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| budget = {{INRConvert|90658|c}} (2024-25)
| budget = {{INRConvert|89155|c}} <small>(2023-24)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Choudhury|first=Saheli Roy|date=2021-02-01|title=India to double health-care spending to $30 billion in new budget aimed at reviving growth|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/01/india-budget-health-care-infrastructure-and-fiscal-deficit.html|access-date=2021-02-01|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref></small>
| minister1_pfo = [[Mansukh L. Mandaviya]]
| minister1_name = [[J. P. Nadda]]
| minister2_name = [[Bharati Pawar]]
| minister1_pfo = [[Minister of Health]]
| minister2_pfo = [[Minister of State]] for Health
| minister2_name = [[Anupriya Patel]]
| minister3_name = [[S. P. Singh Baghel]]
| minister2_pfo = [[Minister of State|MoS]] for Health
| minister3_name = [[Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav]]
| minister3_pfo = [[Minister of State]] for Health
| minister3_pfo = [[Minister of State|MoS]] for Health
| chief1_name = [[Sudhansh Pant ]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| chief1_name = [[Sudhansh Panth]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| chief1_position = Health Secretary
| chief1_position = Health Secretary
| chief3_name = [[Lav Agarwal]]
| chief3_name = [[Lav Agarwal]]
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The '''Ministry of Health and Family Welfare''', also known by its abbreviation '''''MoHFW''''', is an [[Government of India|Indian government]] [[Ministry (government department)|ministry]] charged with [[health policy]] in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to [[family planning in India]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
The '''Ministry of Health and Family Welfare''', also known by its abbreviation '''''MoHFW''''', is an [[Government of India|Indian government]] [[Ministry (government department)|ministry]] charged with [[health policy]] in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to [[family planning in India]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>


The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] rank as a member of the [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|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 Dr [[Bharati Pawar]] and [[S. P. Singh Baghel]] .<ref>{{cite web |date=8 July 2021 |title=Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan resigns, Mansukh Mandaviya takes charge |url=https://medicaldialogues.in/news/health/union-health-minister-dr-harsh-vardhan-resigns-new-minister-to-take-over-79478 |access-date=8 July 2021 |publisher=}}</ref>
The Minister of Health and Family Welfare holds [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] rank as a member of the [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|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 Mansukh L. Mandaviya) 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


==Organisation==
==Organisation==
The ministry is composed of two departments: Department of Health and Family Welfare and the Department of Health Research.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


{{See also|Healthcare in India}}
{{See also|Healthcare in India}}


===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:
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:{{cn|date=April 2024}}
* [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]]
* [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]]
* [[Vardhman Mahavir Medical College]]
* [[Vardhman Mahavir Medical College]]
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* [[Central Research Institute, Kasauli]]
* [[Central Research Institute, Kasauli]]
* [[Central Institute of Psychiatry Ranchi]]
* [[Central Institute of Psychiatry Ranchi]]



===Department of Health===
===Department of Health===
{{Food safety}}
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 Health deals with [[health care]], including awareness campaigns, [[immunisation]] campaigns, [[preventive medicine]], and [[public health]]. Bodies under the administrative control of this department are:{{cn|date=April 2024}}
* [[National AIDS Control Organisation]] (NACO) (see [[HIV/AIDS in India]])
* [[National AIDS Control Organisation]] (NACO) (see [[HIV/AIDS in India]])
* 14 National Health Programmes
* 14 National Health Programmes
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** Universal Immunisation Programme
** Universal Immunisation Programme
** National Tele Mental Health Programme - Tele MANAS<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tele MANAS |url=https://telemanas.mohfw.gov.in/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=telemanas.mohfw.gov.in}}</ref>([[mental health]])
** National Tele Mental Health Programme - Tele MANAS<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tele MANAS |url=https://telemanas.mohfw.gov.in/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=telemanas.mohfw.gov.in}}</ref>([[mental health]])
* [[National Medical Commission]]
* [[National Medical Commission]]
** Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB)
** Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB)
** Post-Graduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB)
** Post-Graduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB)
** Medical Assessment and Rating Board
** Medical Assessment and Rating Board
** Ethics and Medical Registration Board
** Ethics and Medical Registration Board
* [[Dental Council of India]]
* [[Dental Council of India]]
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===Department of Family Welfare===
===Department of Family Welfare===
The Department of Family Welfare (FW) is responsible for aspects relating to [[family]] [[Quality of life|welfare]], especially in [[reproductive health]], [[maternal health]], [[pediatrics]], information, education and communications; cooperation with [[Non-governmental organization|NGOs]] and [[international aid]] groups; and rural health services. The Department of Family Welfare is responsible for:
The Department of Family Welfare (FW) is responsible for aspects relating to [[family]] [[Quality of life|welfare]], especially in [[reproductive health]], [[maternal health]], [[pediatrics]], information, education and communications; cooperation with [[Non-governmental organization|NGOs]] and [[international aid]] groups; and rural health services. The Department of Family Welfare is responsible for:{{cn|date=April 2024}}
* 18 Population Research Centres (PRCs) at six [[List of universities in India|universities]] and six other institutions across 17 [[States and territories of India|states]]
* 18 Population Research Centres (PRCs) at six [[List of universities in India|universities]] and six other institutions across 17 [[States and territories of India|states]]
* National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), [[Delhi]]
* National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), [[Delhi]]
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=== Department of Health Research ===
=== Department of Health Research ===
The Department of Health Research (DHR) is responsible for formulation, support, coordination and promotion of biomedical research in India <ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
The Department of Health Research (DHR) is responsible for formulation, support, coordination and promotion of biomedical research in India <ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

