The Nikshay Poshan Yojana under NTEP provides a direct benefit transfer of how much per month to each notified TB patient during treatment?

• A Rs. 300 per month
• B Rs. 1000 per month
• C Rs. 750 per month
• D Rs. 500 per month ✓

Explanation

Nikshay Poshan Yojana provides Rs. 500 per month as direct benefit transfer to every TB patient notified on Nikshay (the national TB notification portal) to support nutritional supplementation during treatment. This was launched in 2018 to address the bidirectional relationship between TB and under-nutrition. Community volunteers (Nikshay Mitras) supplement this with additional nutritional support.

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

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