Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya took charge as the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare on July 7, 2021. As Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, for strengthening India’s fight against the pandemic, boosting COVID-19 vaccination and improving the overall healthcare system, the Indian Express in its list of 100 Most Powerful Indians in 2023 placed him at number 27.

Following PM Narendra Modi Ji’s mantra of ‘Jan-Bhagidari & Jan-Andolan’, he ramped up the country’s COVID-19 vaccination drive overcoming all the challenges & odds. The world’s largest and most successful vaccination drive then created new records consistently including more than 2.5 Crore COVID-19 vaccinations in a single day on 17th September 2021. With Sabka Prayas, the nation achieved the milestone of 100 Crore, 150 Crore and 200 Crore COVID-19 vaccinations in a record time. Throughout the COVID–19 vaccination drive, approvals to new vaccines were granted at a quick pace and many new Made in India vaccines made their way to India’s COVID-19 arsenal. To win the fight against COVID-19, India has over the last two years indigenously developed or arranged nine (9) Covid vaccines to strengthen its mass COVID-19 vaccination programme. As of now, over 220 crore vaccination doses have been given since the start of the vaccination programme in January 2021, covering over 90 % of the eligible population with two doses, including the administration of over 22.35 crores precaution doses. Door-to-door vaccination campaigns were run to reach the unreached.

Dr Mansukh Mandaviya was also conferred with the ET Awards 2023 in the Business Reformer category for post-Delta-wave Covid management and overseeing India’s mammoth vaccination drive with great success. He is also passionately pushing the Modi Government’s Millet Mission.

Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya is also currently the Executive Board Member for GAVI – The Vaccine Alliance and Chairperson, Stop TB Board Partnership. In order to achieve PM Narendra Modi Ji’s goal of making India TB Mukt by 2025, Hon’ble President Smt. Droupadi Murmu Launched Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan & Ni-Kshay 2.0 Portal. The Ni-Kshay Mitra Initiative has greatly strengthened India’s fight against TB. In line with PM Narendra Modi Ji’s goal, the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare led by Dr. Mandaviya is leaving no stone unturned to eliminate TB from India by 2025. The fight against TB is now a Jan-Andolan.

As the Union MoHFW, Dr Mandaviya has launched taken many important initiatives to ensure the overall health & well-being of all including prioritising mental health ‘Tele-MANAS’, strengthening the digital health ecosystem through eSanjeevan, Swasthya Chintan Shivir, hospital reforms, focus on eliminating life-threatening diseases, Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav, upgrading health infrastructure, increasing the number of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana cards, taking various national health programmes to the next level, etc.

Under PM Narendra Modi Ji’s visionary leadership & guidance, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya is working relentlessly towards further strengthening health systems at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels to build a future-ready healthcare system for the new & resilient India.

Awards & Recognition:

Dr Mansukh Mandaviya was honoured by UNICEF for his contribution to women’s healthcare initiatives and for distributing 10 crore sanitary napkins through Jan Aushadhi Kendras.

Dr Mansukh Mandaviya was also conferred with the Economic Times Awards 2023 in the Business Reformer category for post-Delta-wave Covid management and overseeing India’s mammoth vaccination drive with great success.

India’s renowned newspaper The Indian Express in its prestigious list of 100 Most Powerful Indians in 2022 & 2023 placed him at number 25 & 27 respectively for boosting COVID-19 vaccination and improving the overall healthcare system.