Only two-thirds of people living with tuberculosis benefitted from the Nikshay Poshan Yojana scheme in 2021.
What is the Nikshay Poshan Yojana?
Launched in: 2018 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Under the scheme, every TB patient in India, seeking treatment in both government and private sector hospitals is eligible for a direct benefit transfer(DBT) of Rs 500 per month to support their nutritional needs.
Note: The major risk factor driving TB in India is undernutrition. More than 0.9 million new cases are attributable to undernutrition, accounting for nearly 34% of all cases
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