Date: 2025-12-04Category: Press ReleaseState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Union Health Minister Shri JP Nadda engages with Bihar MPs to accelerate momentum towards a TB-Mukt Bharat; calls for strengthened political leadership, community mobilisation, and patient-centric care
**Executive Summary**
On December 4, 2025, Union Health Minister Shri JP Nadda chaired a high-level interaction with Bihar MPs in New Delhi as part of the "TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan." The meeting aimed to accelerate momentum towards a TB-Mukt Bharat, emphasize the need for political leadership, community mobilization, and patient-centric care, and reinforce a unified political resolve to eliminate TB in India. State-level consultations are planned in the coming weeks to strengthen efforts against Tuberculosis.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Meeting Overview:**
* Union Health Minister Shri JP Nadda met with Bihar MPs to promote the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan.
* The meeting was a follow-up to similar engagements with MPs from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
* Several Union Ministers were present, including ministers for Textiles, Fisheries, Agriculture, Jal Shakti, and Coal & Mines.
* **TB Elimination Progress and Goals:**
* India has seen a 21% decline in TB incidence between 2015 and 2024, almost double the global average.
* India has a 90% treatment success rate, surpassing the worldwide average.
* The Union Health Minister urged MPs to assume leadership in driving Jan Andolan for TB elimination.
* **MP Responsibilities:**
* Deepen awareness and stigma reduction efforts in their constituencies.
* Promote early detection through Ni-kshay Shivirs and community-based screening.
* Strengthen oversight of quality TB services at the district and block levels.
* Encourage community participation and mobilize Ni-kshay Mitras for nutritional, psychosocial, and livelihood support to TB patients.
* **Strategic Approaches and Achievements:**
* India's evolving strategy includes the scale-up of AI-enabled diagnostics, intensified screening, and enhanced patient support.
* Achievements under the ‘TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan' were presented, highlighting areas where parliamentary leadership could further strengthen Bihar's response.
**Impact Analysis**
**Bihar MPs**
* **Impact:** Expected to lead and drive TB elimination efforts within their constituencies, ensuring patient-centric care reaches the grassroots level.
* **Action Required:** To assume leadership in driving Jan Andolan for TB elimination by deepening awareness, promoting early detection, strengthening oversight of TB services, and encouraging community participation.
**Union and State Governments**
* **Impact:** Responsible for implementing and scaling up strategies for TB elimination across the nation, guided by the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
* **Action Required:** To continue building political consensus and grassroots momentum toward ensuring a TB-Mukt Bihar and a TB-Mukt Bharat, and to translate political will into transformative action at the grassroots.
**Citizens of India**
* **Impact:** Will benefit from strengthened efforts to eliminate TB.
* **Action Required:** None specified.
Key Entities Referenced
TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan: An initiative focused on eliminating Tuberculosis in India.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The Indian government ministry responsible for health policy.
Bihar: Indian state where MPs are engaging to address TB
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Union Health Minister Shri JP Nadda engages
with Bihar MPs to accelerate momentum
towards a TB-Mukt Bharat; calls for
strengthened political leadership, community
mobilisation, and patient-centric care
Bihar MPs Unite to Champion TB-Mukt Bharat, Extend
Support & Reaffirm Commitment to India’s TB Elimination
Mission
Unified Resolve for a TB-Mukt Bihar: Shri Nadda Calls for Jan
Andolan and Patient-Centric Care
Union Health Minister interacts with Parliamentarians from
Bihar after similar engagements with MPs from Uttar Pradesh
and Maharashtra
प्रव तथ: 04 DEC 2025 7:19PM by PIB Delhi
Union Health Minister Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda today chaired a high-level interaction with Members of
Parliament from Bihar at the Extended Parliament House Annexe in New Delhi, as part of the intensified
outreach under ‘TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’. The meeting comes on the heels of similar engagements with
MPs from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra over the past two days, with further state-level consultations
planned in the coming weeks to strengthen collective efforts against Tuberculosis.
Today’s meeting was marked by the presence of Union Minister of Textiles Shri Giriraj Singh, Union
Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Panchayati Raj Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Union
Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Ram Nath Thakur, Union Minister of State for
Jal Shakti Dr. Raj Bhushan Choudhary, Union Minister of State for Coal and Mines Shri Satish Chandra
Dubey in addition to the parliamentarians from the state of Bihar.Bringing together Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs across party lines, the engagement under-
“Parliamentarians Championing a TB-Mukt Bharat”—reinforced a unified political resolve to fast-track
progress towards eliminating TB in India.
Addressing the gathering, Shri Nadda highlighted India’s accelerated progress in TB elimination, noting
that the country has recorded a 21% decline in TB incidence between 2015 and 2024, almost double the
global average, along with a 90% treatment success rate, surpassing the worldwide average. He
emphasised that Bihar’s significant advancements in screening, community-level outreach, and patient
support will play a pivotal role in further strengthening India’s national progress.The Union Health Minister urged MPs to assume leadership in driving Jan Andolan for TB elimination by:
Deepening awareness and stigma reduction efforts in their constituencies
Promoting early detection through Ni-kshay Shivirs and community-based screening, including
among asymptomatic vulnerable groups
Strengthening oversight of quality TB services at district and block levels
Encouraging community participation and mobilising Ni-kshay Mitras for nutritional, psychosocial
and livelihood support to TB patients
Shri Nadda underscored that TB Mukt Bharat is not just a health initiative but a people-led movement,
powered by collective will and proactive political stewardship.
During the session, MPs from Bihar reiterated their commitment to ensuring increased awareness, quality
diagnostics, and that patient-centric care reaches the grassroots level, while energising communities to
participate in the nationwide movement for TB elimination.
Union Health Secretary Smt. Punya Salila Srivastava outlined India’s evolving strategy, including scale-up
of AI-enabled diagnostics, intensified screening, and enhanced patient support for improved outcomes.
Smt. Aradhana Patnaik, Additional Secretary & Mission Director, National Health Mission, presented the
achievements under the ‘TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’ and highlighted areas where parliamentary leadership
could further strengthen Bihar’s response.The interaction marked yet another milestone in the Ministry's ongoing efforts to build political consensus
and grassroots momentum toward ensuring a TB-Mukt Bihar and a TB-Mukt Bharat. Guided by the vision
of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Bihar’s parliamentarians reaffirmed their commitment to
accelerate progress towards a TB-free India, ensuring that political will translates into transformative
action at the grassroots.
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