Lok Sabha Question No. 1021 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: Tele MANAS
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1021 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH DECEMBER, 2023

## TELE MANAS

## 1021. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched the National Tele Mental Health Programme to make mental health counseling more accessible;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the total number of Tele-MANAS cells functioning across the country, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated for the same; and
- (d) the number of languages in which the Tele-MANAS services are available in the country?

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

(a) to (d) 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.

As on 04.12.2023, 46 Tele MANAS Cells are functional in 34 States/UTs as per details provided at Annexure and more than 4,81,000 calls have been handled on the helpline.

A total of Rs. 120.98 crore and Rs. 133.73 crore has been allocated for National Tele Mental Health Programme (NTMHP) for the year 2022-23 and 2023-24 respectively.

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.

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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 and Allied Sciences, Bhojpur |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh                        |                                    1 | 1                                     | Sciences, Patna 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 | 1                                     | 104 Centre, Solan                                                                                                      |
|        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                                                                         |
|        22 | Maharashtra                         |                                    3 | 3                                     | Regional Mental Hospital, Thane                                                                                        |

|    |               |    |    | Regional Mental Hospital, Pune                                                                               |
|----|---------------|----|----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    |               |    |    | Geriatric Health and Mental Illness Center, Ambejogai District Hospital, Beed                                |
| 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  | 1  | State Mental Health Insititute, Thekuba                                                                      |
| 26 | Odisha        | 2  | 2  | District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) / De-Addiction Centre (DAC) Unit ofMKCGMCH Campus, Ganjam, Berhampur |
| 26 | Odisha        | 2  | 2  | Mental Health Institute (Centre of Excellence), SCB MCH, Cuttack                                             |
| 27 | Puducherry    | 1  | -  | -                                                                                                            |
| 28 | Punjab        | 1  | 1  | Institute of Mental Health, Amritsar                                                                         |
| 29 | Rajasthan     | 2  | 2  | Psychiatry Centre, SMS Medical College, Jaipur                                                               |
| 30 | Sikkim        | 1  | 1  | MDMHospital, Jodhpur Tele-Manas Sikkim Cell, Gangtok                                                         |
| 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 &Hospital,                                                 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 4  | 4  | 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 | West Bengal   | 2  | 2  | Institute Of Psychiatry, Kolkata                                                                             |