Timed to coincide with the World Mental Health Day, the policy aims to provide universal access to mental healthcare, especially to those living in poverty The Union health ministry on Friday unveiled India?? first national mental health policy, which was accompanied by a mental health action plan for next one year. The aim is to provide access to good quality treatment to mentally ill people, especially those living in poverty. While introducing the new policy, timed to coincide with the World Mental Health Day, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said that universal access to mental health care is a specific goal of the government. It would find substantial articulation in the evolving National Health Policy and National Health Assurance Mission (NHAM), he said.

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