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GOVERNMENT OFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENT OFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO: 2021
TOBE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2026
PPPINITIATIVE FORUSEOFAI IN PUBLIC HEALTH
2021#SMT.DARSHANASINGH:
Will the Minister of HEALTH andFAMILYWELFAREbe pleasedtostate:
(a) whether Government has launched any scheme or program for the use of Artificial Intelligence
(AI) inpublic healthunderthe Public-PrivatePartnership (PPP)initiativetoenhance the impact
of AI on public health;
(b) if so, the keyobjectives,financialprovisions andthe framework for the PPPmodel;
(c) the manner in which the said initiative is expected to improve access, quality and human
resource managementof healthcareservices; and
(d) whether there isanyproposal toexpandthismodeltoStatesandhealth institutions?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
(SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a) to (d): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to
drive transformative change in public health services across India. The Ministry of Health has
designated AIIMS Delhi, PGIMER Chandigarh and AIIMS Rishikesh as ‘Centre of Excellence
(CoE) for Artificial Intelligence’. The key objective of AI initiative of ‘Center of Excellence’ is to
promote developmentand use of AI-based solutions inHealth.
The Ministry has collaborated with key organizations such as the Central Tuberculosis Division,
National Centre for Disease Control, CDAC-Mohali, ICMR, MeitY, Ministry of Higher Education
and others for a variety of AI projects. Further, the Ministry has collaborated with Wadhwani AI,
toprovide technical support tothe three CoEsandothergovernmentalinstitutions.
Several AI solutions have been developed, including the Clinical Decision Support System(CDSS)
in e-Sanjeevani, Media Disease Surveillance under Integrated Disease Surveillance Program
(IDSP)) a Diabetic Retinopathy (DR identification solution) and AI solutions, ‘Cough Against
Tuberculosis’ (CATB) for TB Screening among others. Some of these AI institutions are
operationalincollaboration with centralandstate healthinstitutions.
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