Lok Sabha Question No. 3872 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-11
Subject: Tele-MANAS Initiative
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Chandra Prakash Joshi, Prataprao  Jadhav, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sudheer Gupta

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3872 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH AUGUST, 2023

## TELE-MANAS INITIATIVE

## 3872. SHRI SHRIRANG APPABARNE:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI CHANDRAPRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched free tele-mental health services i.e. Tele-MANAS across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) if so, the total number of Tele-MANAS cells functioning in all States and Union Territories across the country at present, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the total number of languages in which these Tele-MANAS cells are receiving the calls, State/UT- wise including Rajasthan;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to increase the number of Tele-MANAS cells in all the languages in scheduled list considering the response of public and increased calls and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government is monitoring the consultation session conducted at District Centres as per the requirement of Mental Health Programmes and if so, the details thereof including in Rajasthan; and
- (f) whether the Government has made any separate provision for the above programme in the budget and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE (PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

- (a) to (f) The Government has launched a 'National Tele Mental Health Programme' (NTMHP) on 10 th October, 2022, to further improve access to quality mental health counselling and

care services in the country. Tele-MANAS service is a toll-free helpline number (14416) set up across the country.

Tele-MANAS has been rolled out all over the country. As on 18.07.2023, 42 Tele MANAS Cells are functional in 31 States/UTs as per details provided at Annexure. More than 1,94,000 calls have been handled on the helpline number.

At present, the Tele-MANAS services are available in 20 languages based on languages opted by States: Hindi, English, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Konkani, Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese, Bengali, Odia, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Bodo, Dogri, Urdu, Manipuri, Mizo and Rajasthani.

As Tele-MANAS is a digital arm of DMHP, the callers that require urgent in-person intervention/complex evaluations and management, are referred to the nearest in-person-service DMHP Centre for physical consultation (Tier-2). The consultations provided at DMHP Units are in accordance with DMHP guidelines.

For the year 2023-24, a total of Rs. 120.67 crore has been allocated for National Tele Mental Health Programme (NTMHP).

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## Annexure

|   Sl. No. | States                              |   No. of sanctioned Tele Manas Cells | No. of functioning Tele MANAS Cells   | Name of the functioning Tele MANASCells                                                   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                      |                                    2 | 1                                     | Siddartha Medical College, Vijayawada                                                     |
|         2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands           |                                    1 | 1                                     | A&NIslands institute of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS), Port Blair                             |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                   |                                    1 | 1                                     | Mental Hospital,Midpu                                                                     |
|         4 | Assam                               |                                    1 | 1                                     | State Head Quarters, NHM, Guwahati                                                        |
|         5 | Bihar                               |                                    3 | 3                                     | Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Bhagalpur Bihar Institute of Mental Health |
|         5 | Bihar                               |                                    3 | 3                                     | and Allied Sciences, Bhojpur Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna           |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh                        |                                    1 | 1                                     | District Hospital, Raipur                                                                 |
|         7 | Chandigarh                          |                                    1 | 1                                     | Govt Medical College &Hospital (GMCH) Sector 32 in liason with GMCHSector 16, Chandigarh  |
|         8 | Daman & Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli |                                    1 | 1                                     | Shri Vinoba Bhave Civil Hospital, IT Cell/108 building, Silvassa                          |
|         9 | Delhi                               |                                    1 | 1                                     | IHBAS, New Delhi                                                                          |
|        10 | Gujarat                             |                                    2 | 1                                     | Hospital for Mental Health, Ahmedabad                                                     |
|        11 | Goa                                 |                                    1 | 1                                     | South District Hospital,Margao                                                            |
|        12 | Haryana                             |                                    1 | 1                                     | Civil Hospital, Sec-6, Panchkula                                                          |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh                    |                                    1 | -                                     | -                                                                                         |
|        14 | Jammu &Kashmir                      |                                    1 | 1                                     | IMHANS Kashmir, Srinagar                                                                  |
|        15 | Jharkhand                           |                                    1 | 1                                     | CIP, Ranchi                                                                               |
|        16 | Karnataka                           |                                    2 | 2                                     | DIMHANS, Dharwad NIMHANS, Bengaluru                                                       |
|        17 | Kerala                              |                                    1 | 1                                     | State Mental Health Programme office, Mental Health Center Campus, Thiruvananthapuram     |
|        18 | Ladakh                              |                                    1 | 1                                     | Ladakh Tele Manas Cell,Leh                                                                |
|        19 | Lakshadweep                         |                                    1 | -                                     | -                                                                                         |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh                      |                                    2 | 2                                     | MGMMedical College, Indore Gwalior Mental Hospital, Gwalior                               |
|        21 | Manipur                             |                                    1 | 1                                     | Regional Institute of Medical                                                             |

|    |               |          |          | Sciences, Imphal                                                                                                                                                              |
|----|---------------|----------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    |               |          |          | Regional Mental Hospital, Thane                                                                                                                                               |
| 22 | Maharashtra   | 3        | 3        | Regional Mental Hospital, Pune Geriatric Health and Mental Illness                                                                                                            |
| 23 | Meghalaya     | 1        | 1        | Meghalaya Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Sciences (MIMHANS),Shillong                                                                                             |
| 24 | Mizoram       | 1        | 1        | Directorate of Hospital &Medical Education, MINECO, Khatla, Aizwal                                                                                                            |
| 25 | Nagaland      | 1        | -        |                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 26 | Odisha        | 2        | 2        | District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) / De-Addiction Centre (DAC) Unit ofMKCGMCH Campus, Ganjam, Berhampur Mental Health Institute (Centre of Excellence), SCB MCH, Cuttack |
| 27 | Puducherry    | 1        | -        | -                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 28 | Punjab        | 1        | 1        | Institute of Mental Health, Amritsar                                                                                                                                          |
| 29 | Rajasthan     | 2        | 1        | Psychiatry Centre, SMS Medical College, Jaipur                                                                                                                                |
| 30 | Sikkim        | 1        | -        | -                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu    | 2        | 1        | 104 Helpline, The Director of Medical &Rural Health Services, Chennai                                                                                                         |
| 32 | Telangana     | 1        | 1        | Institute of Mental Health, Hyderabad                                                                                                                                         |
| 33 | Tripura       | 1        | 1        | Modern Psychiatric Hospital, Narsingarh                                                                                                                                       |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 4        | 4        | Mental Hospital, Varanasi Mental Health Institute                                                                                                                             |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 4        | 4        | &Hospital, Agra                                                                                                                                                               |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 4        | 4        | BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur Mental Health Hospital, Bareilly                                                                                                               |
| 35 | Uttarakhand   | 1        | 1        | Mental Health Institute, Dehradun, Selaqui                                                                                                                                    |
| 36 | West Bengal   | 2        | 2        | Swasthya Bhawan Campus, Kolkata                                                                                                                                               |
| 36 | TOTAL         | 51 Cells | 42 Cells | Institute Of Psychiatry, Kolkata                                                                                                                                              |