India's malaria elimination target as per the National Framework for Malaria Elimination is to achieve elimination by:

• A 2025
• B 2030
• C 2035
• D 2027 ✓

Explanation

The National Framework for Malaria Elimination (NFME) 2016-2030 set a phased target: elimination (zero indigenous cases) in all states/UTs by 2027, and prevention of re-introduction by 2030. India aims to reduce malaria to below 1 case per 1000 population at risk progressively, with high-burden states like Odisha and Chhattisgarh targeted later than low-burden states.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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