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 two departments and six subordinate offices. Department of Health and Family Welfare and Department of Health Research and Directorate General of Health Services.

Directorate General of Health Services
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:
 * Lady Hardinge Medical College
 * Vardhman Mahavir Medical College
 * Safdarjung Hospital
 * Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital
 * Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital
 * National Centre for Disease Control
 * All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health
 * 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)
 * 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 (Cimate change)
 * Revised National TB Control Programme (tuberculosis)
 * Universal Immunisation Programme
 * National Tele Mental Health Programme - Tele MANAS (mental health)
 * National Medical Commission
 * 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