1.5 Committees Report
1.5 Committees Report
1.5 Committees Report
WELFARE COMMITTEES
Mittal Patel
S.Y.M.Sc Nursing
Health services in India began in the
middle of the 18th century. They were initially
intended to protect the health of the British
army stationed in India. Separate medical
and public health departments came into
existence. It was only after independence, the
health services began to develop realistically
based on the health needs of the country.
Indian National Congress was set up in
1938 when Subhaschandra Bose was the
President at the Indian National Congress.
National Planning Committee (NPC) :
Jawaharlal Nehru as the Chairman at the
National Planning Committee. This committee set
up a subcommittee on National health which made
assessment of the health situation and health
services in the country and recommended the
measures for their improvement.
Santhok Singh Sokhey, Dr. BC Roy, Dr. CV
Deshmukh, Dr. JC Roy, S Abdul Rehman and J K
Kripalani were members. It was set up in 1938 and
submitted an interim report in 1940. Final report
could be submitted only during 1948.
BHORE COMMITTEE 1946
Recommendations
Recommendation
Hospitals
Domiciliary midwifery
Nursing Education
Nursing Service
MEHTA COMMITTEE 1983