• Mandeep

The President of India approved the Mental Health Act 2017 (MHCA 2017) in April 2017 and entered into force on 7 April 2018. The act was defined as the action provide the mental primary healthcare services in order to preserve, encourage and fulfil the rights of such parties also in provision of mental health services and care and in aspects relating to or attributable to them. It superseded the mental health act of 1987 that had previously existed (MHA 1987). This article starts by presenting Indian mental health statistics and addresses the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities before addressing the main features of the 2017 Mental Health Act. The essay briefly investigates the provisions that also dig into their limitations.

Disabilities, IMHA, UN Convention Mental Health care, Ethics, Social issues.

"Concordance of Mental Health Care act, 2017", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.7-9, January 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREO06003.pdf

"Concordance of Mental Health Care act, 2017", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp7-9, January 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREO06003.pdf