The Centre said that it has set the target to eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) by 2025 and with the implementation of a National Strategic Plan cases of TB have shown sharp decline. Replying to a question in Lok Sabha on Friday, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Patel said the incidence of TB in India has shown a 17.7 percent decline from 237 per lakh population in 2015 to 195 per lakh population in 2023. She said India will be able to achieve the target of elimination of TB five years ahead of UNOs Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of 2030. She also informed that the TB deaths have reduced by 21.4 percent from 28 per lakh population in 2015 to 22 per lakh population in 2023.  The Minister said targeted interventions have been made in high TB burden areas through state and district specific strategic plans and provisions of free drugs and diagnostics have been made to TB patients. The Minister said the molecular diagnostic labs have been set to sub -districts levels to detect TB.