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.