- This program is free for immunizing children and pregnant females against life-threatening diseases.
- Ministry
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Coverance
- The program covers 12 diseases including diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles, rubella, hepatitis B, and meningitis and pneumonia caused by Haemophilus Influenza type B.
- Achievement
- Polio eradicated in 2014 and maternal and neonatal tetanus eliminated in 2015.
- Established in 1978 and renamed in 1985.