Lok Sabha Question No. 2192 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-15
Subject: Tuberculosis Patients
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2192 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th DECEMBER, 2023

## TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS

## 2192. SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the number of Tuberculosis patients have increased following the Covid-19 pandemic in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is a fact that Government has launched Nikshay Poshan Yojana to support TB patients in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the number of beneficiaries for such scheme during the last three years, year-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFTHE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) and (b) The Government has made steady progress towards the target of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals related to TB by 2025 in India. As per the Global TB Report 2023, published by the World Health Organisation, the incidence rate of TB in India has shown a 16% decline from 237 per 100,000 population in 2015 to 199 per 100,000 population in 2022. To mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, intensive efforts for case detection in public and private sector were undertaken and the programme has been able to increase the case detection & bridge the gap of missed cases. The number of TB cases notified in the Ni-kshay portal under the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) in last three years and current year so far, is as under:

| Year                                          | 2020                                          | 2021                                          | 2022                                          | 2023*                                         |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| TB Notification (In Lakh)                     | 18.05                                         | 21.35                                         | 24.22                                         | 22.31                                         |
| *Source Ni-kshay-data till 30th November,2023 | *Source Ni-kshay-data till 30th November,2023 | *Source Ni-kshay-data till 30th November,2023 | *Source Ni-kshay-data till 30th November,2023 | *Source Ni-kshay-data till 30th November,2023 |

(c) and (d) The Government introduced Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) in April 2018 for providing Rs 500/month as DBT to support nutrition of TB patients for the entire duration of treatment. Since inception till December 2023, cumulatively Rs 2617.44 Cr have been disbursed to 95.93 lakh eligible beneficiaries. The number of NPY beneficiaries in last three years and current year so far, are as under:

| Year                                          | 2020                                          | 2021                                          | 2022                                          | 2023*                                         |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| NPY beneficiaries (In Lakh)                   | 17.38                                         | 20.86                                         | 23.52                                         | 21.11                                         |
| *Source Ni-kshay-data till 4 th December,2023 | *Source Ni-kshay-data till 4 th December,2023 | *Source Ni-kshay-data till 4 th December,2023 | *Source Ni-kshay-data till 4 th December,2023 | *Source Ni-kshay-data till 4 th December,2023 |