Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday said India has made significant progress in tuberculosis control, with incidence rate declining by 21 per cent between 2015 and 2024, while over 2.29 crore diabetes cases have been reported under the national non-communicable disease programme over the past three years.
Responding to a query in the Rajya Sabha, Nadda said public health and hospitals are state subjects and the Centre provides technical and financial support to states and Union territories under the National Health Mission (NHM).
He said tuberculosis (TB) case notification has increased over the past three years, helping bridge the gap in "missing" cases. According to the Ni-kshay portal, 25.52 lakh TB cases were notified in 2023, 26.18 lakh in 2024 and 26.37 lakh in 2025.
Citing the World Health Organization's Global TB Report 2025, the minister said India's TB incidence rate fell from 237 per lakh population in 2015 to 187 per lakh in 2024, a 21 per cent decline, compared to the global decline of 12 per cent over the same period.
The TB mortality rate also declined by 25 per cent, from 28 per lakh population in 2015 to 21 per lakh in 2024, while treatment coverage increased from 53 per cent to 92 per cent, he said.
