Lok Sabha Question No. 908 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Mental Healthcare Service
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 908 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH FEBRUARY, 2021

## MENTAL HEALTHCARE SE RVICES

## 908. SHRI SUKHBIR SI NGH JAUNAPURIA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WE LFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a recent study has found that mental healthcare services are inaccessible to half of the patients in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of the said study;
- (c) whether the Gove rnment proposes to boost mental health care to provide better services to poor and disadvantaged people;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether several States/UTs are proposed to be covered under such an initiative, if so, the details thereof Stat e/UT- wise particularly Tonk and Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)& (b):  The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has not received any such study Howev the Government conducted the National Mental Health Survey (NMHS) of India through the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru in 2016 as per which the prevalence of mental disorders in adults over the age of 18 years is about 10. treatment gap for mental disorders ranged between 70% to 92% for different disorders.

(c)to (e):  To address the burden of mental disorders, t he Government of India is implementing the National Mental Health Programme (NMHP). The Government is supporting implementation of the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) under NMHP in 692 districts of the country with the objectives to:

(i) Provide su icide prevention services, work place stress management, life skills trainin counselling in schools and colleges.

- (ii) Provide mental health services including prevention, promotion and long - term continuing care at different levels of district healthc are delivery system.

(iii) Augment institutional capacity in terms of infrastructure, equipment and human resou for mental healthcare.

(iv)Promote  community  awareness  and  participation  in  the  delivery  of  mental  healthca services.

State/ UT wise deta ils of districts appr oved under DMHP is  annexed . All 33 districts in the State of Rajasthan are approved under DMHP including Tonk and Sawai Madhopur.

## Annexure

## State/UT wise details of districts approved under DMHP (2020 - 21)

Madhepur

Sheikhpura

Chandel and

|   S.No. | State/UT                           | Details of the districts approved                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|---------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | A & N Islands                      | All 3 districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                     | All 13 districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 10; 6 existing (Papum pare, East Siang, Lohit, Tirap, Upper Dibang valley); 4 new from -2020 21 (Kurung Kumey, Kra Dadi, Lower Suban siri, Lower Dibang valley)                                                                                                                   |
|       4 | Assam                              | All 27 districts (21 + Cachar, Chirang, Dibrugarh, Sonitpur and Udalguri)                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|       5 | Bihar                              | 31 ( Banka, Buxar, Vaishali, Purnia, West Champaran, Gopalganj, Kaimur, Jamui, Rohtas, East Champaran , Gaya, Bhagalpur, Araria, Begusarai, Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj, Madhubani, Saharsa, Sheohar, Samastipur, Saran, Sitamarhi, Siwan, Supaul, Aurangabad, Nawada, Munger ) |
|       6 | Chandigarh                         | 1 district (All UT)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                       | All 27 districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       8 | Daman & Diu - Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1 (Daman) 1 (DNH)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|       9 | Delhi                              | 5 (Jahangirpuri, Chattarpur, Dwarka, Motinagar & Timarpur)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|      10 | Goa                                | 2 districts (state covered)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|      11 | Gujarat                            | All 33 districts + 4 Corporations (Ahmedabad, Baroda, Rajkot)                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|      12 | Haryana                            | All 22 districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh                   | All 12 districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|      14 | J & K                              | All 20 districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|      15 | Jharkhand                          | All 24 districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|      16 | Karnataka                          | All 31 districts & 15 Taluk hospitals                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|      17 | Kerala                             | All 14 districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|      18 | Laddakh                            | 2 districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|      19 | Lakshadweep                        | 1 district (All UT)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|      20 | Madhya Pradesh                     | All 51 districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|      21 | Maharashtra                        | All 36 districts except Mumbai City & Mumbai Suburban                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|      22 | Manipur                            | All 16 districts ( 9 existing Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal Bishnupur, Senapati, Ukhrul, Churachandpur, Chandel Tamenglong + 7 new)                                                                                                                                           |
|      23 | Meghalaya                          | All 11 districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|      24 | Mizoram                            | All 9 districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

| 25    | Nagaland      | All 11 districts                                                                                    |
|-------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 26    | Odisha        | All 30 districts                                                                                    |
| 27    | Puducherry    | 2 districts (Puducherry & Karaikal)                                                                 |
| 28    | Punjab        | All 22 districts                                                                                    |
| 29    | Rajasthan     | All 33 districts                                                                                    |
| 30    | Sikkim        | All 4 districts                                                                                     |
| 31    | Tamilnadu     | All 32 districts                                                                                    |
| 32    | Telangana     | All 33 districts                                                                                    |
| 33    | Tripura       | All 8districts - North Tripura, Unokoti, Dhalai, Gomati, Sepahijala, West Tripura and South Tripura |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh | All 75 districts                                                                                    |
| 35    | Uttarakhand   | All 13 districts                                                                                    |
| 36    | West Bengal   | All 28 districts                                                                                    |
| Total |               | 692                                                                                                 |