* [[Indian Council of Medical Research]]
* [[Indian Council of Medical Research]]
** [[National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad|National Institute of Nutrition]] (NIN), [[Hyderabad]]
** [[National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad|National Institute of Nutrition]] (NIN), [[Hyderabad]]
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** Institute of Reproductive Medicine (IRM), [[Kolkata]]
** Institute of Reproductive Medicine (IRM), [[Kolkata]]


==List of ministers==
==Cabinet Ministers==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+
! rowspan="2"| {{abbr|No.|Number}}
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Portrait
!No
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! Portrait
! Name
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
!Prime Minister
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! colspan=2|Political party
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-align=center
|1
|-
!style="width:7em"| From
|[[File:Rajkumari Amrit Kaur.jpg|75px]]
!style="width:7em"| To
|[[Rajkumari Amrit Kaur]]
!style="width:6em"| Period
|15 August 1947
|-
|16 April 1957
!colspan="10"| Minister of Health
|{{Ayd|15 august 1947|16 april 1957}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|rowspan=9|[[Indian National Congress]]
!rowspan="2"| 1
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=9|
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:RajkumariAmritKaur1936.png|70px]]
|-align=center
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Amrit Kaur|Rajkumari Amrit Kaur]]''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DStJ}}<br>{{small|(1887{{ndash}}1964)<br>MP for [[Central Provinces and Berar]], till 1952<br>MP for [[Mandi Lok Sabha constituency|Mandi Mahasu]], from 1952}}
|2
|15 August<br>1947
|13 May<br>1952
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1947|8|15|1957|4|16}}'''
|rowspan="7"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
|13 May<br>1952
|17 April<br>1957
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]'''
|-
!2
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:D. P. Karmarkar Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[D. P. Karmarkar]]'''<br>{{small|(1902{{ndash}}1991)<br>MP for [[Dharwad North Lok Sabha constituency|Dharwad North]]}}<br>(MoS)
|17 April<br>1957
|9 April<br>1962
|'''{{ayd|1957|4|17|1962|4|9}}'''
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]'''
|-
!rowspan="4"| 3
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="4"| [[File:Dr Sushila Nayyar, 1947.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="4"| '''[[Sushila Nayyar]]'''<br>{{small|(1914{{ndash}}2001)<br>MP for [[Jhansi Lok Sabha constituency|Jhansi]]}}<br>(MoS)
|10 April<br>1962
|27 May<br>1964
|rowspan="4"| '''{{ayd|1963|9|1|1966|1|24}}'''
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]'''
|-
|27 May<br>1964
|9 June<br>1964
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]<br>{{small|(Acting)}}
|-
|9 June<br>1964
|11 January<br>1966
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]'''
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
|11 January<br>1966
|24 January<br>1966
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]<br>{{small|(Acting)}}
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Health and Family Planning
|-
!(3)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Dr Sushila Nayyar, 1947.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sushila Nayyar]]'''<br>{{small|(1914{{ndash}}2001)<br>MP for [[Jhansi Lok Sabha constituency|Jhansi]]}}<br>(MoS)
|24 January<br>1966
|13 March<br>1967
|'''{{ayd|1966|4|24|1967|3|13}}'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]'''
|rowspan="7"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!4
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|
|'''[[Sripati Chandrasekhar]]'''<br>{{small|(1918{{ndash}}2001)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Tamil Nadu]]}}<br>(MoS)
|D. P. Karmakar<br />''(MoS)''
|13 March<br>1967
|17 April 1957
|14 November<br>1967
|9 April 1962
|'''{{ayd|1967|3|13|1967|11|14}}'''
|{{Ayd|17 april 1957|9 april 1962}}
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|-align=center
|3
|-
!5
|[[File:Dr Sushila Nayyar, 1947.jpg|75px]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Sushila Nayar]]<br />''(MoS)''
|[[File:Satya Narayan Sinha portrait.gif|70px]]
|10 April 1962
|'''[[Satya Narayan Sinha]]'''<br>{{small|(1900{{ndash}}1983)<br>MP for [[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga]]}}
|13 March 1967
|14 November<br>1967
|{{Ayd|10 april 1962|13 march 1967}}
|14 February<br>1969
| rowspan="7" |[[Indira Gandhi]]
|'''{{ayd|1967|11|14|1969|2|14}}'''
|-align=center
|4
|-
!6
|
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[Sripati Chandrasekhar]]<br />''(MoS)''
|[[File:Kodardas Kalidas Shah portrait.jpg|70px]]
|13 March 1967
|'''[[Kodardas Kalidas Shah]]'''<br>{{small|(1908{{ndash}}1986)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Gujarat]]}}
|14 November 1967
|14 February<br>1969
|{{Ayd|13 march 1967|14 november 1967}}
|19 May<br>1971
|-align=center
|'''{{ayd|1969|2|14|1971|5|19}}'''
|5
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|
|-
|[[Satya Narayan Sinha]]
!7
|14 November 1967
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|14 February 1969
|[[File:Uma Shankar Dikshit Rajya Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|{{Ayd|14 november 1967|14 february 1969}}
|'''[[Uma Shankar Dikshit]]'''<br>{{small|(1901{{ndash}}1991)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
|-align=center
|19 May<br>1971
|6
|5 February<br>1973
|
|'''{{ayd|1971|5|19|1973|2|5}}'''
