India, Nov. 18 -- Union Health Minister J P Nadda launched the second version of India's National Action Plan (NAP) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) on the occasion of the World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) 2025. The plan, developed for five years, 2025-2029, was launched on November 18, the first day of WAAW.

This NAP-AMR 2.0 follows India's first NAP-AMR (2017-2021) that was released in 2017, responding to the call made by the World Health Organization to countries, to develop national action plans, aligned to the Global Action Plan on AMR.

NAP-AMR 2.0's development started in 2022, with an aim to increase ownership within each stakeholder/ministry. A series of stakeholder consultations were held separately among different sectors such ...