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GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 3550
TOBE ANSWERED ON13THMARCH,2026
NATIONALMENTALHEALTH PROGRAMME
3550. SHRIBAPI HALDAR:
Will the Ministerof HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFAREbe pleasedtostate:
(a) whether it is a fact that India has approximately 0.75 psychiatrists per 100,000
Population,whereasWHO recommendsat least 3per100,000, if so, the details thereof;
(b) the details of funds allocated and utilised under the National Mental Health Programme
(NMHP)during the last elevenyears, State-wise andyear-wise; and
(c) the details of funds allocated and utilised under the District Mental Health Programme
(DMHP)during the last elevenyears, State-wise andyear-wise?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND
FAMILYWELFARE
(SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a) to (c) As per the National Mental Health Survey (NMHS) 2016, conducted by the
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru in 12
States of the country, the availability of Psychiatrists in the NMHS states varied from 0.05
per lakh population in Madhya Pradesh to 1.2 per lakh population in Kerala. As per the
WHO Mental Health Atlas 2020, the global average of availability per 1,00,000 population
is1.7psychiatrists.
The governmenthasincreased numberof Medical Colleges, Under Graduate (UG) andPost
Graduate (PG) seats. There is an increase in Medical Colleges from 387 to 818; UG seats
from 51,348to1,28,976 andPGseats from 31,185to85020from 2014 toason date.
Under the tertiary care component of National Mental Health Programme (NMHP), 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 medicalcolleges/institutions to strengthen 47 PG Departments in mental health specialties. As and
when proposals are received from States / UTs / Institutes, the same are examined and
funds are released accordingly as per the procedures and conditions of Department of
expenditure for release of fund. The details of budget allocation and funds released to
States / UTs / Institutes under National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) year-wise is at
Annexure-I.
The details of funds allocated and utilised under the District Mental Health Programme
(DMHP)State-wise andyear-wiseisat Annexure- II.
****Annexure-I
Details of Budget allocationandfundsreleased underNationalMentalHealthProgramme
(NMHP)
(inCrores)
FY BE RE Expenditure
2015-2016 35.42 35 35
2016-2017 35 35 30.93
2017-2018 30 45 44.34
2018-2019 50 2.31 2.02
2019-2020 35 05 2.50
2020-2021 35 22.11 20.43
2021-2022 35 28 25.16
2022-2023 35 35.31 34.59
2023-2024 31.5 34.65 15.14
2024-2025 30.71 20 5.27Annexure-II
State/UT-wise details of funds allocated and utilized for the District Mental Health Programme under the Flexible Pool for
Non Communicable Diseases during 2015-16 to 2019-20
(Rs.inlakhs)
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
S.No State/UT
Approved Exp. Approved Exp. Approved Exp. Approved Exp. Approved Exp.
1. Bihar 683.80 130.19 839.09 222.50 139.80 65.32 534.30 27.48 218.64 59.69
2. Chhattisgarh 0.00 73.37 475.77 213.33 189.00 159.14 569.70 267.26 328.70 394.14
