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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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.