Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana:
The Union Health Ministry has doubled the monthly nutrition support under Ni-Kshay Poshan Yojana from the existing Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per month for all TB patients, during treatment.
- Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) as a centrally sponsored scheme under the National Health Mission (NHM) in April 2018.
- It is a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) in India.
- Objective is to provide incentives for nutritional support to tuberculosis (TB) patients.
- All notified TB patients are beneficiaries of the scheme.
- All patients with TB who are notified to the government on or after April 1, 2018, including those who are already being treated for TB, are eligible for financial incentives.
- To be eligible for the incentives, patients must be registered or notified on the NIKSHAY portal.
- Financial incentive of 1000/- per month for each notified TB patient for the duration for which the patient is on anti-TB treatment.
- The incentives can be distributed in Cash (only via DBT, preferably through Aadhaar-enabled bank accounts) or in-kind.
- This scheme is implemented across all States and UTs in India.