3. Himachal
56.48 8.58 8.76 5.60 54.80 6.28 3.20 10.67 12.86 3.58
Pradesh
4. Jammu&
0.00 0.00 170.08 12.73 36.20 42.04 330.90 61.80 233.64 54.22
Kashmir
5. Jharkhand 0.00 0.00 237.46 51.73 41.55 48.82 605.78 13.71 70.37 0.72
6. Madhya
297.00 49.43 445.50 79.66 127.84 91.58 168.00 126.99 177.34 120.88
Pradesh
7. Orissa 0.00 152.50 601.19 235.12 492.49 100.03 576.28 125.13 301.55 179.82
8. Rajasthan 28.00 209.44 1898.15 124.92 818.86 101.10 160.30 353.04 406.24 185.24
9. UttarPradesh 887.60 177.12 1481.88 571.06 1020.00 695.03 1747.90 831.83 1686.94 833.23
10. Uttarakhand 0.00 0.00 133.22 0.00 53.20 47.00 528.95 27.09 23.70 15.88
11. Arunachal
0.00 0.00 228.42 42.26 133.44 9.79 134.00 68.08 111.60 0.00
Pradesh
12. Assam 398.40 25.46 487.44 33.01 267.60 38.44 596.67 210.39 550.84 256.38
13. Manipur 0.00 0.00 306.01 0.00 179.10 0.00 64.28 150.34 157.15 85.43
14. Meghalaya 74.00 10.33 102.12 13.40 275.27 28.37 227.08 56.26 102.30 66.32
15. Mizoram 253.09 84.90 401.62 165.52 232.00 4.02 44.92 40.93 51.90 11.29
16. Nagaland 0.00 0.00 102.64 59.14 70.52 23.92 86.70 33.45 135.88 20.05
17. Sikkim 172.67 121.46 138.03 63.25 90.82 39.33 31.29 28.41 50.02 19.33
18. Tripura 63.08 4.93 106.28 5.66 52.40 11.64 42.80 8.34 43.52 9.91
19. Andhra
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 237.80 232.90 267.80 132.93 504.30 504.30
Pradesh
20. Goa 61.15 8.47 39.80 12.49 24.10 1.36 18.94 7.06 25.11 8.20
21. Gujarat 199.84 109.20 258.80 54.84 704.00 428.54 860.50 481.52 558.70 349.06
22. Haryana 213.27 46.96 121.72 36.10 33.77 13.74 101.07 22.91 54.58 17.19
23. Karnataka 317.20 158.49 1622.11 967.86 675.98 481.24 658.10 466.82 612.10 495.212015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
S.No State/UT
Approved Exp. Approved Exp. Approved Exp. Approved Exp. Approved Exp.
24. Kerala 0.00 0.00 102.82 70.00 100.00 99.07 119.70 71.49 200.70 52.29
25. Maharashtra 976.00 282.32 630.68 284.38 225.70 108.67 387.60 182.88 731.90 283.34
26. Punjab 0.00 0.00 303.38 167.00 354.20 0.00 209.00 12.73 142.00 0.00
27. TamilNadu 434.80 231.78 669.59 125.00 74.75 91.98 1031.40 865.49 1149.70 202.78
28. Telangana 0.00 0.00 141.25 0.00 63.00 0.00 45.00 0.00 170.00 17.74
29. WestBengal 174.00 311.44 362.57 302.86 103.98 18.27 244.20 53.10 117.63 63.88
30. A&NIslands 0.00 0.00 51.27 0.00 63.00 0.00 9.30 8.75 19.75 0.21
31. Chandigarh 0.00 0.00 27.45 10.59 2.20 0.00 3.95 0.00 0.00 0.00
32. D&NHaveli 63.40 13.44 56.88 40.26 20.60 7.58 5.00 1.32 4.00 3.36
33. Daman&
0.00 0.00 4.51 0.00 1.50 0.00 0.45 0.07 1.00 0.83
Diu
34. Delhi 244.00 0.00 197.43 0.00 86.40 0.06 90.00 0.00 60.00 0.00
35. Lakshadweep 23.98 8.57 36.42 3.79 14.70 1.38 5.20 4.70 2.90 6.59
36. Puducherry 46.38 11.23 40.67 24.63 14.94 5.38 16.85 3.61 18.21 1.33
37. Ladakh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total 5668.14 2229.60 12831.01 3998.71 7075.51 3002.00 10527.11 4756.59 9035.77 4322.43Annexure-II
State/UT-wisedetails of fundsallocatedandutilized fortheDistrict Mental HealthProgrammeundertheFlexible Poolfor
Non-Communicable Diseasesfrom F.Y.2020-21 to F.Y. 2024-25
2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
S.
