Lok Sabha Question No. 2274 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-01
Subject: Status of National TB Elimination Programme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Varun Chaudhry

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

## DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2274 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01 st AUGUST, 2025

## STATUS OF NATIONALTB ELIMINATION PROGRAMME

## 2274. SHRI VARUN CHAUDHRY:

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

- (a) whether TB is likely to be eliminated from the country in 2025 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is a fact that every TB patient in the country is not provided with food basket every month and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to cover all such patients in future;
- (d) whether it is a fact that TB incidence rate increased in the country during the last three years and if so, the details thereof, year-wise; and
- (e) the achievement status of bank account seeding of TB patients in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a) to (e) Government of India has implemented National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) under the aegis of the National Health Mission (NHM).

As per the World Health Organisation's Global TB Report, 2024, the incidence rate of TB in India has shown a 17.7% decline from 237 per lakh population in 2015 to 195 per lakh population in 2023, which is more than double the global reduction, while deaths due to TB has reduced by 21.4% from 28 per lakh population in 2015 to 22 per lakh population in 2023.

For nutritional support, the Government has introduced Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) through DBT under which Rs 1000/month per patient is provided for the entire duration of treatment. Since April 2018, under NPY Rs 4,018 crores have been disbursed to 1.31 crore eligible beneficiaries.

Further, the Government launched 'Ni-kshay Mitra Initiative' for support to TB patients through community stakeholders. Since September 2022, 3.28 lakh Ni-kshay Mitras have been registered and 36.64 lakh food baskets distributed to 16.01 lakh consenting TB patients. The key steps taken to strengthen the Ni-kshay Mitra initiative are:

-  Engage elected representatives, panchayati raj institutions, urban local body members to become a Ni-kshay Mitra.
-  Involve corporates, industries, business associations, civil society organizations, MY Bharat volunteers, jan arogya samiti and mahila arogya samiti in the initiative.
-  Digital platform for citizens to register as Ni-kshay Mitra and provide their commitment.
-  Engage self help groups & non-governmental organizations in last mile service delivery

The status of bank account seeding among notified TB cases is placed as Annexure.

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Annexure Status of bank account seeding among notified TB cases under NTEP

| State/ UT                          |   Number of Eligible Beneficiaries |   Number of Beneficiary with Bank Account details available | %    |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------|
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                                635 |                                                         589 | 93%  |
| Andhra Pradesh                     |                              86488 |                                                       84773 | 98%  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |                               3178 |                                                        2911 | 92%  |
| Assam                              |                              51560 |                                                       48355 | 94%  |
| Bihar                              |                             207093 |                                                      168387 | 81%  |
| Chandigarh                         |                               5045 |                                                        4367 | 87%  |
| Chhattisgarh                       |                              40003 |                                                       37584 | 94%  |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu |                                928 |                                                         927 | 100% |
| Delhi                              |                              94432 |                                                       74432 | 79%  |
| Goa                                |                               2110 |                                                        1579 | 75%  |
| Gujarat                            |                             141561 |                                                      131674 | 93%  |
| Haryana                            |                              91930 |                                                       83015 | 90%  |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |                              17344 |                                                       16708 | 96%  |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     |                              12312 |                                                       11518 | 94%  |
| Jharkhand                          |                              64627 |                                                       58446 | 90%  |
| Karnataka                          |                              78240 |                                                       56692 | 72%  |
| Kerala                             |                              21103 |                                                       19054 | 90%  |
| Ladakh                             |                                345 |                                                         326 | 94%  |
| Lakshadweep                        |                                 15 |                                                          14 | 93%  |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |                             190236 |                                                      178942 | 94%  |
| Maharashtra                        |                             232908 |                                                      192761 | 83%  |
| Manipur                            |                               2575 |                                                        2171 | 84%  |
| Meghalaya                          |                               4819 |                                                        4323 | 90%  |
| Mizoram                            |                               2416 |                                                        2170 | 90%  |
| Nagaland                           |                               4222 |                                                        4070 | 96%  |
| Odisha                             |                              61516 |                                                       59265 | 96%  |
| Puducherry                         |                               1530 |                                                        1471 | 96%  |
| Punjab                             |                              60343 |                                                       51408 | 85%  |
| Rajasthan                          |                             174418 |                                                      153779 | 88%  |
| Sikkim                             |                               1406 |                                                        1343 | 96%  |
| Tamil Nadu                         |                              99601 |                                                       91982 | 92%  |
| Telangana                          |                              74946 |                                                       60047 | 80%  |
| Tripura                            |                               3612 |                                                        3436 | 95%  |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |                             712665 |                                                      669091 | 94%  |
| Uttarakhand                        |                              30678 |                                                       28911 | 94%  |
| West Bengal                        |                             103378 |                                                       96113 | 93%  |

Data Source - Ni-kshay portal