Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW),

Government of India

• Has implemented integrated Disease Surveillance Programme network with the help of ISRO.

• Under the National Cancer Control Program MoH&FW establishing OncoNET India, a network connecting 25 Regional Cancer Centres and 100 peripheral centres to provide comprehensive cancer treatment facilities and carry out cancer prevention and research activities

• Approved tele-ophthalmology project to provide eye care specialty services to the patients of rural and remote areas of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal states of India through tele-ophthalmology mobile van.

• Draft proposal for National Telemedicine Grid has also been prepared by ISRO and submitted to MoH&FW

• Has set up a National Task Force on Telemedicine in the year 2005 is addressing various issues in telemedicine in national context. Various sub-committees are working on these issues to develop a national policy document.

• Switch off all Equipments particularly LCD Screens, computers  and Video Con