State/UT
No. SPIP SPIP SPIP SPIP SPIP
Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure
Approval Approval Approval Approval Approval
Andamanand
Nicobar
1 Islands 20.00 0.00 25.60 0.41 22.55 0.71 24.20 - 11.15 1.80
Andhra
2 Pradesh 300.30 300.30 1184.53 460.01 1395.32 103.13 1,251.20 1,025.50 897.01 661.57
Arunachal
3 Pradesh 177.40 0.64 69.30 67.86 242.00 172.84 229.00 42.33 198.50 44.14
4 Assam 341.17 168.55 367.03 257.48 388.42 214.49 420.94 256.40 475.96 352.63
5 Bihar 226.75 65.15 628.75 40.79 187.50 18.51 197.75 32.02 274.68 58.25
6 Chandigarh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - - - -
7 Chhattisgarh 258.21 198.87 602.72 488.49 1063.65 840.62 949.15 524.70 955.93 239.70
Dadra&
NagarHaveli
8
andDaman&
Diu 3.07 0.21 0.54 0.18 15.44 0.24 9.15 0.05 3.00 3.50
9 Delhi 84.00 0.00 0.00 0.54 0.00 0.00 - - 97.00 -
10 Goa 16.60 9.29 47.35 30.09 44.40 32.93 44.40 32.59 44.40 36.28
11 Gujarat 562.70 355.11 794.74 350.30 834.85 394.45 834.85 798.52 876.96 648.17
12 Haryana 55.27 22.44 174.92 122.67 130.97 62.79 133.47 86.05 157.41 122.63
Himachal
13 Pradesh 30.92 21.51 57.51 2.93 53.00 10.62 39.00 26.18 18.00 9.79
Jammuand
14 Kashmir 219.50 20.85 197.50 91.88 145.00 40.45 145.00 38.79 150.50 31.95
15 Jharkhand 18.07 2.74 124.71 122.60 220.74 151.80 215.12 165.32 153.07 124.652020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
S.
State/UT
No. SPIP SPIP SPIP SPIP SPIP
Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure
Approval Approval Approval Approval Approval
16 Karnataka 649.30 529.14 1165.46 803.08 1713.24 761.14 1,186.75 1,050.57 712.62 618.04
17 Kerala 318.75 42.95 692.90 411.30 872.65 412.91 847.40 349.53 684.40 276.38
18 Ladakh 0.00 2.11 21.00 28.31 116.89 138.42 53.50 40.31 63.10 50.55
19 Lakshadweep 7.80 1.38 14.60 1.19 17.03 2.89 17.88 0.67 15.50 5.13
Madhya
20 Pradesh 214.94 108.42 236.65 221.80 247.54 158.72 317.30 224.11 400.34 251.63
21 Maharashtra 471.14 200.72 327.75 585.44 992.00 377.68 831.25 356.36 1,105.13 265.95
22 Manipur 288.96 37.41 281.64 50.65 396.04 52.10 366.04 95.65 399.40 186.62
23 Meghalaya 102.00 248.79 213.80 174.98 174.40 87.24 164.16 97.41 179.20 114.77
24 Mizoram 38.89 15.89 57.50 22.77 60.30 20.75 63.30 28.96 63.30 11.61
25 Nagaland 143.00 3.77 252.47 233.91 161.61 28.56 160.04 45.78 140.92 126.48
26 Odisha 191.10 120.55 474.25 243.21 513.82 336.77 517.00 411.81 386.87 269.11
27 Puducherry 12.74 2.69 67.09 6.08 52.59 14.22 52.59 23.98 62.10 14.97
28 Punjab 305.20 11.17 199.90 49.92 293.00 7.10 293.00 293.00 726.50 1.71
29 Rajasthan 577.60 245.57 529.49 175.97 402.40 154.50 402.40 220.75 379.28 585.07
30 Sikkim 50.40 12.29 103.60 30.96 48.27 25.24 48.27 26.75 48.99 40.09
31 TamilNadu 155.90 74.64 564.26 428.62 1464.70 128.73 2,909.40 373.34 2,654.47 1,741.66
32 Telangana 1024.72 16.12 0.00 0.00 254.75 132.25 238.25 16.59 193.50 193.50
33 Tripura 28.80 10.97 66.00 30.89 69.10 33.11 54.40 23.72 53.00 39.89
34 UttarPradesh 1382.84 485.46 2232.43 240.75 2763.83 1477.41 3,248.08 1,613.03 2,701.02 887.17
35 Uttarakhand 45.12 10.13 50.14 71.62 60.90 25.99 56.55 22.02 50.89 21.50
36 WestBengal 89.90 47.00 464.36 131.14 555.82 236.10 575.14 223.01 428.30 202.19