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

Title	Download
Senior Care Reforms in India- Reimagining the Senior Care Paradigm
Mitigation and Management of COVID-19: Compendium of Ayush-based Practices from Indian States and UTs (July 2022)
AIM, NITI IPE white paper on Blended Financing (February 2022)
Healthy States, Progressive India: Health Index Round IV 2019-20 (December, 2021)
Emergency and Injury Care at District Hospitals in India
Emergency and Injury Care at Secondary and Tertiary Level Centres in India (December 2021)
Home-based Management of COVID-19: Best Practices Adopted by States (November 2021)
Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle (October 2021)
Best practices in the performance of District Hospitals (September 2021)
COVID-19 Trends in India and the World
Study on Not-for-Profit Hospital model in India
Emergency and Injury Care at Secondary and Tertiary Level Centres in India
Take Home Ration: Good practices across States/UTs
Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India
Compendium of Ayush based Practices
CSIR Guidelines on Ventilation of Residential and Office Buildings for SARS-CoV-2 Virus Version 2.0 (2022)
Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Catalyst (HAIC) Pilot Study (July 2021)
Guidelines for Public-Private Partnership for Non-Communicable Diseases
Guidelines for sharing of Biospecimen & data for research related to COVID-19
Health & Nutrition Practice Insight Vol. II
Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle
Investment Opportunities in Healthcare Sector
Mitigation and Management of COVID-19: Compendium of Ayush-based Practices from Indian States and UTs
Investment Opportunities in India's Healthcare Sector (March 2021)
Health & Nutrition Practice Insight Vol. II (August 2020)
Report on Mitigation and Management of COVID-19 (November 2020)
Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India
Strategy Overview: Making India a Digital Health Nation Enabling Digital Healthcare for all (July 2020)
Health System for a New India: Building Blocks (November 2019)
Round 2: Healthy States Progressive India - Report on the Ranks of States and Union Territories (June 2019)
Round 1: Healthy States Progressive India - Report on the Ranks of States and Union Territories (February 2018)
Agreement for Public-Private Partnership for Non-Communicable Diseases (October 2018)
Guidelines for Public-Private Partnership for Non-Communicable Diseases (October 2018)
Healthy States, Progressive India: Health Index Round IV 2019-20

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
Dr. 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[dot]narayan[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in