(a) Whether the Union Government has received a proposal from the Government of Madhya Pradesh for upgradation of mental hospitals in Indore, Gwalior, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Rewa under National Mental Health Programme of tenth Five Year Plan;
(b) if so, the present status thereof; and
(c) the time by which the said proposals are likely to be approved?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE( SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)
(a): Proposal for modernization of mental hospitals at Indore and Gwalior had been received from the Government of Madhya Pradesh. There are no mental hospitals at Bhopal, Jabalpur an Rewa. However, proposals for strengthening of Psychiatric Wards in medical colleges at Indore,Gwalior, Bhipal, Jabalpur and Rewa were also received.
(b) & (c): The Steering Committee has approved the proposal of funding the mental hospital at Gwalior and that of the medical colleges at Indore,Gwalior, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Rewa, subject to technical appraisal. They are likely to be finalized shortly.
Regarding mental hospital at Indore, the State Government has been requested to send a revised proposal.