Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Patel, today inaugurated the India Innovation Summit – Pioneering Solutions to End TB at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The summit aims to accelerate India’s progress toward TB elimination by 2025. Addressing the gathering, Ms Patel highlighted that India has embraced a multi-sectoral, innovation-driven approach to eliminating TB. The Minister said that TB death cases have reduced by 21.4 percent, from 28 per lakh population in 2015 to 22 per lakh population in 2023. The program notified 25.5 lakh TB cases in 2023 and 26.07 lakh cases in 2024, marking the highest ever. In his address, NITI Aayog Member Dr. V. K. Paul stated that the event is an important step toward an innovation-led push in achieving the goal of TB elimination.