Ni-kshay Portal: TB Patient Tracking, Poshan Yojana & DBT

Mandate and digital healthcare architecture

• Developed by the Central TB Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
• Acts as a comprehensive web-enabled patient management system tracking TB diagnosis, treatment adherence, and drug distribution across public and private health sectors.
• Integrates digital adherence technologies (such as 99DOTS and smart pillboxes) to support patients throughout their treatment regimen.

Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana and DBT financial support

• Nutritional financial assistance: Provides monthly financial incentives directly into TB patients' bank accounts during active anti-TB treatment.
• Compensates nutritional costs, enabling patients to access protein-rich diets required for effective recovery and medicine tolerance.
• Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT): Disbursed without intermediaries into verified Aadhaar-linked bank accounts through the Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

Patient registration and Ni-kshay Mitra community support

• Patients diagnosed at government health centers or registered private clinics are enrolled with a unique Ni-kshay ID.
• Community participation (Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan): Enables 'Ni-kshay Mitras' (citizens, NGOs, and cooperatives) to adopt TB patients and provide food baskets and diagnostic aid.
• Patients can monitor their enrollment and payment release status on the official portal (nikshay.in).

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