Nagaland and Tripura have been awarded for being the best performing small states under National TB elimination programme in the year 2019. This was declared yesterday during the release of the annual TB Report 2020 by Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan. <br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that Nagaland was among the few states awarded for their performance under National TB elimination programme 2019. Along with Tripura State, Nagaland was awarded in the category of smaller states with less than 50 lakh population.<br />'' <br />''In the categories of larger states with more than 50 lakh populations, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh were awarded as best performing States. While, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman & Diu were chosen as the best performers in the category of Union Territory. Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom took to twitter to congratulate the State Health Mission for bagging the second for Best Performing Small State under National TB Elimination Program in the year 2019.<br />