India’s TB Incidence Fell 21% Between 2015 and 2024: Nadda

The Story in Brief

India’s tuberculosis incidence rate fell 21%, from 237 to 187 cases per lakh people, between 2015 and 2024, Union Health Minister J P Nadda told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. TB mortality declined 25%, from 28 to 21 per lakh, while treatment coverage rose from 53% to 92%, citing the WHO Global TB Report 2025.

The Ni-kshay portal recorded 26.37 lakh TB notifications in 2025, up from 25.52 lakh in 2023. Nadda said higher notification reflects better detection of previously missing cases. The government has expanded its TB campaign to all districts. Separately, its non-communicable disease programme reported 2.29 crore diabetes cases between 2023-24 and 2025-26.

The Indian Opinion

Claims that India has either eliminated TB or made no progress are both too sweeping. The reported fall in incidence and deaths is encouraging, but notification totals are rising because detection has improved, making them a poor measure of disease reduction by themselves. The real test is whether treatment coverage stays near 92% and mortality continues to fall, especially across states where public health systems differ. Will the next WHO assessment confirm the trend?

Source: health.economictimes.indiatimes.com

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