Lok Sabha Question No. 3194 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-09
Subject: National Mental Health Programme in the North Eastern Region (NER)
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3194 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH AUGUST, 2024

## NATIONALMENTALHEALTH PROGRAMME IN THE NORTH EASTERN REGION (NER)

## 3194. SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of districts in the North Eastern Region (NER) that are covered under the District Mental Health Programme, State/UT/district-wise;
- (b) the total number of operational psychiatric hospitals, mental health professionals and recent modernization efforts of Government-run mental hospitals under the National Mental Health Programme (NMHP);
- (c) the total amount of funds allocated to districts in the NER under the NMHP and utilisation rates for the same; and
- (d) the total number of students trained at Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam and any of its programmes since its inception, year-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE (SH. PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a) to (d) The State-wise list of 767 districts approved under DMHP, including the districts in the North Eastern Region (NER), is available at https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/List%20of%20Approved%20DMHP%20Districts\_0. pdf. The State-wise list of mental health professionals at DMHP units in the North Eastern Region (NER) is at Annexure-I.

As per the available information, there are 47 Government run mental hospitals in the country, including 3 Central Mental Health Institutions, viz. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam and Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi.

Under the tertiary care component of National Mental Health Programme, 25 Centres of Excellence have been sanctioned to increase the intake of students in PG departments in mental health specialities as well as to provide tertiary level treatment facilities. Further, the Government has also supported 19 Government medical colleges/institutions to strengthen 47 PG Departments in mental health specialties. Mental Health Services are also provisioned for in 22 new All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS).

The Government is also augmenting the availability of manpower to deliver mental healthcare services in the underserved areas of the country by providing online training courses to various categories of general healthcare medical and para medical professionals through the Digital Academies, since 2018, established at the three Central Mental Health Institutes namely National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam, and Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi.

The State/UT-wise (North Eastern Region (NER)) details of funds approved for implementation of the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) component of the NMHPunder the National Health Mission for the financial year 2023-24 is at Annexure-II.

The total number of students trained at Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam and any of its programmes since its inception, year-wise is at Annexure-III.

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## State-wise List of Mental Health Professionals at DMHP Units in North Eastern Region (NER)

| S.No   | Name of State/UT   |   Total Psychiatrists/ Trained MOs |   Total No. of Clinical Psychologist/ Trained Psychologist |   Total No. of Psychiatric Nurse/ Trained nurse in psychiatry |   Total psychiatric Social workers/ Trained social workers in psychiatry |
|--------|--------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Arunachal Pradesh  |                                  9 |                                                          5 |                                                             7 |                                                                        6 |
| 2      | Assam              |                                 33 |                                                         19 |                                                             3 |                                                                       18 |
| 3      | Manipur            |                                 30 |                                                          9 |                                                            26 |                                                                       14 |
| 4      | Meghalaya          |                                 11 |                                                          7 |                                                             8 |                                                                       10 |
| 5      | Mizoram            |                                  3 |                                                          9 |                                                             8 |                                                                        9 |
| 6      | Nagaland           |                                  5 |                                                         11 |                                                             4 |                                                                       11 |
| 7      | Sikkim             |                                  4 |                                                          4 |                                                             0 |                                                                        3 |
| 8      | Tripura            |                                 18 |                                                          1 |                                                           191 |                                                                        3 |
|        | Total              |                                113 |                                                         65 |                                                           147 |                                                                       74 |

Annexure-II State-wise (North Eastern Region (NER)) details of Approvals for National Mental Health

## Programme (NMHP) under NHM for the FY 2023-24

| S.No.   | State/UT          |   2023-24 |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|
| 1       | Arunachal Pradesh |    229    |
| 2       | Assam             |    420.94 |
| 3       | Manipur           |    366.04 |
| 4       | Meghalaya         |    164.16 |
| 5       | Mizoram           |     63.3  |
| 6       | Nagaland          |    160.04 |
| 7       | Sikkim            |     48.27 |
| 8       | Tripura           |     54.4  |
|         | NER Total         |   1506.15 |

Note:

1. The above data is as per available Financial Management Reports (FMRs) submitted by States/UTs. The data is updated upto 31.03.2023 and is provisional.

(Rs. in lakhs)

Annexure-III

Year wise data of students trained at LGBRIMH, Tezpur, Assam since inception

| Year    |   Total No. of students enrolled | Toal No. of students passed out   |
|---------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2001-02 |                                6 | -                                 |
| 2002-03 |                                9 | 6                                 |
| 2003-04 |                                8 | 9                                 |
| 2004-05 |                                5 | 7                                 |
| 2005-06 |                                9 | 5                                 |
| 2006-07 |                                4 | 8                                 |
| 2007-08 |                                2 | 4                                 |
| 2008-09 |                               12 | 0                                 |
| 2009-10 |                               14 | 12                                |
| 2010-11 |                               15 | 7                                 |
| 2011-12 |                               29 | 11                                |
| 2012-13 |                               27 | 14                                |
| 2013-14 |                               33 | 26                                |
| 2014-15 |                               30 | 31                                |
| 2015-16 |                               38 | 26                                |
| 2016-17 |                               34 | 29                                |
| 2017-18 |                               41 | 33                                |
| 2018-19 |                               45 | 29                                |
| 2019-20 |                               42 | 27                                |
| 2020-21 |                               42 | 28                                |
| 2021-22 |                               53 | 36                                |
| 2022-23 |                               65 | 46                                |
| 2023-24 |                               68 | 50                                |