The government has now split the Health and Family Welfare Ministry into two divisions.
The new divisions under the ministry are — Health Services Division, and Medical Education and Family Welfare Division.
The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification on Sunday in this regard.
The notification said the prime minister constituted two divisions after reconstituting the Health and Family Welfare Ministry exercising the power bestowed upon her as per rule 3(I) of the Rules of Business-1996.
Earlier, the government divided the Home and Education ministries into two divisions each to bring dynamism into their activities.