Directorate General of Health Services (India)

The Directorate General of Health Services (Dte.GHS) is an attached organisation of the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). It is the apex technical advisory and regulatory body of healthcare. It functions as a repository of technical knowledge regarding public health, medical education and healthcare, and provides technical guidance to the ministry in these domains.^[1]^[2]^[3] Dte.GHS is headed by the Director General of Health Services (DGHS), a Secretary level (Apex Grade) officer of the Central Health Service (CHS). Dr. Loveneesh Gopal Krishna is the current Director General of Health Services.^[4]^[5]

The Dte.GHS manages the Central Government Hospitals and performs its role in public health through various subordinate organisations.^[6]

History

Prior to independence, the officers of the Indian Medical Service (IMS) used to hold the post of Director General, Indian Medical Service.^[7] The Directorate General of Health Services (Dte.GHS) was established in 15 August 1947 and the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) replaced the Director General, Indian Medical Service and the Public Health Commissioner. The first DGHS was Jivraj Narayan Mehta and he also functioned as the Health Secretary to the Government of India.^[8]^[9] The Contributory Health Service Scheme (the predecessor of Central Government Health Scheme) for the healthcare of Central Government Employees was under the administrative control of Dte.GHS.^[10]

List of DGHS of India

Central Govt. hospitals and medical colleges

The DteGHS has the administrative control of the Central Government hospitals and medical colleges:^[23]

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital^[24]
Lady Hardinge Medical College and associated hospitals^[25]
Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital^[26]
Rural Health Training Centre, Najafgarh^[26]

Nursing Colleges

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing^[27]
Lady Reading Health School

Public health institutes and organisations

All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health^[28]
All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation^[28]
National Centre for Disease Control^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]
National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme^[33]
Regional Office of Health and Family Welfare^[34]

Point of Entries (PoE) Health Units

(Airport Health Organisation, Port Health Organisation, Land Port Health Organisation)

Established under the provisions of International Health Regulations (IHR), 2005.

Medical regulatory bodies

Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO)^[35]
National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO)^[36]^[37]

Serum and vaccine institutes

Central Research Institute, Kasauli^[28]
BCG Vaccine Laboratory, Guindy
Institute of Serology, Kolkata

Drug procurement organisations

Medical Stores Organisation^[38]
GMSD

Leprosy and TB institutes

Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, Chengalpattu
Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute
- Aska
- Gouripur
- Raipur
TB Institute, Ghaziabad

Central institutes

Central Health Education Bureau:^[39] Started functioning in 1955.^[40]
Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi

