Health and wellness are prime concerns of the Government of India. A healthy citizen contributes to make a healthy nation. Over the years, the government has introduced various health programmes and policies to better the standard of life of its citizens. This has resulted in the life expectancy of males and females at birth increasing to 62 and 64 years respectively. Also, the infant mortality rate (under five death rate) has fallen to 56 per thousand births in 2005. The government has also been able to control and cure illnesses such as tuberculosis, malaria, pneumonia and water borne diseases to a certain extent.

The issue of health comes under the purview of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. This ministry is divided into the Department of Health, Department of Family Welfare and the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturapathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy. Recently, the Ministry has launched a website called Healthy India to guide citizens on maintaining their health through a balanced diet.

The ‘Citizen Health’ section of our website offers information about the various health schemes launched by the government, resources on different aspects of health care as well as a list of hospitals and medical institutions in the country. Other than this, we also provide information about alternative systems of medicine, medical insurance, family welfare and rehabilitation.