National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore,…

Concept

“Stree Manoraksha” (literally “protection of a woman’s mind”) is a women’s mental-health and welfare initiative. In the Government of India, schemes whose core purpose is the safety, welfare and empowerment of women — especially those run through One Stop Centres (OSCs) for women facing violence — fall under the women-and-child welfare administration, not under the general health, traditional-medicine, or urban-housing administrations.

Application

Project Stree Manoraksha was launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with NIMHANS, Bengaluru. Its aim is to build the mental-health and psychosocial-care capacity of staff and counsellors at One Stop Centres across the country, so they can provide trauma-informed care to women facing violence and abuse. The Ministry of Women and Child Development is the nodal ministry for OSCs and women-safety schemes, which is why it is the supporting ministry here.

Cross-check

Checking the alternatives against their actual mandates confirms the choice:

• Health and Family Welfare administers public-health and medical services in general, not the women-OSC programme that anchors this project.

• AYUSH governs traditional systems of medicine (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy) — unrelated to this initiative.

• Housing and Urban Affairs handles urban housing and infrastructure, which has no bearing on a women’s mental-health project.

Since a correct supporting ministry is present among the choices, “None of these” does not apply. Hence the supporting ministry is the Ministry of Women and Child Development.