|[[Kodardas Kalidas Shah]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|14 February 1969
|-
|19 May 1971
!8
|{{Ayd|14 february 1969|19 may 1971}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|-align=center
|[[File:R.K. Khadilkar.jpg|70px]]
|7
|'''[[Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar]]'''<br>{{small|(1905{{ndash}}1979)<br>MP for [[Khed Lok Sabha constituency|Khed]]}}<br>(MoS)
|
|5 February<br>1973
|[[Uma Shankar Dikshit]]
|9 November<br>1973
|19 May 1971
|'''{{ayd|1973|2|5|1973|11|9}}'''
|5 February 1973
|-
|{{Ayd|19 may 1971|5 february 1973}}
!9
|-align=center
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|8
|[[File:Rk khadilkar 1.gif|75px]]
|[[File:Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Karan Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1931)<br>MP for [[Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency|Udhampur]]}}
|[[R. K. Khadilkar]]<br />''(MoS)''
|5 February 1973
|9 November<br>1973
|24 March<br>1977
|9 November 1973
|{{Ayd|5 february 1973|9 november 1973}}
|'''{{ayd|1973|11|9|1977|3|24}}'''
|-
|-align=center
!colspan="10"| Minister of Health and Family Welfare
|9
|-
|[[File:Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg|75px]]
!10
|[[Karan Singh]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|9 November 1973
|[[File:Raj Narain 2007 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|24 March 1977
|'''[[Raj Narain]]'''<br>{{small|(1917{{ndash}}1986)<br>MP for [[Prayagraj Lok Sabha constituency|Allahabad]]}}
|{{Ayd|9 november 1973|24 march 1977}}
|28 March<br>1977
|-align=center
|1 July<br>1978
|10
|'''{{ayd|1977|3|28|1978|7|1}}'''
|[[File:Raj Narain 2007 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Janata Party]]
|[[Raj Narain]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1F75FE"| '''[[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]'''
|28 March 1977
|rowspan="2"| [[Morarji Desai]]
|1 July 1978
|-
|{{Ayd|28 march 1977|1 july 1978}}
!{{ndash}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Morarji Desai]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Janata Party]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|'''[[Morarji Desai]]'''<br>{{small|(1896–1995)<br>MP for [[Surat Lok Sabha constituency|Surat]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|-align=center
|1 July<br>1978
|11
|24 January<br>1979
|[[File:Morarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America .jpg|106x106px]]
|'''{{ayd|1978|7|1|1979|1|24}}'''
|[[Morarji Desai]]
|-
|1 July 1978
!11
|24 January 1979
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|
|{{Ayd|1 july 1978|24 january 1979}}
|[[File:Portrait of Rabi Ray.jpg|70px]]
|-align=center
|'''[[Rabi Ray]]'''<br>{{small|(1926{{ndash}}2017)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Odisha]]}}
|12
|28 July<br>1979
|[[File:Portrait of Rabi Ray.jpg|75px]]
|14 January<br>1980
|[[Rabi Ray]]
|'''{{ayd|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}}'''
|28 July 1979
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|14 January 1980
|bgcolor="#6495ED"| '''[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan Singh]]'''
|{{Ayd|28 july 1979|14 january 1980}}
|[[Charan Singh]]
|[[Charan Singh]]
|-
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
!rowspan="2"| 12
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" rowspan=1|
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|-align=center
|rowspan="2"| [[File:B. Shankaranand portrait.jpg|70px]]
|13
|rowspan="2"| '''[[B. Shankaranand]]'''<br>{{small|(1925{{ndash}}2009)<br>MP for [[Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency|Chikkodi]]}}
|16 January<br>1980
|31 October<br>1984
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1980|1|16|1984|12|31}}'''
|rowspan="7"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|4 November<br>1984
|31 December<br>1984
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]'''
|rowspan="6"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
!13
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Mohsina Kidwai (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mohsina Kidwai]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1932)<br>MP for [[Meerut Lok Sabha constituency|Meerut]]}}
|31 December<br>1984
|24 June<br>1986
|'''{{ayd|1984|12|31|1986|6|24}}'''
|rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|-
!{{ndash}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Rajiv Gandhi, the 6th PM of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(1944{{ndash}}1991)<br>MP for [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency|Amethi]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|24 June<br>1986
|14 February<br>1988
|'''{{ayd|1986|6|24|1988|2|14}}'''
|-
!14
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Motilal Vora.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Motilal Vora]]'''<br>{{small|(1928{{ndash}}2020)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}
|14 February<br>1988
|24 January<br>1989
|'''{{ayd|1988|2|14|1989|1|24}}'''
|-
!15
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ram Niwas Mirdha]]'''<br>{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2010)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|24 January<br>1989
|4 July<br>1989
|'''{{ayd|1989|1|24|1989|7|4}}'''
|-
!16
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|
|'''[[Rafique Alam]]'''<br>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2011)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Bihar]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|[[B. Shankaranand]]
|4 July<br>1989
|16 January 1980
|31 December 1984
|2 December<br>1989
|'''{{ayd|1989|7|4|1989|12|2}}'''
