Part 6 · Communicable Disease Epidemiology, Surveillance and Immunisation

52. Universal Immunisation Programme and the National Immunisation Schedule

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Year	Milestone
1978	Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI)
1985	Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP)
1992 / 1997	Child Survival and Safe Motherhood; RCH programme
1995	Pulse Polio Immunisation
2005	NRHM; UIP integrated
2011–2017	Pentavalent nationwide; IPV (2015); rotavirus (2016); MR campaign (2017); PCV (2017; nationwide 2021)
2014	Mission Indradhanush; Intensified MI (2017 onward; IMI 5.0 in 2023)
2016	tOPV → bOPV switch (April)
2023	fIPV third dose at 9 months; U‑WIN pilot (national scale‑up 2024)
28 February 2026	🆕 Nationwide single‑dose HPV campaign for 14‑year‑old girls (voluntary, free, with consent)

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Year

Milestone

1978

Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI)

1985

Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP)

1992 / 1997

Child Survival and Safe Motherhood; RCH programme

1995

Pulse Polio Immunisation

2005

NRHM; UIP integrated

2011–2017

Pentavalent nationwide; IPV (2015); rotavirus (2016); MR campaign (2017); PCV (2017; nationwide 2021)

2014

Mission Indradhanush; Intensified MI (2017 onward; IMI 5.0 in 2023)

2016

tOPV → bOPV switch (April)

2023

fIPV third dose at 9 months; U‑WIN pilot (national scale‑up 2024)

28 February 2026

🆕 Nationwide single‑dose HPV campaign for 14‑year‑old girls (voluntary, free, with consent)