ministry of health and family welfare 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. ministry of health and family welfareagency overviewformed1947 (1947)jurisdictiongovernment of indiaheadquarterscabinet secretariat raisina hill, new delhi28°36′50″n 77°12′32″eannual budget₹223,000 crore (us$28 billion) (2021-22 est.)ministers responsiblemansukh l. mandaviyabharati pawar, minister of state for healthagency executiverajesh bhushan, ias, health secretarylav agarwal, joint secretarywebsitehttps://main.mohfw.gov.in/ 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) is dr bharati pawar . 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: department of health and family welfare and the department of health research. 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 medical commission 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 all india institute of hygiene and public health, kolkata food safety and standards authority of india central drugs standard control organization national centre for disease control help us to help you covid-19 pandemic 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) was created in 2007 and became functional the following month. researches on estimation of disease burden, health related affordable innovative technologies process/product development, translational research and child health care, are included in grant-in-aid scheme of dhr. • indian council of medical research department of ayush department of indian system of medicine and homeopathy (ism&h) was established in 1995. it was later renamed as department of ayurveda, yoga, and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy (ayush) in 2003. ayush focuses on research and education. the department of ayush no more falls under the ministry of health and family welfare, it was elevated to the ministry of ayush with effect 9 november 2014. list of ministers no portrait name term of office prime minister political party 1 rajkumari amrit kaur 15 august 1947 16 april 1957 9 years, 244 days jawaharlal nehru indian national congress 2 d. p. karmakar(mos) 17 april 1957 9 april 1962 4 years, 357 days 3 sushila nayar(mos) 10 april 1962 13 march 1967 4 years, 337 days indira gandhi 4 sripati chandrasekhar(mos) 13 march 1967 14 november 1967 246 days 5 satya narayan sinha 14 november 1967 14 february 1969 1 year, 92 days 6 kodardas kalidas shah 14 february 1969 19 may 1971 2 years, 94 days 7 uma shankar dikshit 19 may 1971 5 february 1973 1 year, 262 days 8 r. k. khadilkar(mos) 5 february 1973 9 november 1973 277 days 9 karan singh 9 november 1973 24 march 1977 3 years, 135 days 10 raj narain 28 march 1977 1 july 1978 1 year, 95 days morarji desai janata party 11 morarji desai 1 july 1978 24 january 1979 207 days 12 rabi ray 28 july 1979 14 january 1980 170 days charan singh janata party (secular) 13 b. shankaranand 16 january 1980 31 december 1984 4 years, 350 days indira gandhi rajiv gandhi indian national congress 14 mohsina kidwai 31 december 1984 24 june 1986 1 year, 175 days rajiv gandhi 15 p. v. narasimha rao 24 june 1986 14 february 1988 1 year, 235 days 16 motilal vora 14 february 1988 24 january 1989 345 days 17 ram niwas mirdha 24 january 1989 4 july 1989 161 days 18 rafique alam(independent charge) 4 july 1989 2 december 1989 151 days 19 nilamani routray 6 december 1989 23 april 1990 138 days v. p. singh janata dal 20 rasheed masood 23 april 1990 10 november 1990 201 days 21 shakeelur rehman 21 november 1990 20 february 1991 91 days chandra shekhar samajwadi janata party (rashtriya) 22 chandra shekhar 20 february 1991 21 june 1991 121 days 23 m. l. fotedar 21 june 1991 17 january 1993 1 year, 210 days p. v. narasimha rao indian national congress 24 b. shankaranand 18 january 1993 22 december 1994 1 year, 338 days 25 p. v. narasimha rao 23 december 1994 11 june 1995 171 days 26 a. r. antulay 11 june 1995 16 may 1996 340 days 27 sartaj singh 16 may 1996 1 june 1996 16 days atal bihari vajpayee bharatiya janata party 28 h. d. deve gowda 1 june 1996 29 june 1996 28 days h. d. deve gowda janata dal 29 saleem iqbal shervani 29 june 1996 9 june 1997 345 days 30 inder kumar gujral 9 june 1997 19 march 1998 283 days inder kumar gujral 31 dalit ezhilmalai(independent charge) 19 march 1998 14 august 1999 1 year, 148 days atal bihari vajpayee pattali makkal katchi 32 a. k. patel(independent charge) 16 august 1999 13 october 1999 58 days bharatiya janata party 33 n. t. shanmugam(independent charge) 13 october 1999 27 may 2000 227 days pattali makkal katchi 34 c. p. thakur 27 may 2000 1 july 2002 2 years, 35 days bharatiya janata party 35 shatrughan sinha 1 july 2002 29 january 2003 212 days 36 sushma swaraj 29 january 2003 22 may 2004 1 year, 114 days 37 anbumani ramadoss 22 may 2004 29 march 2009 4 years, 311 days manmohan singh pattali makkal katchi 38 panabaka lakshmi(independent charge) 29 march 2009 22 may 2009 54 days indian national congress 39 ghulam nabi azad 28 may 2009 26 may 2014 4 years, 363 days 40 harsh vardhan 26 may 2014 9 november 2014 167 days narendra modi bharatiya janata party 41 jagat prakash nadda 9 november 2014 30 may 2019 4 years, 202 days (40) harsh vardhan 30 may 2019 7 july 2021 2 years, 38 days 42 mansukh mandaviya 7 july 2021 incumbent 1 year, 310 days list of ministers of state ministers of state in the ministry of health and family welfare minister of state portrait political party term years prime minister political party faggan singh kulaste bharatiya janata party 5 july 2016 3 september 2017 1 year, 60 days narendra modi bharatiya janata party anupriya patel apna dal (sonelal) 5 july 2016 30 may 2019 2 years, 329 days apna dal (sonelal) ashwini kumar choubey bharatiya janata party 3 september 2017 7 july 2021 3 years, 307 days bharatiya janata party bharati pawar 7 july 2021 incumbent 1 year, 310 days