|{{Ayd|16 january 1980|31 december 1984}}
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Indira Gandhi]]<br /> [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
!17
|rowspan=6|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=6|
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|[[File:NilamaniRautray.jpg|70px]]
|-align=center
|'''[[Nilamani Routray]]'''<br>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2004)<br>MP for [[Puri Lok Sabha constituency|Puri]]}}
|14
|6 December<br>1989
|23 April<br>1990
|'''{{ayd|1989|12|6|1990|4|23}}'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Janata Dal]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[V. P. Singh]]
|-
!18
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|
|
|'''[[Rasheed Masood]]'''<br>{{small|(1947{{ndash}}2020)<br>MP for [[Saharanpur Lok Sabha constituency|Saharanpur]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|[[Mohsina Kidwai]]
|23 April<br>1990
|31 December 1984
|10 November<br>1990
|24 June 1986
|'''{{ayd|1990|4|23|1990|11|10}}'''
|{{Ayd|31 december 1984|24 june 1986}}
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
!19
|-align=center
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|15
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|88x88px]]
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|24 June 1986
|14 February 1988
|{{Ayd|24 june 1986|14 february 1988}}
|-align=center
|16
|[[File:Motilal Vora.jpg|75px]]
|[[Motilal Vora]]
|14 February 1988
|24 January 1989
|{{Ayd|14 february 1988|24 january 1989}}
|-align=center
|17
|[[File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Ram Niwas Mirdha]]
|24 January 1989
| 4 July 1989
|{{Ayd|24 january 1989|4 july 1989}}
|-align=center
|18
|
|
|'''[[Shakeelur Rehman]]'''<br>{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2016)<br>MP for [[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga]]}}
|[[Rafique Alam]]<br /><small>''(Independent Charge)''</small>
|21 November<br>1990
| 4 July 1989
|20 February<br>1991
| 2 December 1989
|'''{{ayd|1990|11|21|1991|2|20}}'''
|{{Ayd|4 july 1989|2 december 1989}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|-align=center
|rowspan="2" style="background:#74C365"| '''[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|19
|rowspan="2"| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|[[File:NilamaniRautray.jpg|96x96px]]
|-
|[[Nilamani Routray]]
!{{ndash}}
|6 December 1989
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|23 April 1990
|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|70px]]
|{{Ayd|6 december 1989|23 april 1990}}
|'''[[Chandra Shekhar]]'''<br>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2007)<br>MP for [[Ballia Lok Sabha constituency|Ballia]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| rowspan="2" |[[V. P. Singh]]
|20 February<br>1991
|rowspan=2|[[Janata Dal]]
|21 June<br>1991
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" rowspan=2|
|'''{{ayd|1991|2|20|1991|6|21}}'''
|-align=center
|20
|-
!20
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Makhan Lal Fotedar (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Makhan Lal Fotedar]]'''<br>{{small|(1932{{ndash}}2017)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
|21 June<br>1991
|17 January<br>1993
|'''{{ayd|1991|6|21|1993|1|17}}'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="4"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
!(12)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:B. Shankaranand portrait.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[B. Shankaranand]]'''<br>{{small|(1925{{ndash}}2009)<br>MP for [[Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency|Chikkodi]]}}
|18 January<br>1993
|22 December<br>1994
|'''{{ayd|1993|1|18|1994|12|22}}'''
|-
!{{ndash}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2004)<br>MP for [[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|23 December<br>1994
|11 June<br>1995
|'''{{ayd|1994|12|23|1995|6|11}}'''
|-
!21
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:A. R. Antulay with Shivraj Patil (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[A. R. Antulay]]'''<br>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2014)<br>MP for [[Kolaba Lok Sabha constituency|Kolaba]]}}
|11 June<br>1995
|16 May<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|1995|6|11|1996|5|16}}'''
|-
!22
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|
|
|'''[[Sartaj Singh (politician)|Sartaj Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1940)<br>MP for [[Hoshangabad Lok Sabha constituency|Narmadapuram]]}}
|[[Rasheed Masood]]<br /><small>''(Independent Charge)''</small>
|16 May<br>1996
|23 April 1990
|1 June<br>1996
|10 November 1990
|'''{{ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}'''
|{{Ayd|23 april 1990|10 november 1990}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-align=center
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]'''
|21
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
!{{ndash}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|[[File:H. D. Deve Gowda BNC.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1933)<br>''Unelected''}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|1 June<br>1996
|29 June<br>1996
|'''{{ayd|1996|6|1|1996|6|29}}'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Janata Dal]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Deve Gowda ministry|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]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Badaun Lok Sabha constituency|Badaun]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|29 June<br>1996
|21 April<br>1997
|rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1996|6|29|1997|6|9}}'''
