<span style="color: #222222;">Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya has said that more than 47 thousand Nikshay Mitra and 8.8 lakh TB patients have been connected through Ni-Kshaya 2.0 portal. The portal is facilitating and provides additional patient support to improve the treatment outcome of TB patients. Dr. Mandaviya said, the Government is making all-out efforts to make the country TB-free by 2025 with people's participation.<br />''<br />''President Droupadi Murmu launched the Ni-Akshay Mitra initiative in September last year. The initiative aims to ensure additional diagnostic, nutritional, and vocational support to those on TB treatment and encouraged elected representatives, corporates and NGOs to come forward as donors to help the patients towards recovery.</span><br />