Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana

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• The Union Health Ministry has launched the Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana in 2018 as part of National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP).

More about the Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana

• About:
  • The scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme under National Health Mission (NHM). 
  • All notified TB patients are beneficiaries of the scheme. 
  • Financial incentive:
    • Scheme provides for the financial incentive of Rs.500/- per month for each notified TB patient for the duration for which the patient is on anti-TB treatment.
  • DBT component:
    • The scheme is registered under Direct Benefit Transfer. The incentives can be distributedin Cash (only via DBT preferably through Aadhaar enabled bank accounts) or in-kind.
• Ni-kshay Mitras:
  • Ni-kshay Mitras can adopt and care for TB patients.They are volunteers who could be individuals, NGOs, co-operative societies, corporates, and even political parties.
  • They commit to help the TB patients through nutritional support, nutritional supplements, additional investigations and vocational support.
  • This public health initiative has already shown good uptake. 
    • Within three months of its launch, more than 52,000  Ni-kshay Mitras have registered. 
• E-Nikshay platform
  • It is developed and maintained by the Central TB Division (CTD), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in collaboration with the National Informatics Centre (NIC), and the World Health Organization.
  • It is the web-enabled patient management system for TB control under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP). 
  • Each TB patient whether public or private sector notified must be notified on the Nikshay platform.

Source: PIB