Branch of Government of India
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Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
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| Formed | 1947 (77 years ago) (1947) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Cabinet 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) |
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| 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][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]
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]
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]
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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]
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]
The Department of Health Research (DHR) is responsible for formulation, support, coordination and promotion of biomedical research in India [9][10]
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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| Minister of Health | |||||||||
| 1 | 
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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 | 
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D. P. Karmarkar (1902–1991) MP for Dharwad North (MoS) |
17 April 1957 |
9 April 1962 |
4 years, 357 days | Nehru III | |||
| 3 | 
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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) |
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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 | 
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Satya Narayan Sinha (1900–1983) MP for Darbhanga |
14 November 1967 |
14 February 1969 |
1 year, 92 days | ||||
| 6 | 
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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 | 
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Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar (1905–1979) MP for Khed (MoS) |
5 February 1973 |
9 November 1973 |
277 days | ||||
| 9 | 
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Karan Singh (born 1931) MP for Udhampur |
9 November 1973 |
24 March 1977 |
3 years, 135 days | ||||
| Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |||||||||
| 10 | 
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Raj Narain (1917–1986) MP for Allahabad |
28 March 1977 |
1 July 1978 |
1 year, 95 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai | |
| – | 
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Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for Surat (Prime Minister) |
1 July 1978 |
24 January 1979 |
207 days | ||||
| 11 | 
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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 | 
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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 | 
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Mohsina Kidwai (born 1932) MP for Meerut |
31 December 1984 |
24 June 1986 |
1 year, 175 days | Rajiv II | |||
| – | 
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Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP for Amethi (Prime Minister) |
24 June 1986 |
14 February 1988 |
1 year, 235 days | ||||
| 14 | 
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Motilal Vora (1928–2020) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh |
14 February 1988 |
24 January 1989 |
345 days | ||||
| 15 | 
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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 | 
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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 | ||
| – | 
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Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) MP for Ballia (Prime Minister) |
20 February 1991 |
21 June 1991 |
121 days | ||||
| 20 | 
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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 | |
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B. Shankaranand (1925–2009) MP for Chikkodi |
18 January 1993 |
22 December 1994 |
1 year, 338 days | ||||
| – | 
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P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Nandyal (Prime Minister) |
23 December 1994 |
11 June 1995 |
170 days | ||||
| 21 | 
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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 | ||
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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 | ||||||
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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 | ||
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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 | 
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C. P. Thakur (born 1931) MP for Patna |
27 May 2000 |
1 July 2002 |
2 years, 35 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 28 | 
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Shatrughan Sinha (born 1946) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar |
1 July 2002 |
29 January 2003 |
212 days | ||||
| 29 | 
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Sushma Swaraj (1952–2019) MP for South Delhi |
29 January 2003 |
22 May 2004 |
1 year, 114 days | ||||
| 30 | 
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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 | 
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Panabaka Lakshmi (born 1958) MP for Nellore (MoS, I/C) |
29 March 2009 |
22 May 2009 |
54 days | Indian National Congress | |||
| 32 | 
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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 | 
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Harsh Vardhan (born 1954) MP for Chandni Chowk |
27 May 2014 |
9 November 2014 |
99 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |
| 34 | 
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Jagat Prakash Nadda (born 1960) Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh |
9 November 2014 |
30 May 2019 |
4 years, 202 days | ||||
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Harsh Vardhan (born 1954) MP for Chandni Chowk |
31 May 2019 |
7 July 2021 |
2 years, 37 days | Modi II | |||
| 35 | 
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Mansukh Mandaviya (born 1972) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat |
7 July 2021 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 329 days | ||||
| Minister of state | Portrait | Term | Years | Prime Minister | Political Party | ||
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| Faggan Singh Kulaste | 
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5 July 2016 | 3 September 2017 | 1 year, 60 days | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Anupriya Patel | 
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5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | 2 years, 329 days | Apna Dal (Sonelal) | ||
| Ashwini Kumar Choubey | 
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3 September 2017 | 7 July 2021 | 3 years, 307 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Bharati Pawar | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 329 days | ||||
| S. P. Singh Baghel | 
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18 May 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 13 days | |||
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