About NBPCT Programme

As the designated nodal agency for chemical surveillance, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, is in the process of initiating the National Biomonitoring Programme for Chemical Toxicants.

This programme is in line with India’s strategic effort to strengthen chemical risk management and global commitments, obligations and frameworks, including:

• The International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), which call for core public health capacities to detect, assess, and respond to chemical events;
• The Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) beyond 2020, particularly contributing to Targets A1, A6, B5, and B7 on health, risk reduction, exposure prevention, and surveillance;
• The Stockholm, Minamata, and Basel Conventions, which guide global action on persistent toxicants, mercury, and waste management.

Key Strategic priorities of the programme are:

By adhering to global best practices and fostering partnerships across sectors—environment, health, industry, and academia—the programme intends to inform evidence-based public health policy, particularly for high-risk and vulnerable populations.

Progress So Far

• 1st National Stakeholder Engagement Workshop (March 14–15, 2024)
• 2nd National Consultative Workshop with 10 priority states and partners (February 24, 2025)
• CD Alert on Lead
• List of Poison Information Centres
• Labs with Heavy Metal Testing:As part of this programme, a nationwide mapping exercise is underway to assess regional and national laboratory capacities for testing human and environmental samples for chemical toxicants. If your laboratory has the capacity to conduct such testing, you are kindly requested to submit your details through the Google Form link provided below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQ46sA5XVOo3Tk-xxhjdN9Qb_tC_LSHBUNXWLSEtLEbPasag/viewform

• PowerPoint Presentation on National Biomonitoring Programme for Chemical Toxicants

National Biomonitoring Programme for Chemical Toxicants IHIP Learning Portal Link : https://ihiplearning.in/bpct/#/home-page


• Field user: Field investigators will be assigned a unique user ID and login credentials to access the NBPCT module on IHIP. They will be responsible for entering demographic, biological, and source exposure-related data. Between the biological and source exposure data user can click yes for both or either in case only one type (either biological or only source data). Post-primary screening, if biological or environmental samples are collected and further sent to labs for analysis, the investigator can designate the appropriate laboratory from the list of mapped labs and can mark labs to further add data in the same for directly. All mapped labs will have a unique user id and password to further add data in the lab interface.
• Lab user: Lab users will enter chemical analysis results of biological or environmental or both samples collected from the field.
• The State and Centre user interface allows the State and Centre users to view the data and take further actions.

To request for login id and password to access the NBPCT portal, kindly send a request to biomonitoringindia@gmail.com