The Indian government is executing the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) with a determined plan to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ending TB by 2025, instead of 2030.

Since 2018, a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of INR 500 has been provided monthly in the Nikshay Poshan Yojana during the treatment duration.

The Nikshay portal automatically generates benefits of INR 1000 at diagnosis and another INR 500 after 56 days of treatment.

This will be processed through a maker/checker/approver method.

To address delays, loss to follow-up, and resource optimization, the first benefit will be revised to INR 1500, followed by another INR 1500 at 84 days and subsequent monthly INR 500.

This will reduce transition frequency from 5 to 2 and enhance implementation efficiency.

The revised benefit system will be applied to patients notified after January 1, 2024, while existing patients will continue with the current frequency.