Sri Vijaya Puram, Feb. 26: The Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (PMTBMBA) in September 2022 to foster community participation in providing nutritional assistance to TB patients. Under this initiative, donors, known as ‘Nikshay Mitras’, can include individuals, NGOs, co-operative societies, faith-based organizations, corporates, political parties, and others. A ‘Nikshay Mitra’ can adopt one or more consenting TB patients for a minimum period of six months to provide the required nutritional support.

The primary objectives of PMTBMBA are to: