The National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped is situated at

The correct answer is A) Hyderabad. The National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (NIMH) is located at Manovikas Nagar, Secunderabad, which forms part of the Hyderabad twin city. It was set up in 1984 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, now functioning under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.

• New Delhi (B): The ministry headquarters and the National Trust (set up under the National Trust Act, 1999) are in Delhi, but NIMH is not here.
• Kolkata (C): Home to the National Institute for Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH), which deals with locomotor disabilities, not intellectual disability.
• Chennai (D): Home to the National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD).

The core concept is the set of four national institutes under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, each mapped to a specific disability category. For Mains, this links to the rights-based framework of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the institutional gaps in implementation.

Trap: Aspirants often confuse NIMH with NIMHANS, which is in Bengaluru and is a different institution under the Health Ministry.