Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

ABOUT ICMR:

• The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research.
• It was created as 1911 as Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) with the specific objective of sponsoring and coordinating medical research in the country.
• After independence, several important changes were made in the organisation and it was redesignated the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in 1949.
• The ICMR is funded by the Government of India through the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
• ICMR has 26 national institutes under it which dedicate themselves to research on specific health topics like tuberculosis, leprosy, cholera and diarrhoeal diseases, viral diseases including AIDS, malaria, kala-azar, oncology, medical statistics, etc.
• It also has 6 regional medical research centres which address themselves to regional health problems.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. Consider the following statements regarding Indian council of medical research:

1. It is funded by Government of India.
2. It has many national institutes of research under it.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to Prelims question