Students of medicine, professors of community medicine, and health service providers in India will find "DK Taneja's Health Policies and Programmes" to be an invaluable resource. This novel stands out from the rest because of how well it adapts to the ever-evolving world around it. New versions reflect the most recent shifts in the scale of the problems and the methods used to mitigate them, and updates are released on schedule without sacrificing accuracy. All the information in this edition is current, and all references are up-to-date. Some chapters have been completely rewritten to account for recent programmatic changes and the recommendations of various review panels. A new section titled "National Programme on Prevention and Control of Burn Injuries" has been included. Various national health and population policies, as well as the national nutrition policy, the national AIDS control program, the national rabies control program, the national integrated disease surveillance program, the national oral health program, the national tobacco control program, and the national safe water supply and sanitation programs are all described in detail. Each program details the scope of the issue, the program's goals and strategy, the team's structure and procedures, and the administrative and technical details necessary to put the plan into action.