Nikshay Poshan Yojana
Nikshay Poshan Yojana is a government scheme in India to provide 500 rupees per month for tuberculosis patients to buy food.[1]
By February 2019 the programme reported that more than 10,000 people had received benefits in Delhi and 3800 were taking benefit in Sonitpur district.[2][3]
Responses
Since 2018 the patient advocacy group Survivors Against TB have publicly requested that the government increase the benefits of the programme and to make enrollment more routine for more patients.[4][5]
A 2018 evaluation of the participant registry found problematic data, including an inability to do data deduplication in the system.[6]
In 2018 in Assam fewer than expected people had been enrolling in the programme.[7]
Research
2018 studies in Delhi and Vadodara examined patient participation in the programme.[1][8] Both studies found that about half the eligible participants received payment.[1][8] Payment came for many people five months after the start of treatment.[1][8] Major barriers to getting payment included lack of bank accounts among patients and difficulty completing the registration to join the program.[1][8]
References
- ^ a b c d e Kumar, Rajesh; Khayyam, Khalid Umer; Singla, Neeta; Anand, Tanu; Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina; Sagili, Karuna D.; Sarin, Rohit (April 2020). "Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) for tuberculosis patients: Early implementation challenges in Delhi, India". Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. 67 (2): 231–237. doi:10.1016/j.ijtb.2020.02.006. PMID 32553317. S2CID 214314160.
- ^ Express News Service (23 February 2019). "Over 10,000 tuberculosis patients avail of nutrition assistance scheme". The New Indian Express.
- ^ Sentinel Digital Desk (1 February 2019). "3,867 beneficiaries covered under Nikshay Poshan Yojana - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com.
- ^ Press Trust of India (17 October 2018). "TB survivors write to PM, seek enhancement of amount for them under govt scheme - ET HealthWorld". ETHealthworld.com. The Economic Times.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Diptendu; Madan, Vashita (11 September 2020). "Flaws in nutritional scheme for TB patients show challenges in feeding the hungry in Covid-19 times". Scroll.in.
- ^ Jain, Shruti (8 July 2018). "In Rajasthan, Duplication Plagues Centre's Scheme for Nutritional Support to TB Patients". The Wire.
- ^ Deka, Mahesh (27 November 2018). "Nikshay Poshan Yojana fails to find enough takers in Assam". NORTHEAST NOW.
- ^ a b c d Patel, BH; Jeyashree, K; Chinnakali, P; Vijayageetha, M; Mehta, KG; Modi, B; Chavda, PD; Dave, PV; Zala, CC; Shewade, HD; Solanki, DM; Kumar, AMV (29 December 2019). "Cash transfer scheme for people with tuberculosis treated by the National TB Programme in Western India: a mixed methods study". BMJ Open. 9 (12): e033158. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033158. PMC 6936995. PMID 31888934. S2CID 209517965.
Further consideration
- Singh, Jyotsna (24 March 2020). "No Food on Plate for TB Patients Due to Non-implementation of Govt Aid". NewsClick.
- "Nikshay Poshan Yojana - Incentives for nutritional support to TB patients". YouTube (in Hindi). Survivors Against TB. 29 October 2018.