Health, Nutrition & Family Welfare

The Division has following important functions: -

1. Evolving policy and strategy guidelines pertaining to:
   • Health & Family Welfare
   • AYUSH
   • Initiatives to improve nutritional status of the population; and
   • Flagship programme National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
2. Drawing up short, medium and long-term perspectives and goals for each of these sectors.
3. Monitoring changing trends in the health sector viz., epidemiological, demographic, social and managerial challenges.
4. Examining current policies, strategies and programmes in health & family welfare and nutrition, both in the State and in the Central Sector and suggest appropriate modifications / mid course corrections.
5. Suggesting methods for improving efficiency and quality of services.
6. Evolving priorities for basic, clinical and operational research essential for improving health status of the population.
7. Looking into inter-sectoral issues and evolve appropriate policies and strategies for convergence of services so that the population is benefitted optimally from on-going programmes.

The Division represents the Planning Commission in:

1. Various Committees of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Ministry of Women & Child Development
2. EFC/SFC pertaining to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Ministry of Women & Child Development
3. Expert Panels set up from time to time to advise the Planning Commission regarding the priorities and targets in the Plans and Programmes relating to Health, FW and Nutrition - the resources including human and material required, the training programmes to be initiated, standards of construction and equipment for health facilities and the development of health research etc.
4. Scientific Advisory Groups of Indian Council of Medical Research, National Institute of Health & Family Welfare, Public Health Foundation of India, etc.