Helpline No.

Numbers for police, ambulance, fire and rescue services, plus details of various support groups…

Service Telephone
Ambulance 102
Local police 100
Fire service 101
Drugs 
24-hour CARE helpline for alcoholism and drug addiction
(040) 2779 0278, 0984 826 3919
HIV/AIDS 1800 180 2008 (for BSNL/MTNL)
0172 2662172
Child abuse 1098
Domestic abuse and sexual violence 181
Suicide/crisis line 
24-hour helpline
(044) 2754 6669
Anti-poison 1066
Cancer helpline 99 105 16562

Scheme

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is an Indian law that aims to guarantee the ‘right to work’ and ensure livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The statute is hailed by the government as “the largest and most ambitious social security and public works programme in the world.