|-
|21 April<br>1997
|9 June<br>1997
|rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|-
!{{ndash}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|[[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}2012)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Bihar]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|9 June<br>1997
|19 March<br>1998
|'''{{ayd|1997|6|9|1998|3|19}}'''
|-
!24
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|
|
|'''[[Dalit Ezhilmalai]]'''<br>{{small|(1945{{ndash}}2020)<br>MP for [[Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency|Chidambaram]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|[[Shakeelur Rehman]]
|20 March<br>1998
|21 November 1990
|14 August<br>1999
|20 February 1991
|'''{{ayd|1998|3|20|1999|3|20}}'''
|{{Ayd|21 november 1990|20 february 1991}}
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
|rowspan=2|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|rowspan="7"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" rowspan=2|
|-
|-align=center
!{{ndash}}
|22
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|99x99px]]
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|'''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''<br>{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|20 February 1991
|14 August<br>1999
|21 June 1991
|16 August<br>1999
|{{Ayd|20 february 1991|21 june 1991}}
|'''{{ayd|1999|8|14|1999|8|16}}'''
|-align=center
|rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|23
|-
!25
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|
|
|'''[[A. K. Patel]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1931)<br>MP for [[Mahesana Lok Sabha constituency|Mehsena]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|[[M. L. Fotedar]]
|16 August<br>1999
|21 June 1991
|13 October<br>1999
|17 January 1993
|'''{{ayd|1999|8|16|1999|10|13}}'''
|{{Ayd|21 june 1991|17 january 1993}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
!26
|rowspan=4|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=4|
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|-align=center
|24
|
|
|'''[[N. T. Shanmugam]]'''<br>{{small|MP for [[Vellore Lok Sabha constituency|Vellore]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|[[B. Shankaranand]]
|13 October<br>1999
|18 January 1993
|27 May<br>2000
|22 December 1994
|'''{{ayd|1999|10|13|2000|5|27}}'''
|{{Ayd|18 january 1993|22 december 1994}}
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|-align=center
|rowspan="4" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|25
|-
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|88x88px]]
!27
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|23 December 1994
|[[File:C. P. Thakur PIB 2004 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|11 June 1995
|'''[[C. P. Thakur]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1931)<br>MP for [[Patna Lok Sabha constituency|Patna]]}}
|{{Ayd|22 december 1994|11 june 1995}}
|27 May<br>2000
|-align=center
|1 July<br>2002
|26
|'''{{ayd|2000|5|27|2002|7|1}}'''
|
|rowspan="3"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[A. R. Antulay]]
|-
|11 June 1995
!28
|16 May 1996
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|{{Ayd|11 june 1995|16 may 1996}}
|[[File:Shatrughan Sinha.jpg|70px]]
|-align=center
|'''[[Shatrughan Sinha]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1946)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Bihar]]}}
|27
|1 July<br>2002
|
|29 January<br>2003
|[[Sartaj Singh (politician)|Sartaj Singh]]
|'''{{ayd|2002|7|1|2003|1|29}}'''
|16 May 1996
|-
|1 June 1996
!29
|{{Ayd|16 may 1996|1 june 1996}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="1" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|[[File:Sushma Swaraj in 2014.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan=1|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|'''[[Sushma Swaraj]]'''<br>{{small|(1952{{ndash}}2019)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttarakhand]]}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
|29 January<br>2003
|-align=center
|22 May<br>2004
|28
|'''{{ayd|2003|1|29|2004|5|22}}'''
|[[File:H-d-deve-gowda 1.jpg|88x88px]]
|-
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
!30
|1 June 1996
|bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}"|
|29 June 1996
|[[File:Anbumani Ramadoss in 2007 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{Ayd|1 june 1996|29 june 1996}}
|'''[[Anbumani Ramadoss]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1968)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Tamil Nadu]]}}
| rowspan="2" |[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|23 May<br>2004
| rowspan="3" |[[Janata Dal]]
|29 March<br>2009
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|'''{{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|3|29}}'''
|-align=center
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|29
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|
|rowspan="3"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|[[Saleem Iqbal Shervani]]
|-
|29 June 1996
!31
|9 June 1997
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|{{Ayd|29 june 1996|9 june 1997}}
|[[File:Panabaka Lakshmi taking office in 2012 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|-align=center
|'''[[Panabaka Lakshmi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1958)<br>MP for [[Nellore Lok Sabha constituency|Nellore]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|30
|29 March<br>2009
|[[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 017.jpg|104x104px]]
|22 May<br>2009
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|'''{{ayd|2009|3|29|2009|5|22}}'''
