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The Central Council, headed by the Union minister for
health, will also have proposal for legislation in fields of activity relating
to medical and public health and family welfare matters, laying down the
pattern of development for the country as a whole. The responsibilities of the
council also include examining the whole field of possible co-operation on a
wide basis in regard to inter-state quarantine during time of festivals;
out-break of epidemics and serious calamities such as earth-quakes and famines
and to draw up a common programme of action.
The nominated eminent persons into the council
are Benaras Hindu University vice chancellor Dr Lalji Singh, Baba Farid
University of Health Science vice-chancellor Dr S S Gill, Dr Mathew Verghese of
St. Stephen’s Hospital, Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi of Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr P
Namperumalsamy (CEO Arvind Eye Hospital), Dr Yogesh Jain of Jan Swasthya
Sahyog, Dr M R Rajagopal (director, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative
Sciences), Sanjoy Hazarika from Centre for North East Studies, Guwahati, and Dr
Nachiket Mor (IFMR Trust, Chennai).
The council would advise the government on policy matters
regarding all aspects like the provision of remedial, promotive and preventive
care, environmental hygiene, nutrition, health education and the promotion of
facilities for training and research.
It will also make recommendations to the Central Government regarding distribution of available grants-in-aid for health and family welfare purposes to the States and to review periodically the work accomplished in different areas through the utilization of these grants-in-aid; and establishing any organisation or organisations invested with appropriate functions for promoting and maintaining co-operation between the Central and State Health and Family Welfare administration.
It will also make recommendations to the Central Government regarding distribution of available grants-in-aid for health and family welfare purposes to the States and to review periodically the work accomplished in different areas through the utilization of these grants-in-aid; and establishing any organisation or organisations invested with appropriate functions for promoting and maintaining co-operation between the Central and State Health and Family Welfare administration.
The Union Minister of State will be the vice chairman. The members
include Planning Commission member, ministers of health from the States and
Union Territories, two each members from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, president
of Indian Medical Association, president of Family Planning Association of
India, president of FICCI, and chairperson of Indian Council of Child
Welfare. Secretaries to the Departments of Ayush, health, women and child and
HRD, ICMR director general, NACO director general and director general of
health services (DGHS) will also be members of the council while economic
advisor to the Ministry would be the member-secretary.
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