Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
	Branch of the Indian government
	Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Agency overview
Formed	15 August 1947
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Kartavya Bhavan-01; Janpath, New Delhi
Annual budget	₹106,530.42 crore (US$13 billion) (2026–27)
Ministers responsible	J. P. Nadda, Cabinet Minister; Anupriya Patel, Ministers of state; Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav, Ministers of state;
Agency executives	Punya Salila Srivastava, IAS, Secretary of the Department of Health & Family Welfare; Rajiv Bahl, Secretary of the Department of Health Research; Atul Goel (CHS), Director General of Health Services; L S Changsan (IAS), CEO of the National Health Authority;
Child agencies	Department of Health & Family Welfare; Department of Health Research;
Website	Official website

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is a ministry of the Government of India 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 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.