(Jagat Prakash Nadda, Minister of health and family welfare)

Jagat Prakash Nadda is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare. He assumed office on 9th November 2014 under Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi.

Jagat Prakash Nadda was born on 2nd December 1960 in Patna, Bihar, India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and serves as Parliamentary Board Secretary of the party. He is a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha representing Himachal Pradesh from 3rd April 2012. Mr J P Nadda also held several portfolios in the Himachal Pradesh government. Mr Nadda was the Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Bilaspur twice. He held the office from 1993 to 2003. Mr Nadda again represented Bilaspur in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012. Mr Jagat Prakash Nadda was the Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs from 1998 to 2003 in the Himachal Pradesh government. Mr Nadda also served as the Minister of Environment, Forest, Science & Technology from 2007 to 2012 in the Himachal Pradesh government. Mr Nadda completed his education from St. Xavier’s School Patna. He received his B.A. from Patna University and finished his LLB from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is a portfolio under the Government of India. The ministry is responsible for formulating health policies in India. It is also responsible for framing policies related to family planning. The Departments of Health and Family Welfare and the Department of Health Research are the two departments under the ministry. The headquarters of the ministry is Cabinet Secretariat Raisina Hill, New Delhi. The annual budget of the ministry is ? 52,800 crores (US$ 7.9 billion). Apart from JP Nadda as the Minister of Health, the ministry also comprises of Ashwani Kumar Choubey and Anupriya Patel as Minister of State for Health.