Indian health ministry completes records management and cleanliness campaign

The Union health ministry in India completed its Special Campaign 6 to reduce administrative delays and improve office cleanliness across 162,325 sites.

The initiative targeted offices and institutions under the Department of Health and Family Welfare, including central government hospitals and autonomous bodies. The ministry reviewed more than 125,000 physical files and removed over 120,000 of them. Officials also reviewed 37,481 electronic files and closed 32,542. These actions reclaimed 582,449 square feet of office space.

The ministry also simplified 19 rules and processes to streamline operations and addressed 12,840 public grievances and 6,026 appeals. Workers disposed of scrap and e-waste during the campaign, which generated more than 1 crore rupees in revenue. Some institutions participated in waste-to-art activities, such as AIIMS Jodhpur and Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi, where they repurposed plastic bottles and drums into planters.

Union Health Minister J P Nadda and Minister of State for Health Prataprao Jadhav visited various sites to inspect waste management and patient amenities.