|9 June 1997
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|19 March 1998
|-
|{{Ayd|9 june 1997|19 march 1998}}
!32
| rowspan="1" |[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|-align=center
|[[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|31
|'''[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1949)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]}}
|
|29 May<br>2009
|[[Dalit Ezhilmalai]]<br /><small>''(Independent Charge)''</small>
|26 May<br>2014
|19 March 1998
|'''{{ayd|2009|5|29|2014|5|26}}'''
|14 August 1999
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|{{Ayd|19 march 1998|14 august 1999}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
!33
| rowspan="1" |[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg|70px]]
|-align=center
|'''[[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>MP for [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]}}
|32
|27 May<br>2014
|
|9 November<br>2014
|[[A. K. Patel]]<br /><small>''(Independent Charge)''</small>
|'''{{ayd|2014|5|27|2014|9|3}}'''
|16 August 1999
|rowspan="5"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|13 October 1999
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
|{{Ayd|16 august 1999|13 october 1999}}
| rowspan="1" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="5"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
!34
|-align=center
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|33
|[[File:J.P. Nadda in New Delhi - 2018 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|
|'''[[Jagat Prakash Nadda]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1960)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Himachal Pradesh]]}}
|[[N. T. Shanmugam]]<br /><small>''(Independent Charge)''</small>
|9 November<br>2014
|13 October 1999
|27 May 2000
|30 May<br>2019
|'''{{ayd|2014|11|9|2019|5|30}}'''
|{{Ayd|13 october 1999|27 may 2000}}
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
!(33)
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-align=center
|[[File:Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg|70px]]
|34
|'''[[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>MP for [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]}}
|[[File:The Union Minister for SSI & DoNER Dr. C.P.Thakur briefing the Press regarding forthcoming Second North-East Business Summit (20-21 January, 2004) in New Delhi on January 15, 2004.jpg|75x75px]]
|31 May<br>2019
|[[C. P. Thakur]]
|7 July<br>2021
|27 May 2000
|'''{{ayd|2019|5|31|2021|7|7}}'''
|1 July 2002
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|{{Ayd|27 may 2000|1 july 2002}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
!35
| rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|-align=center
|[[File:Mansukh Mandaviya Profile (4x5).png|70px]]
|35
|'''[[Mansukh Mandaviya]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1972)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Gujarat]]}}
|[[File:Shatrughan Sinha.jpg|75px]]
|7 July<br>2021
|[[Shatrughan Sinha]]
|9 June<br>2024
|1 July 2002
|'''{{ayd|2021|7|7|2024|6|9}}'''
|29 January 2003
|-
|{{Ayd|1 july 2002|29 january 2003}}
!(34)
|-align=center
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|36
|[[File:Minister Sushma Swaraj in NYC - 2017 (36466238704) (cropped).jpg|92x92px]]
|[[File:J.P. Nadda in New Delhi - 2018 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Jagat Prakash Nadda]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1960)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Himachal Pradesh]]}}
|[[Sushma Swaraj]]
|10 June<br>2024
|29 January 2003
|''Incumbent''
|22 May 2004
|'''{{ayd|2024|6|10|}}'''
|{{Ayd|29 january 2003|22 may 2004}}
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]'''
|-align=center
|37
|-
|[[File:The Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss addressing a Press Conference, in New Delhi on June 19, 2006.jpg|75x75px]]
|[[Anbumani Ramadoss]]
|22 May 2004
|29 March 2009
|{{Ayd|22 may 2004|29 march 2009}}
| rowspan="3" |[[Manmohan Singh]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" |
|-align=center
|38
|[[File:The Minister of State for Textiles, Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi addressing at the 18th Export Awards presentation function, in New Delhi on December 20, 2011.jpg|75x75px]]
|[[Panabaka Lakshmi]]<br /><small>''(Independent Charge)''</small>
||29 March 2009
|22 May 2009
|{{Ayd|29 march 2009|22 may 2009}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-align=center
|39
|[[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG|75px]]
|[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
|28 May 2009
|26 May 2014
|{{Ayd|28 may 2009|26 may 2014}}
|-align=center
|40
|[[File:Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg|88x88px]]
|[[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
|26 May 2014
|9 November 2014
|{{Ayd|26 may 2014|9 november 2014}}
| rowspan="5" |[[Narendra Modi]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="4" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-align=center
|41
|[[File:Shri J.P. Nadda addressing a press conference on the General Budget 2018-19, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg|89x89px]]
|[[Jagat Prakash Nadda]]
| 9 November 2014
| 30 May 2019
|{{Ayd|9 november 2014|30 may 2019}}
|-align=center
|(40)
|[[File:Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg|88x88px]]
|[[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
| 30 May 2019
| 7 July 2021
|{{Ayd|30 may 2019|7 july 2021}}
|-align=center
|42
|[[File:Mansukh Mandaviya Profile.png|108x108px]]
|[[Mansukh Mandaviya]]
| 7 July 2021
| '''Incumbent'''
|{{Ayd|7 july 2021|}}
|}
|}


