayd\|2009\|3\|29\|2009\|5\|22}} \|rowspan="2"\| Indian National Congress
32 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}"\| \|70px \|Ghulam Nabi Azad {{small\|(born 1949) Rajya Sabha MP for Jammu and Kashmir}} \|29 May 2009 \|26 May 2014 \|{{ayd\|2009\|5\|29\|2014\|5\|26}} \|bgcolor="#87CEEB"\| Manmohan II
33 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \|70px \|Harsh Vardhan {{small\|(born 1954) MP for Chandni Chowk}} \|27 May 2014 \|9 November 2014 \|{{ayd\|2014\|5\|27\|2014\|9\|3}} \|rowspan="5"\| Bharatiya Janata Party \|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"\| Modi I \|rowspan="5"\| Narendra Modi
34 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \|70px \|Jagat Prakash Nadda {{small\|(born 1960) Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh}} \|9 November 2014 \|30 May 2019 \|{{ayd\|2014\|11\|9\|2019\|5\|30}}
(33) \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \|70px \|Harsh Vardhan {{small\|(born 1954) MP for Chandni Chowk}} \|31 May 2019 \|7 July 2021 \|{{ayd\|2019\|5\|31\|2021\|7\|7}} \|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"\| Modi II
35 \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \|70px \|Mansukh Mandaviya {{small\|(born 1972) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat}} \|7 July 2021 \|9 June 2024 \|{{ayd\|2021\|7\|7\|2024\|6\|9}}
(34) \|bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"\| \|70px \|Jagat Prakash Nadda {{small\|(born 1960) Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh}} \|10 June 2024 \|Incumbent \|{{ayd\|2024\|6\|10

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! rowspan="2"| {{abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Portrait

! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister
{{small|(Birth-Death)
Constituency}}

! colspan="3" |Term of office

! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party

! rowspan="2"| Ministry

! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister

style="width:7em"| From

!style="width:7em"| To

!style="width:6em"| Period

colspan="10"| Minister of Health

rowspan="2"| 1

|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

|rowspan="2"| 70px

|rowspan="2"| Rajkumari Amrit Kaur {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DStJ}}
{{small|(1887{{ndash}}1964)
MP for Central Provinces and Berar, till 1952
MP for Mandi Mahasu, from 1952}}

|15 August
1947

|13 May
1952

|rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1947|8|15|1957|4|16}}

|rowspan="7"| Indian National Congress

|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| Nehru I

|rowspan="4"| Jawaharlal Nehru

13 May
1952

|17 April
1957

|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| Nehru II

|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|

:Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Organisation

=Directorate General of Health Services=

=Department of Health=

=Department of Family Welfare=

= Department of Health Research =

=Think Tank/Other Autonomous Bodies=

Cabinet Ministers

List of ministers of state

See also

References

External links