Tele-MANAS — Government of India

Phone: 14416 or 1800-89-14416
Availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Website: https://telemanas.mohfw.gov.in/

Tele-MANAS is the Government of India's national tele-mental-health service, providing free mental-health support and guidance through trained counsellors.

 

KIRAN Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline — Government of India

Phone: 1800-599-0019
Availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Website: https://depwd.gov.in/

KIRAN provides mental-health support, psychological first aid, distress management and rehabilitation-related assistance.

 

Vandrevala Foundation Mental Health Helpline

Phone/WhatsApp: 9999666555
Availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Email: help@vandrevalafoundation.com
Website: https://www.vandrevalafoundation.com/

The Vandrevala Foundation provides free mental-health support and crisis intervention across India.

 

Mpower Minds Mental Health Helpline

Phone: 1800-120-820050
Availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Website: https://mpowerminds.com/oneonone

Mpower provides free and confidential mental-health support for people experiencing psychological distress, anxiety, depression, stress and other mental-health concerns.

 

AASRA — Suicide Prevention and Emotional Support

Phone: 022-27546669
Availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Email: aasrahelpline@yahoo.com
Website: https://www.aasra.info/helpline.html

AASRA provides free and confidential emotional support to people experiencing severe distress or suicidal thoughts.

 

Jeevan Aastha — Gujarat Police

Phone: 1800-233-3330
Availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Email: jeevanaastha@jeevanaastha.com
Website: https://www.jeevanaastha.com/

Jeevan Aastha provides mental-health support, crisis intervention and suicide-prevention assistance.

 

1Life — Suicide Prevention and Crisis Support

Phone: 7893078930
Availability: 5:00 AM–12:00 midnight, 7 days a week
Email: onelifehelpline@hotmail.com / support@1life.org.in
Website: https://1life.org.in/

1Life provides crisis support and suicide-prevention assistance through trained counsellors.

 

Voice That Cares

Phone: 8448-8448-45
Availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Website: https://rocf.org/voice-that-cares/

Voice That Cares provides free psychological first-aid counselling and emotional support across India.

 

Sneha India — Chennai

Phone: 044-24640050 / 044-24640060
Website: https://www.snehaindia.org/

Sneha provides confidential emotional support to people experiencing distress, depression, loneliness, grief or suicidal thoughts.

 

Sumaitri — Delhi

Phone: 011-23389090 / 9315767849
Availability: 12:30 PM–5:00 PM, 7 days a week
Email: feelingsuicidal@sumaitri.net
Website: https://www.sumaitri.net/

Sumaitri is a crisis-intervention centre providing free and confidential emotional support to people experiencing distress, depression or suicidal thoughts.

 

Lifeline Foundation — Kolkata

Phone: 9163940404 / 9088030303
Availability: 10:00 AM–10:00 PM, 7 days a week
Email: lifelinekolkata@gmail.com
Website: https://www.lifelinefoundation.in/

Lifeline Foundation provides free, confidential and anonymous emotional support to people experiencing despair, depression or suicidal thoughts.

 

Kashmir Lifeline — Healing Minds Foundation

Phone: 1800-180-7020
Availability: Sunday–Thursday, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Website: https://www.kashmirlifeline.org/

Kashmir Lifeline provides confidential mental-health support, crisis intervention and referrals.

 

Roshni Trust — Hyderabad

Phone: 8142020033 / 8142020044
Availability: 11:00 AM–9:00 PM, 7 days a week
Email: roshnihelp@gmail.com
Website: https://roshinitrust.com/

Roshni provides free and confidential emotional support to people experiencing depression, suicidal thoughts or emotional distress.

 

Arpita Suicide Prevention Centre — Bengaluru

Phone: 080-23655557 / 080-23656667
Availability: 7:00 AM–9:00 PM, 7 days a week
Email: arpita.helpline@gmail.com
Website: https://www.arpitafoundation.org/

Arpita Foundation provides counselling, emotional support and suicide-prevention assistance.

 

Mitram Foundation — Bengaluru

Phone: 080-25722573 / 9019708133
Availability: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM, 7 days a week
Email: share@mitramfoundation.org
Website: https://www.mitramfoundation.org/

Mitram provides confidential emotional support to people experiencing psychological distress, including people experiencing suicidal thoughts.

 

Samaritans Mumbai

Phone: 8422984528 / 8422984529 / 8422984530
Availability: 5:00 PM–8:00 PM, 7 days a week
Email: talk2samaritans@gmail.com
Website: https://www.samaritansmumbai.com/

Samaritans Mumbai provides confidential and anonymous emotional support to people experiencing distress, depression or suicidal thoughts.

 

iCALL — Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Phone: 022-25521111 / 9152987821
Availability: Monday–Saturday, 10:00 AM–8:00 PM
Email: icall@tiss.edu
Website: https://icallhelpline.org/

iCALL provides free psychosocial counselling and emotional support for people experiencing psychological or emotional distress.

 

Maithri — Kochi

Phone: 0484-2540530
Availability: 10:00 AM–7:00 PM, 7 days a week
Website: https://maithrikochi.in/

Maithri provides emotional support and counselling to people experiencing distress and crisis.

 

Connecting Trust — Pune

Phone: 9922001122 / 9922004305
Availability: 12:00 PM–8:00 PM, 7 days a week
Email: distressmailsconnecting@gmail.com
Website: https://connectingngo.org/

Connecting Trust provides confidential support to people experiencing emotional distress and suicidal thoughts.

 

Parivarthan Counselling Helpline — Bengaluru

Phone: 7676602602
Availability: Monday–Friday, 1:00 PM–10:00 PM
Website: https://parivarthan.org/

Parivarthan provides telephone counselling and crisis intervention through trained counsellors.

 

Muktaa Mental Health Helpline

Phone: 7887889882 / 080-69267931
Availability: Monday–Saturday, 12:00 PM–8:00 PM
Email: contactus@mcf.org.in
Website: https://mcf.org.in/mental-health/

Muktaa provides free telephone-based mental-health counselling and support.

 

Mann Talks

Phone: 8686139139
Availability: 9:00 AM–8:00 PM, 7 days a week

Languages: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, and English
Email: counselling@manntalks.org
Website: https://www.manntalks.org/

Mann Talks provides free mental-health support through trained mental-health professionals.

 

COOJ Mental Health Foundation — Goa

Phone: 0832-2252525
Availability: Monday–Friday, 1:00 PM–7:00 PM
Email: YouMatterByCooj@gmail.com
Website: https://cooj.co.in/

COOJ provides suicide-prevention and mental-health support for people experiencing emotional distress.

 

Speak2Us — MS Chellamuthu Trust & Research Foundation

Phone: 9375493754
Availability: 10:00 AM–6:00 PM, 7 days a week
Website: https://msctrust.org/

Speak2Us provides free mental-health support through trained volunteers.

 

Emergency Services — India

Phone: 112
Website: https://112.gov.in/

Call 112 if someone is in immediate danger, has attempted suicide, has seriously injured themselves, or requires urgent police, ambulance or other emergency assistance.

Important: Helpline numbers, operating hours and services can change. This list is provided as a referral resource and does not guarantee that a particular helpline will be available at the time of calling. If you cannot reach one service, try another. In an immediate emergency, call 112 or go to the nearest emergency department.

 

Last verified: 3 September 2026