Health and Family Welfare
Health and Family Welfare
Overview
The vision of the Health and Family Welfare Division is to provide policy inputs aligned to the National Health Policy 2017 and make India’s health sector robust, economically affordable, and accessible. The Division provides advice and policy guidance to key stakeholders involved in public health development and management. It engages with the relevant ministries/departments such as Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Ayush, Department of Pharmaceuticals, National Health Authority, State and local governments. The Division also collaborates with reputed international and national academic institutions, research organisations, development partners and eminent experts to advance the discussion towards making long-term impacts on policy approaches for the public health sector.
Core Functions
  • To evaluate policies and schemes pertaining to:
    i)  Health and Family Welfare, with a special focus on the National Health Mission (NHM).
    ii)  Ayush
    iii) Health Research
    iv) Pharmaceuticals
  • To design strategic and long-term policy and programme frameworks and initiatives for improving health access and health outcomes in the sector.
  • To engage with relevant Ministries/Departments/State, examine current policies, strategies and programmes, both at the Central and state levels, and suggest appropriate modifications or mid-course corrections.
  • Analysing and providing comments on various health-sector schemes, programmes, and projects through the appraisal of SFC, EFC, DIB, PIB, Cabinet Note and preliminary project reports.
  • Developing strategy & policy papers on various thematic areas such as Mental Health, School Health, Pandemic Management, Senior Care, Digital Health, AI in Health, Ayush etc. and factors that affect urban health, investment and growth opportunities in Public and Private health, health finance, and health insurance, etc.
  • Conducting research and analysis through stakeholder consultation on various critical aspects of healthcare in collaboration with reputed organisations, academic institutions, development partners and eminent experts in the domain of public health management, urban health management, health finance and insurance, medical device manufacturing, etc.
Relevant Stakeholders
  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
    • Department of Health and Family Welfare
    • Department of Health Research
  • Ministry of Ayush
  • Department of Pharmaceuticals
  • Department of Science and Technology
  • World Health Organisation
  • World Bank
Reports
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Senior Care Reforms in India- Reimagining the Senior Care Paradigm PDF Icon
Mitigation and Management of COVID-19: Compendium of Ayush-based Practices from Indian States and UTs (July 2022) PDF Icon
AIM, NITI IPE white paper on Blended Financing (February 2022) PDF Icon
Healthy States, Progressive India: Health Index Round IV 2019-20 (December, 2021) PDF Icon
Emergency and Injury Care at District Hospitals in India PDF Icon
Emergency and Injury Care at Secondary and Tertiary Level Centres in India (December 2021) PDF Icon
Home-based Management of COVID-19: Best Practices Adopted by States (November 2021) PDF Icon
Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle (October 2021) PDF Icon
Best practices in the performance of District Hospitals (September 2021) PDF Icon
COVID-19 Trends in India and the World PDF Icon
Study on Not-for-Profit Hospital model in India PDF Icon
Emergency and Injury Care at Secondary and Tertiary Level Centres in India PDF Icon
Take Home Ration: Good practices across States/UTs PDF Icon
Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India PDF Icon
Compendium of Ayush based Practices PDF Icon
CSIR Guidelines on Ventilation of Residential and Office Buildings for SARS-CoV-2 Virus Version 2.0 (2022) PDF Icon
Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Catalyst (HAIC) Pilot Study (July 2021) PDF Icon
Guidelines for Public-Private Partnership for Non-Communicable Diseases PDF Icon
Guidelines for sharing of Biospecimen & data for research related to COVID-19 PDF Icon
Health & Nutrition Practice Insight Vol. II PDF Icon
Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle PDF Icon
Investment Opportunities in Healthcare Sector PDF Icon
Mitigation and Management of COVID-19: Compendium of Ayush-based Practices from Indian States and UTs PDF Icon
Investment Opportunities in India's Healthcare Sector (March 2021) PDF Icon
Health & Nutrition Practice Insight Vol. II (August 2020) PDF Icon
Report on Mitigation and Management of COVID-19  (November 2020) PDF Icon
Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India PDF Icon
Strategy Overview: Making India a Digital Health Nation Enabling Digital Healthcare for all (July 2020) PDF Icon
Health System for a New India: Building Blocks (November 2019) PDF Icon
Round 2: Healthy States Progressive India - Report on the Ranks of States and Union Territories (June 2019) PDF Icon
Round 1: Healthy States Progressive India - Report on the Ranks of States and Union Territories (February 2018) PDF Icon
Agreement for Public-Private Partnership for Non-Communicable Diseases (October 2018) PDF Icon
Guidelines for Public-Private Partnership for Non-Communicable Diseases (October 2018) PDF Icon
Healthy States, Progressive India: Health Index Round IV 2019-20 PDF Icon
Projects
  • Ayushman Bharat School Health Mission
  • Catalysing and Reforming Care for Seniors in India
  • Reforms in AIIMS, New Delhi
  • National Taskforce on Brain Health
  • Future Pandemic Preparedness
  • Critical Care Ecosystem in India
  • Creating Healthcare workforce for the world- Pathway
  • Making Ayush Global- Roadmap
  • Transforming Emergency and Trauma Care System
  • National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR 2.0)
  • Drugs for Rare Diseases
  • Integrative Health Policy
  • Issues Related to the Import of Refurbished Medical Equipment
Who’s Who
Name Designation Email ID
Sh. Rajib Kumar Sen Programme Director rajib[dot]sen[at]nic[dot]in
Sh. Hemant Kumar Meena Director wcd-niti[at]gov[dot]in
Dr. Sudha Goel Senior Consultant sudha[dot]goel[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in
Dr. Sumana Arora Senior Consultant sumanaa[dot]arora[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in
Dr. Sonali Rawal Consultant Grade II sonalir[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in
Sh. Varun Singh Consultant Grade II varun[dot]singh87[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in
Sh. Shobhit Kumar Research Officer (L-11) shobhit[dot]kumar[at]gov[dot]in
Sh. Tarun Gupta Section Officer tarun[dot]gupta[at]nic[dot]in
Shrestha Hazra Consultant Grade-I hazra[dot]shrestha[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in
Ms. Neha Sharma Young Professional nehasharma[dot]03[at]nic[dot]in
Sh. Manish Narayan Young Professional manish.narayanan[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in