Health Minister Nadda launches National Action Plan on AMR 2.0 (2025â29)
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda launched the second National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR 2.0) for 2025â29 in New Delhi on 18 November 2025, the first day of WHO's World AMR Awareness Week.
Summary
NAP-AMR 2.0 builds on the first national plan of 2017 and addresses its gaps by increasing ownership of AMR efforts, strengthening inter-sectoral coordination and engaging the private sector more closely. Health Minister J.P. Nadda said overuse and misuse of antibiotics has become common and that AMR threatens surgery, cancer treatment and other critical care. Key strategies include awareness, education and training, stronger laboratory capacity and infection control in healthcare facilities. Principal Scientific Adviser Dr A.K. Sood attended the launch.
Key facts
- Plan
- NAP-AMR 2.0
- Period
- 2025â29
- Launched by
- J.P. Nadda, 18 Nov 2025
- First NAP-AMR
- 2017
- Occasion
- First day of World AMR Awareness Week
- Focus
- Ownership, inter-sectoral coordination, private sector, labs, infection control
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2.0, launched in November 2025, covers which period?
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Correct answer: C â 2025â29
NAP-AMR 2.0 covers 2025â29.
In which year was India's first National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance launched?
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Correct answer: A â 2017
The first NAP-AMR was launched in 2017, after discussions that began in 2010.