Haryana has reported significant progress toward tuberculosis (TB) elimination, notifying 88,689 cases in 2025—reaching 98% of its annual target—and achieving a 90% treatment success rate. Under the leadership of ACS Health Dr. Sumita Misra, the state has launched a series of patient-centric initiatives that move beyond clinical medicine to include socio-economic rehabilitation, such as the first-of-its-kind Sewing Machine Centre for survivors and celebrity-led awareness drives. Haryana’s diagnostic infrastructure has expanded to include 45 CBNAAT and 53 Truenat machines, facilitating a high testing rate of 3,848 tests per lakh population. Furthermore, the state has achieved high integrated management scores, with 98% HIV testing and 96% diabetes screening for TB patients. A critical digital milestone includes the integration of SNA Sparsh with the Nikshay platform, enhancing real-time monitoring and public access to TB services across its 1,855 TB Mukt Panchayats.
Key Pillars of Haryana’s TB Elimination Strategy
Socio-Economic Rehabilitation: Launching initiatives like the Sewing Machine Centre to ensure TB survivors regain financial independence post-recovery.
Digital Innovation & Transparency: Integrating SNA Sparsh with the Nikshay platform and launching a dedicated State TB Cell website for real-time service access.
Robust Diagnostic Scaling: Achieving 128% of the sputum testing target through an expanded network of District TB Centres and CBNAAT/Truenat laboratories.
Integrated Co-morbidity Management: Ensuring near-universal (98%) HIV and diabetes screening for all notified TB cases to cut mortality rates.
Community-Led Support (Nikshay Mitra): Distributing over 2.64 lakh food baskets and mapping 34 lakh vulnerable individuals under the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan.
What is the “Nikshay Mitra” Initiative? The Nikshay Mitra initiative is a community-driven component of the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan where individuals, organizations, or elected representatives (Mitras) adopt TB patients to provide nutritional, diagnostic, and vocational support. This initiative bridges the gap between clinical treatment and social recovery by ensuring patients receive monthly food baskets and emotional support, which are critical for treatment adherence. In Haryana, this initiative has been highly successful, contributing to the state’s 90% success rate and receiving national recognition for its role in achieving “TB Mukt Panchayats” by engaging local leadership in the elimination goal.
Policy Relevance
For Haryana, the 2025-26 results represent a transition from “Clinical Management” to “Comprehensive Survivorship,” where the focus shifts toward the patient’s life after the disease.
Standardizing Post-TB Independence: The Sewing Machine Centre acts as a “Standard Maker” move, providing a template for how states can integrate vocational training into public health programs to prevent poverty-led relapses.
Bypassing Diagnostic Delays: Reaching 3,848 tests per lakh population ensures that the state maintains high “Case Finding” efficiency, critical for breaking the chain of transmission in densely populated industrial clusters.
Operationalizing Public-Private Synergy: Achieving 105% of the private sector notification target reflects a robust coordination mechanism that ensures TB cases treated outside government hospitals are still captured in the national database.
Federal Health Resilience: Integrating TB services with diabetes and HIV screening ensures that Haryana’s health system remains future-ready to handle complex co-morbidities that often drive TB mortality.
Implementation Fidelity via Nikshay Sparsh: The real-time integration of digital platforms ensures that financial incentives and nutritional support reach patients without administrative leakage, maintaining high treatment adherence.
Relevant Question for Policy Stakeholders: In what ways can Haryan’’s 1,855 TB Mukt Panchayats be used as a Live Sandbox to test community-led monitoring of TB medication adherence through local health volunteers?
Follow the full press note here: Haryana PR: TB Elimination Progress - February 18, 2026
