Rural Health Care And Intervention Of The State - A Critical Analysis In The Indian Scenario
- IJLLR Journal
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Amaya Kaur Bindra, B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons), Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University
ABSTRACT
India is a vast population of 1,450 million people out of which 70% of the population are residing in rural areas. According to national mental health survey (NMHS), approximately 20.4% of the adult Indian population experiences mental disorders, 6.9% in the rural areas which is comparatively lower than the urban areas of 13.5%. But still the condition of mental disorders in rural areas are not improving even though the government has made various initiatives and schemes to enhance and improve the mental health conditions in rural areas.
The article primarily focuses on the various government initiatives, schemes that has been implemented by the government and how these government initiatives and schemes are helping in enhancing the condition of rural mental health, what are the lacunae and gaps government schemes and initiatives are facing in improving the rural mental health condition and lastly the initiatives which would perhaps help the government schemes to be ameliorated and improved to address the challenges posed in the resolution of the issues of mental health disorders in rural areas of India.
The article is limited in its scope to the rural Indian scenario and secondary sources of information are researched to give a perspective on the contemporary times. The critical study is focused on addressing only the government initiatives in the rural public health sector.
Keywords: mental health, schemes, healthcare, rural areas, public health sector