References

↑"Government Implementing Preventive Public Health Measures Against the Disease". pib.gov.in. 10 September 2024.
↑www.ETHealthworld.com. "MoHFW defends DGHS Chief Dr Arun Goel, terms 'insensitive remark' report misleading - ET HealthWorld". ETHealthworld.com. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
↑"Government appoints Sanjay Tyagi as Director General of Health Services". Moneycontrol. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
↑"Directorate General of Health Services Charge Assumption Report"(PDF). pib.gov.in. 15 April 2024.
↑"Dr Sunita Sharma to take charge as new Director General of Health Services". Financialexpress. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
↑www.ETHealthworld.com. "Centre-run hospitals asked to prescribe generic medicines only: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya - ET HealthWorld". ETHealthworld.com. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
↑First annual report of UPSC 1951
↑"Amrita Bazar Patrika [Weekly]. Vol: 79; Issue:31 (21 August 1947)". Endangered Archives Programme.
↑Health Survey and Planning Committee (Mudaliar Committee) 1962
↑Report of the Contributory Health Service Scheme Assessment Committee 1962
↑"कार्यालय आदेश Directorate General of Health Services Charge Assumption Report"(PDF). 29 April 2025.
123456"Office Order"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 12 October 2025.
↑https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/List%20of%20Officers%20of%20DGHS.pdf
↑"Dr. Jagdish Prasad, Director General Of Health Services". Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
↑Thapliyal, Nupur (28 July 2021). ""Mischievous Handiwork Of Persons": Former DGHS & Padma Shree Awardee Moves Delhi Court Seeking NIA Probe Into Origins Of Covid 19 Pandemic". www.livelaw.in.
↑https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Seniority%20list%20of%20HAG%20officers%20of%20CHS%20as%20on%2001.11.2008.pdf
↑"Health Services and Medical Education: A Programme for Immediate Action". 1 January 1975 – via ruralindiaonline.org.
↑"(PDF) Legends of Indian Orthopedics: Puliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami".
↑"About us – Central Tuberculosis Division". tbcindia.mohfw.gov.in.
↑"Secretary.—Rao Bahadur Dr. K....: 7 Dec 1944: House of Commons debates - TheyWorkForYou".
↑"Jivraj Narayan Mehta".
↑"Agenda and minutes of the seventh meeting of the drugs technical advisory board"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 12 January 2021.
↑Misra, Barsha (21 May 2023). "Health Ministry Implements Centralized Cadre System of Administrative Staff in Delhi Central Govt Hospitals, seeks Details". medicaldialogues.in. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
↑"DCW notice to RML Hospital, state and central govts over 'non-availability of free sex-reassignment surgery'". The Indian Express. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
↑"Generics-only order has docs at Centre-run hosps in a fix". The Times of India. 16 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
1 2Misra, Barsha (11 May 2022). "Vacancies in Central Govt Hospitals: DGHS reinstates Ad-hoc appointment until formulation of new uniform policy". medicaldialogues.in. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
↑Das, Debmitra (10 July 2023). "MCC issues notice on BSc Nursing Counselling Process For Colleges Affiliated To IP University, Check out details". medicaldialogues.in. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
123"DGHS Result 2023 Declared at hlldghs.cbtexam.in: Download Group A B C Marks PDF". Jagranjosh.com. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
↑"Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prof. S P Singh Baghel inaugurates three-day National Public Health India Conference". pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
↑Varshney, Vibha (27 July 2020). "India's mysterious diseases: 'We need a public health system'". Down To Earth. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
↑Bajeli-Datt, Kavita (21 August 2024). "Centre to soon issue advisory to states on new virulent strain of Mpox". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
↑Nivedita Mookerji & Ruchika Chitravanshi. "Where is NCDC? It should have been better utilised amid Covid, say experts". Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
↑"Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya virtually reviews preparedness of States for prevention and control of Vector Borne diseases, ahead of the Monsoon Season". pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
↑"Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Initiatives & Achievements-2023". pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
↑"CDSCO disallow import of refurbished medical device: Move divides the industry". Express Healthcare. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
↑"Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare organizes National Webinar on National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation as part of Angdaan Mahotsav and during the Organ Donation month of July". pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 19 September 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
↑www.ETHealthworld.com. "Health ministry asks states, UTs to act strictly against hospitals involved in illegal transplant - ET HealthWorld". ETHealthworld.com. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
↑Unlimited, Web. "Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Recruitment 2024: Application Open For Consultants Post, Apply Now". Studycafe. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
↑Admin, Team (7 February 2025). "State Level Training programs on Musculoskeletal disorders held at SDGH | Goemkarponn - Goa News Team Goemkarponn PANAJI:The State AYUSH Society Goa and National AYUSH Mission under Directorate of Health Services has organized the State Level Training programs on Musculoskeletal disorders at Hospicio South Goa District Hospital, Margao. Ayush Vertical DGHS in Coordination with Central Health Education Bureau (CHEB) had undertaken the modular training program on musculoskeletal disorder for Master". goemkarponn.com. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
↑Annual Report of the Dte.GHS, 1957

External links

Directorate General of Health Services
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Lady Hardinge Medical College
Rural Health Training Centre, Najafgarh
Lady Reading Health School
National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme
Point of Entries Health Organisations (APHO, PHO, LPHO)
National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation
BCG Vaccine Laboratory, Guindy
Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, Chengalpattu
Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute, Aska
Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute, Raipur
Central Health Education Bureau

[1] "Government Implementing Preventive Public Health Measures Against the Disease". pib.gov.in. 10 September 2024.

[2] www.ETHealthworld.com. "MoHFW defends DGHS Chief Dr Arun Goel, terms 'insensitive remark' report misleading - ET HealthWorld". ETHealthworld.com. Retrieved 22 February 2025.

[3] "Government appoints Sanjay Tyagi as Director General of Health Services". Moneycontrol. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[4] "Directorate General of Health Services Charge Assumption Report"(PDF). pib.gov.in. 15 April 2024.

[5] "Dr Sunita Sharma to take charge as new Director General of Health Services". Financialexpress. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[6] www.ETHealthworld.com. "Centre-run hospitals asked to prescribe generic medicines only: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya - ET HealthWorld". ETHealthworld.com. Retrieved 22 February 2025.

[7] First annual report of UPSC 1951

[8] "Amrita Bazar Patrika [Weekly]. Vol: 79; Issue:31 (21 August 1947)". Endangered Archives Programme.

