Abstract Adolescent health and nutrition status has an inter-generational effect. Therefore, adolescence isone of the important stages of the life cycle in terms of health interventions. Adolescence is a critical transitional period that includes the biological changes of puberty and the need to negotiate key developmental tasks, such as increasing independence and normative experimentation. The Reproductive, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health programme which is at the heart of flagship programme National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is introduced to generate awareness about the health issues of adolescents apart from other goals. The aim of this programme is to protect the lives and safeguard the health of women, adolescents and children, through constant innovation and collaboration of interventions. The aim of this paper to highlight components of the programme meant to help the adolescents to meet their mental, social and emotional needs.