Current national health ministry; linked historically to the 4th GDHP Summit in New Delhi.
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How health governance works in India
Central public-health administration, medicines regulation and health research
India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has distinct administrative and research departments. NCDC and CDSCO fall within the DGHS sphere, while ICMR is autonomous within the Department of Health Research; states have separate health responsibilities.
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Government health structure
Open an organization profile from the chart. Relationship labels and evidence links show how institutions connect.Same level = institutions connected to the central authorityLower level = institution connected through another agency
Verified institutional connections are shown in a horizontal hierarchy. Organizations sharing a row need not have identical legal status; read each relationship label.
Central health authority
Attached office of the Department of Health and Family Welfare within India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
National disease-control centre under the administrative control of the Directorate General of Health Services, India.
India’s central medicines authority under the Directorate General of Health Services, responsible for new drug and clinical trial approvals.
Position shows the documented relationship, not equal legal status or authority. Click a card for its profile, or Evidence for the source.
Health services, disease control and regulation
- Directorate General of Health Services →
Attached office of the Department of Health and Family Welfare within India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- National Centre for Disease Control →
National disease-control centre under the administrative control of the Directorate General of Health Services, India.
- Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation →
India’s central medicines authority under the Directorate General of Health Services, responsible for new drug and clinical trial approvals.
Health research and evidence
- Department of Health Research →
One of two departments within India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, responsible for health-research policy and its autonomous scientific organizations.
- Indian Council of Medical Research →
Autonomous biomedical research council under the Department of Health Research within India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation — Medicines & health-product regulator
- Department of Health Research — Government health department
- Directorate General of Health Services — Government health directorate
- Indian Council of Medical Research — Autonomous medical research body
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India — Government / public health agency
- National Centre for Disease Control — National public-health research institute
Evidence and scope
This independent directory summarizes public institutional relationships from official sources. It is not an official government service or a complete map of health providers, hospitals, or regional authorities. Relationships were checked on 24 October 2026.