[9] Health Survey and Planning Committee (Mudaliar Committee) 1962

[10] Report of the Contributory Health Service Scheme Assessment Committee 1962

[11] "कार्यालय आदेश Directorate General of Health Services Charge Assumption Report"(PDF). 29 April 2025.

[:1-12] 123456"Office Order"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 12 October 2025.

[13] ttps://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/List%20of%20Officers%20of%20DGHS.pdf

[14] "Dr. Jagdish Prasad, Director General Of Health Services". Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2026.

[15] Thapliyal, Nupur (28 July 2021). ""Mischievous Handiwork Of Persons": Former DGHS & Padma Shree Awardee Moves Delhi Court Seeking NIA Probe Into Origins Of Covid 19 Pandemic". www.livelaw.in.

[16] ttps://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Seniority%20list%20of%20HAG%20officers%20of%20CHS%20as%20on%2001.11.2008.pdf

[17] "Health Services and Medical Education: A Programme for Immediate Action". 1 January 1975 – via ruralindiaonline.org.

[18] "(PDF) Legends of Indian Orthopedics: Puliyur Krishnaswamy Duraiswami".

[19] "About us – Central Tuberculosis Division". tbcindia.mohfw.gov.in.

[20] "Secretary.—Rao Bahadur Dr. K....: 7 Dec 1944: House of Commons debates - TheyWorkForYou".

[21] "Jivraj Narayan Mehta".

[22] "Agenda and minutes of the seventh meeting of the drugs technical advisory board"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 12 January 2021.

[23] Misra, Barsha (21 May 2023). "Health Ministry Implements Centralized Cadre System of Administrative Staff in Delhi Central Govt Hospitals, seeks Details". medicaldialogues.in. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[24] "DCW notice to RML Hospital, state and central govts over 'non-availability of free sex-reassignment surgery'". The Indian Express. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2025.

[25] "Generics-only order has docs at Centre-run hosps in a fix". The Times of India. 16 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 February 2025.

[auto-26] 1 2Misra, Barsha (11 May 2022). "Vacancies in Central Govt Hospitals: DGHS reinstates Ad-hoc appointment until formulation of new uniform policy". medicaldialogues.in. Retrieved 22 February 2025.

[27] Das, Debmitra (10 July 2023). "MCC issues notice on BSc Nursing Counselling Process For Colleges Affiliated To IP University, Check out details". medicaldialogues.in. Retrieved 22 February 2025.

[:0-28] 123"DGHS Result 2023 Declared at hlldghs.cbtexam.in: Download Group A B C Marks PDF". Jagranjosh.com. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[29] "Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prof. S P Singh Baghel inaugurates three-day National Public Health India Conference". pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.

[30] Varshney, Vibha (27 July 2020). "India's mysterious diseases: 'We need a public health system'". Down To Earth. Retrieved 22 February 2025.

[31] Bajeli-Datt, Kavita (21 August 2024). "Centre to soon issue advisory to states on new virulent strain of Mpox". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 February 2025.

[32] Nivedita Mookerji & Ruchika Chitravanshi. "Where is NCDC? It should have been better utilised amid Covid, say experts". Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2025.

[33] "Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya virtually reviews preparedness of States for prevention and control of Vector Borne diseases, ahead of the Monsoon Season". pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[34] "Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Initiatives & Achievements-2023". pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[35] "CDSCO disallow import of refurbished medical device: Move divides the industry". Express Healthcare. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[36] "Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare organizes National Webinar on National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation as part of Angdaan Mahotsav and during the Organ Donation month of July". pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 19 September 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[37] www.ETHealthworld.com. "Health ministry asks states, UTs to act strictly against hospitals involved in illegal transplant - ET HealthWorld". ETHealthworld.com. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[38] Unlimited, Web. "Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Recruitment 2024: Application Open For Consultants Post, Apply Now". Studycafe. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[39] Admin, Team (7 February 2025). "State Level Training programs on Musculoskeletal disorders held at SDGH | Goemkarponn - Goa News Team Goemkarponn PANAJI:The State AYUSH Society Goa and National AYUSH Mission under Directorate of Health Services has organized the State Level Training programs on Musculoskeletal disorders at Hospicio South Goa District Hospital, Margao. Ayush Vertical DGHS in Coordination with Central Health Education Bureau (CHEB) had undertaken the modular training program on musculoskeletal disorder for Master". goemkarponn.com. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[40] Annual Report of the Dte.GHS, 1957

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