India’s Initiatives to Reduce Suicides: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 20 January 2023
India’s Initiatives to Reduce Suicides
✅Mental Healthcare Act, 2017:
aims to provide mental healthcare services for persons with mental illness.
✅KIRAN:
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched a 24/7 toll-free helpline KIRAN to provide support to people facing anxiety, stress, depression, suicidal thoughts and other mental health concerns.
✅Manodarpan Initiative:
is an initiative of the Ministry of Education under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. It is aimed to provide psychosocial support to students, family members and teachers for their mental health and well-being during the times of Covid-19.
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