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'''Nikshay Poshan Yojana''' is a [[List of Union Government schemes in India|government scheme in India]] to provide 500 rupees per month for [[tuberculosis]] patients to buy food.<ref name="Kumar 2020"/>

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]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Express News Service |title=Over 10,000 tuberculosis patients avail of nutrition assistance scheme |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2019/feb/23/over-10000-tb-patients-avail-of-nutrition-assistance-scheme-1942660.html |website=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=23 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Sentinel Digital Desk |title=3,867 beneficiaries covered under Nikshay Poshan Yojana - Sentinelassam |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/3867-beneficiaries-covered-under-nikshay-poshan-yojana/?nonamp=1/ |website=www.sentinelassam.com |language=en |date=1 February 2019}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web |author1=[[Press Trust of India]] |title=TB survivors write to PM, seek enhancement of amount for them under govt scheme - ET HealthWorld |url=https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/policy/tb-survivors-write-to-pm-seek-enhancement-of-amount-for-them-under-govt-scheme/66256806 |website=ETHealthworld.com |publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |language=en |date=17 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Diptendu |last2=Madan |first2=Vashita |title=Flaws in nutritional scheme for TB patients show challenges in feeding the hungry in Covid-19 times |url=https://scroll.in/article/972054/flaws-in-nutritional-scheme-for-tb-patients-show-challenges-in-feeding-the-hungry-in-covid-19-times |website=[[Scroll.in]] |date=11 September 2020}}</ref>

A 2018 evaluation of the participant registry found problematic data, including an inability to do [[data deduplication]] in the system.<ref name="Jain 2018">{{cite web |last1=Jain |first1=Shruti |title=In Rajasthan, Duplication Plagues Centre's Scheme for Nutritional Support to TB Patients |url=https://thewire.in/government/tuberculosis-nikshay-poshan-yojana-duplication |website=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]] |date=8 July 2018}}</ref>

In 2018 in Assam fewer than expected people had been enrolling in the programme.<ref name="Deka 2018">{{cite web |last1=Deka |first1=Mahesh |title=Nikshay Poshan Yojana fails to find enough takers in Assam |url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/nikshay-poshan-yojana-fails-find-enough-takers-assam.html |website=NORTHEAST NOW |date=27 November 2018}}</ref>

==Research==
2018 studies in [[Delhi]] and [[Vadodara]] examined patient participation in the programme.<ref name="Kumar 2020">{{cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=Rajesh |last2=Khayyam |first2=Khalid Umer |last3=Singla |first3=Neeta |last4=Anand |first4=Tanu |last5=Nagaraja |first5=Sharath Burugina |last6=Sagili |first6=Karuna D. |last7=Sarin |first7=Rohit |title=Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) for tuberculosis patients: Early implementation challenges in Delhi, India |journal=Indian Journal of Tuberculosis |date=April 2020 |volume=67 |issue=2 |pages=231–237 |doi=10.1016/j.ijtb.2020.02.006}}</ref><ref name="Patel 2019">{{cite journal |last1=Patel |first1=BH |last2=Jeyashree |first2=K |last3=Chinnakali |first3=P |last4=Vijayageetha |first4=M |last5=Mehta |first5=KG |last6=Modi |first6=B |last7=Chavda |first7=PD |last8=Dave |first8=PV |last9=Zala |first9=CC |last10=Shewade |first10=HD |last11=Solanki |first11=DM |last12=Kumar |first12=AMV |title=Cash transfer scheme for people with tuberculosis treated by the National TB Programme in Western India: a mixed methods study. |journal=BMJ Open |date=29 December 2019 |volume=9 |issue=12 |pages=e033158 |doi=10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033158 |pmid=31888934|s2cid=209517965 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Both studies found that about half the eligible participants received payment.<ref name="Kumar 2020"/><ref name="Patel 2019"/> Payment came for many people five months after the start of treatment.<ref name="Kumar 2020"/><ref name="Patel 2019"/> Major barriers to getting payment included lack of bank accounts among patients and difficulty completing the registration to join the program.<ref name="Kumar 2020"/><ref name="Patel 2019"/>

==References==
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==Further consideration==
*{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Jyotsna |title=No Food on Plate for TB Patients Due to Non-implementation of Govt Aid |url=https://www.newsclick.in/No-Food-on-Plate-for-TB-Patients-Due-to-Non-implementation-of-Govt-Aid |website=NewsClick |language=en |date=24 March 2020}}
*{{cite web |title=Nikshay Poshan Yojana - Incentives for nutritional support to TB patients |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dED-3pO8lwA |website=YouTube |publisher=Survivors Against TB |language=Hi |date=29 October 2018}}

[[Category:Tuberculosis in India]]
[[Category:Free meals]]
[[Category:Government schemes in India]]
[[Category:Welfare in India]]
[[Category:Health programmes in India]]

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