Health Ministry

News: The recent amendment brought to the compensation guidelines in carrying out clinical trials in the country has cleared “major hurdles” for testing of new drugs, especially for those diseases for which cure is not yet available in India. The revised regulations are balanced and will address various issues, because of which sponsors have earlier been ...

News: Health Minister invites NGOs to adopt a ward or a section in the three government-run hospitals in the city to help improve cleanliness and amenities in the institutions. Minister met representatives from various NGOs to seek their participation in the Ministry initiative ‘Kayakalp’ and also provide feedback on schemes ...

News: Government of India developed a draft NMDP-2015, it presents as a landmark policy initiative towards making India self-reliant in the medical device development field by promoting Research & Development, Innovation and Manufacturing in India. The objective is to strengthen the Make in India drive in medical device sector by reducing ...

News: West Bengal government has decided to infuse Rs 2,600 crore to add 17,000 more hospital beds in 2015-16. In the government sector, the total number of hospital beds in the West Bengal currently is 63,000 and it would become 80,000 after addition of the proposed 17,000 beds. Taking into ...

Dr Harsh Vardhan, the Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences has said it is time now for Indian scientists to translate research in labs into solutions for the common man as a part of ‘Make in India’. He said that research into Ayurgenomics would get full government ...

News The Asian Development Bank(ADB) today said it will lend USD 300 million to support India’s National Urban Health Mission (NUHM). “India has made good progress toward improving health services in rural areas, but over 77 million urban poor and vulnerable still have limited access to basic health services such ...

News After a gap of 19 years, India will again assume presidency of the 68th Session of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the top decision-making body of the World Health Organisation, beginning May 18th 2015. Union Health Minister J P Nadda will preside over the WHA session and lead a high-level ...

News Government has developed a ‘Track and Trace’ mechanism to check the authenticity of medicines being sold and stored in the country, Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda today informed Rajya Sabha. The primary, secondary and tertiary packs of medicines will have a unique bar code allotted to a ...

Scheme Mission Indradhanush was launched by Union Health Minister J.P Nadda on December 25, 2014. It aims to immunize all children against seven vaccine preventable diseases namely diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B by 2020. The Health Ministery has identified 201 high focus districts in the country ...