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!Prime Minister
!Prime Minister
! colspan=2|Political Party
! colspan=2|Political Party
|-align=center
|-align=center
|[[Faggan Singh Kulaste]]
|[[Faggan Singh Kulaste]]
|[[File:Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste taking charge as the Minister of State for Steel, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[File:Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste taking charge as the Minister of State for Steel, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
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|3 September 2017
|3 September 2017
|{{Age in years and days|2016|07|05|2017|09|03}}
|{{Age in years and days|2016|07|05|2017|09|03}}
| rowspan="5" |[[Narendra Modi]]
| rowspan="7" |[[Narendra Modi]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-align=center
|-align=center
|[[Anupriya Patel]]
|[[Anupriya Patel]]
|[[File:The Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel addressing at the release of the National Health Profile (NHP) 2018 and launch of the National Health Resource Repository (NHRR), in New Delhi.JPG|100px]]
|[[File:The Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel addressing at the release of the National Health Profile (NHP) 2018 and launch of the National Health Resource Repository (NHRR), in New Delhi.JPG|100px]]
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|[[Apna Dal (Sonelal)]]
|[[Apna Dal (Sonelal)]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Apna Dal (Sonelal)}}" |
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Apna Dal (Sonelal)}}" |
|-align=center
|-align=center
|[[Ashwini Kumar Choubey]]
|[[Ashwini Kumar Choubey]]
|[[File:Ashwini Kumar Choubey addressing at the signing ceremony of an MoU between the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and MEITY, in New Delhi.JPG|100px]]
|[[File:Ashwini Kumar Choubey addressing at the signing ceremony of an MoU between the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and MEITY, in New Delhi.JPG|100px]]
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|rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-align=center
|-align=center
|[[Bharati Pawar]]
|[[Bharati Pawar]]
| [[File:Dr.Bharti Pawar Image Photo 1.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:Bharati_Pawar_with_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg|100px]]
|7 July 2021
|7 July 2021
|10 June 2024
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2021|7|07}}
|{{Age in years and days|2021|7|07|2024|06|10}}
|-align=center
|-align=center
|[[S. P. Singh Baghel]]
|[[S. P. Singh Baghel]]
| [[File:SPS Baghel MoS Health.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:SPS Baghel MoS Health.jpg|100px]]
|18 May 2023
|18 May 2023
|10 June 2024
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2023|5|18}}
|{{Age in years and days|2023|5|18|2024|6|10}}
|-align=center
|[[Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav]]
|[[File:Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav taking charge.jpg|100px]]
|10 June 2024
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2024|06|10}}
|[[Shiv Sena]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Shiv Sena}}" |
|-align=center
|[[Anupriya Patel]]
|[[File:The official portrait of State Minister Anupriya Patel.jpg|100px]]
|10 June 2024
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2024|06|10}}
|[[Apna Dal (Sonelal)]]
| rowspan="1" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Apna Dal (Sonelal)}}" |
|}
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* [[Mission Indradhanush]]
* [[Mission Indradhanush]]
* [[Arogyavani]]
* [[Arogyavani]]
*[[Integrated disease surveillance program]] (IDSP)
* [[Integrated disease surveillance program]] (IDSP)
* [[Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission]] (PMDHM)
* [[Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission]] (PMDHM)
* [[Traditional Knowledge Digital Library]]
*[[The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act]] (THOTA)
* [[Health effects of pesticides]]
*[[Traditional Knowledge Digital Library]]
* [[Pesticide poisoning]]
* [[Pesticide residue]]
* [[Environmental impact of pesticides]]
* [[Pesticide regulation in the United States]]
* [[Regulation of pesticides in the European Union]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
==External links==
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"MoHFW" redirects here. For MoHFW of Bangladesh, see Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh).

