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Child vaccination schedule

Vaccines recommended through India's national programme, from birth to 16 years, with additional IAP guidance and help when doses were missed.

Your child's vaccination recordKeep each completed dose together
BirthBCG · Hepatitis B · OPV
Infancy6, 10 and 14 weeks
Toddler years9 to 24 months
School years5, 10 and 16 years

Bring the record to every vaccination visit.

National schedule, by age

Use the child's vaccination card to confirm which doses have already been given.

India's National Immunization Schedule from birth to 16 years
AgeVaccines and supplementsWhat parents should know
At birth
  • BCG
  • Hepatitis B birth dose
  • OPV-0
Hepatitis B is recommended as early as possible within 24 hours of birth.
6 weeks
  • OPV-1
  • Pentavalent-1
  • Rotavirus-1
  • Fractional IPV-1
  • PCV-1
Begin the primary infant series.
10 weeks
  • OPV-2
  • Pentavalent-2
  • Rotavirus-2
Continue the primary infant series.
14 weeks
  • OPV-3
  • Pentavalent-3
  • Rotavirus-3
  • Fractional IPV-2
  • PCV-2
Complete the listed primary infant doses.
9–12 months
  • MR-1
  • PCV booster
  • JE-1 where applicable
  • Vitamin A first dose
JE is included in designated endemic areas. Vitamin A is supplementation, not a vaccine.
16–24 months
  • DPT booster-1
  • OPV booster
  • MR-2
  • JE-2 where applicable
  • Vitamin A second dose
Further Vitamin A doses are scheduled every six months up to 5 years under the national programme.
5–6 years
  • DPT booster-2
Bring the vaccination record so prior doses can be checked.
10 years
  • Td
Tetanus and reduced-strength diphtheria booster.
16 years
  • Td
Adolescent tetanus and reduced-strength diphtheria booster.

MR: measles and rubella · OPV: oral polio vaccine · IPV: inactivated polio vaccine · PCV: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine · Td: tetanus and reduced-strength diphtheria.

Japanese encephalitis applies in designated endemic areas. Vitamin A is supplementation, not a vaccine. Confirm the current plan with the pediatrician.

Two schedules, different purposes

The national programme protects children across India. IAP guidance considers additional protection for an individual child.

National Immunization Schedule

Essential vaccines delivered through India's public-health programme. The table above summarizes this schedule.

IAP individual-practice schedule

The national vaccines plus additional protection that may be appropriate based on age, health and individual risk.

Additional protection to discuss with the pediatrician

Common individual recommendations
  • Influenza, generally through 5 years
  • Hepatitis A
  • Varicella (chickenpox)
  • MMR, including mumps protection
  • Typhoid conjugate vaccine
Adolescence
  • Tdap
  • HPV for adolescent girls and boys
Selected high-risk situations
  • Meningococcal vaccine
  • RSV preventive monoclonal antibody for selected high-risk preterm infants
Read the IAP 2026 schedule document

When doses were missed

Bring every record you can find. The pediatrician can review the history and prepare an individual catch-up plan.

  1. Find available records

    Vaccination card, discharge summary, school record or previous clinic documentation.

  2. Let the pediatrician review them

    Do not assume that a dose should be repeated or skipped.

  3. Follow the personal plan

    Timing depends on the child's age, health, prior doses and vaccine availability.

Official sources

This page is general educational information, not a personal vaccination prescription. Programme availability and guidance can change.