AgenciesIn light of the mental anguish caused by the pandemic, the Indian government is working on improving mental health care in the country, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing during her Budget 2022 presentation that the Centre will be launching a National Tele Mental Health Programme
"To better the access to quality mental health counselling and care services, a 'National Tele Mental Health Programme' will be launched," Sitharaman said.
Sitharaman said the programme will include a network of 23 tele-mental health centres of excellence, with NIMHANS being the nodal centre and International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIITB) providing tech support.
"It will consist of digital registries of health providers and health facilities, unique health identity, consent framework, and universal access to health facilities," she said.
Budget 2022: Online learning, digital health ecosystem for health and education sector
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed to set up a digital university to provide education that will be built on a hub and spoke model. She also said that the 1-Class-1-TV channel will be implemented to provide supplementary education to children to make up for the loss of formal education due to the COVID pandemic.
"To better the access to quality mental health counselling and care services, a 'National Tele Mental Health Programme' will be launched," Sitharaman said.
Sitharaman said the programme will include a network of 23 tele-mental health centres of excellence, with NIMHANS being the nodal centre and International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIITB) providing tech support.
"It will consist of digital registries of health providers and health facilities, unique health identity, consent framework, and universal access to health facilities," she said.
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