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Agency overview
Formed1947 (77 years ago) (1947)
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersCabinet 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)
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
Websitehttps://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 Jagat Prakash Nadda, while the current Minister of State for health (MOS: assistant to Minister i.e. currently assistant to Mansukh L. Mandaviya) 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.[4]

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.[5]

See also: Healthcare in India

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:[citation needed]

Department of Health

Food safety
Terms
Critical factors
Bacterial pathogens
Viral pathogens
Parasitic pathogens

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]

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]

Department of Health Research

The Department of Health Research (DHR) is responsible for formulation, support, coordination and promotion of biomedical research in India [8][9]

Cabinet Ministers

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Health
1 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 D. P. Karmarkar
(1902–1991)
MP for Dharwad North
(MoS) 		17 April
1957 		9 April
1962 		4 years, 357 days Nehru III
3 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) 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 Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
MP for Darbhanga 		14 November
1967 		14 February
1969 		1 year, 92 days
6 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 Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar
(1905–1979)
MP for Khed
(MoS) 		5 February
1973 		9 November
1973 		277 days
9 Karan Singh
(born 1931)
MP for Udhampur 		9 November
1973 		24 March
1977 		3 years, 135 days
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
10 Raj Narain
(1917–1986)
MP for Allahabad 		28 March
1977 		1 July
1978 		1 year, 95 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
– Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister) 		1 July
1978 		24 January
1979 		207 days
11 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 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 Mohsina Kidwai
(born 1932)
MP for Meerut 		31 December
1984 		24 June
1986 		1 year, 175 days Rajiv II
– Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister) 		24 June
1986 		14 February
1988 		1 year, 235 days
14 Motilal Vora
(1928–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		14 February
1988 		24 January
1989 		345 days
15 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 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
– Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister) 		20 February
1991 		21 June
1991 		121 days
20 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
(12) B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi 		18 January
1993 		22 December
1994 		1 year, 338 days
– P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister) 		23 December
1994 		11 June
1995 		170 days
21 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
– 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
– 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
– 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 C. P. Thakur
(born 1931)
MP for Patna 		27 May
2000 		1 July
2002 		2 years, 35 days Bharatiya Janata Party
28 Shatrughan Sinha
(born 1946)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 		1 July
2002 		29 January
2003 		212 days
29 Sushma Swaraj
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttarakhand 		29 January
2003 		22 May
2004 		1 year, 114 days
30 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 Panabaka Lakshmi
(born 1958)
MP for Nellore
(MoS, I/C) 		29 March
2009 		22 May
2009 		54 days Indian National Congress
32 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 Harsh Vardhan
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk 		27 May
2014 		9 November
2014 		99 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
34 Jagat Prakash Nadda
(born 1960)
Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh 		9 November
2014 		30 May
2019 		4 years, 202 days
(33) Harsh Vardhan
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		2 years, 37 days Modi II
35 Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days
(34) Jagat Prakash Nadda
(born 1960)
Rajya Sabha MP for Himachal Pradesh 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 64 days Modi III

List of ministers of state

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Minister of state Portrait Term Years Prime Minister Political Party
Faggan Singh Kulaste 5 July 2016 3 September 2017 1 year, 60 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
Anupriya Patel 5 July 2016 30 May 2019 2 years, 329 days Apna Dal (Sonelal)
Ashwini Kumar Choubey 3 September 2017 7 July 2021 3 years, 307 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharati Pawar 7 July 2021 10 June 2024 2 years, 339 days
S. P. Singh Baghel 18 May 2023 10 June 2024 1 year, 23 days
Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav 10 June 2024 Incumbent 64 days Shiv Sena
Anupriya Patel 10 June 2024 Incumbent 64 days Apna Dal (Sonelal)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Health & Family Welfare| National Portal of India".
  2. ^ "Suspension of anti-diabetes drug takes industry by surprise". The Hindu. June 27, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Let the science decide", The Hindu, July 24, 2013, retrieved 1 August 2013
  4. ^ "Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission". ipc.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  5. ^ "Departments :: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare".
  6. ^ Rath, Goura Kishor (Winter 2014). "National cancer control and registration program in India". Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology. 34 (4): 288–90. doi:10.4103/0971-5851.144991. PMC 4264276. PMID 25538407 – via National Institutes of Health.
  7. ^ "Tele MANAS". telemanas.mohfw.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  8. ^ Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India., Department of Health Research. "About us". www.dhrschemes.in/. Department of Health Research. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  9. ^ Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India., Department of Health Research. "GRANT-IN-AID SCHEME FOR INTER-SECTORAL CONVERGENCE & COORDINATION FOR PROMOTION AND GUIDANCE ON HEALTH RESEARCH". www.dhrschemes.in/. Department of Health Research. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  1. ^ "Health & Family Welfare| National Portal of India".
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