<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, India is now working on eradicating Tuberculosis by 2025, five years ahead of the global deadline of 2030. The Prime Minister was addressing at the One World TB Summit at Rudrakash Convention Centre in Varanasi. He also launched various initiatives, including the TB-Mukt Panchayat, the official pan-India rollout of a shorter TB Preventive Treatment (TPT), a family-centric care model for TB and the release of India's Annual TB Report 2023.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Mr. Modi also laid the foundation stone of the National Centre for Disease Control and High Containment Laboratory and inaugurated the site for Metropolitan Public Health Surveillance Unit in Varanasi.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Prime Minister highlighted that as a country, the reflection of India's ideology can be seen in the spirit of Vasudev Kutumbakam. He noted that as the G20 President, India chose the theme of "One Family, One World, One Future" based on such beliefs. The Prime Minister said, "Sometime back, India had also taken the initiative to take forward the vision of 'One Earth, One Health'. And now, through 'One World TB Summit', India is fulfilling another pledge of Global Good," PM Modi said.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">He elaborated on a multi-pronged approach against TB in the last nine years.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Prime Minister awarded select States, Union Territories and Districts for their progress towards eradicating TB. He listed people's participation, enhancing nutrition, treatment innovation, tech integration, wellness and prevention interventions such as Fit India, Yoga, and Khelo India.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>