Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is a crucial governmental body in India responsible for formulating and implementing health policies, programs, and schemes to improve public health outcomes across the country.
- Department of Health & Family Welfare
- Department of Health Research
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has the following two attached Offices :-
(i) Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is an attached office of the Department of Health & Family welfare and has subordinate offices spread all over the country. The DGHS renders technical advice on all Medical and Public Health matters and is involved in the implementation of various Health Services.
(ii) National Health Authority (NHA) has been set up as an attached Office to Ministry of Health & Family welfare vide extraordin ary Gazette Notification no. 3(4)12018- H&FW (Part.III) Vol.2 dated 01.02.2019 of NITI Aayog. NHA is the apex body responsible for implementing India's flagship public health insurance/assurance scheme called "Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana" & has been entrusted with the role of designing strategy, building technological infrastructure and implementation of "National Digital Health Mission" to create a National Digital Health Eco-system.
Budget 24-2025
For the fiscal year 2024-25, the Ministry has an estimated annual budget of Rs 90,658 crore.
