Ni-kshay Aushadhi
ContentNi-kshay Aushadhi is a web-based portal that deals with the management of stocks (anti-TB drugs, consumables and other commodities) across all the stocking points across the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), i.e., Government Medical Store Depot (GMSD), Central Medical Services Society (CMSS) warehouses, State Drug Stores (SDS), District Drug Stores (DDS), TB Units (TUs) including Peripheral Health Institutes (PHIs).
Ni-kshay Aushadhi also helps in real-time management of stock position, providing expiry details of commodities, routine/ Additional Drug Request (ADR) Requirements, and patient-wise consumption of drugs at all levels.
Table 1: Nikshay Aushadhi Stakeholders
User Services Central TB Division (CTD)
1. Quantification
2. Purchase Order (PO) generation
3. Quality control
4. State warehouse Drug Transfer Advice (DTA)
5. Monitoring of nation-wide stock & expiry
CMSS warehouse
1. Quantification
2. Purchase request generation
3. Advance shipment details
4. Supplier delivery details
5. Release Order (RO) to SDS
6. Acknowledge desk
7. Transfer of drugs to other warehouses
GMSD
1. Quantification
2. Acknowledge desk
3. Advance shipment details
4. Transfer of drugs to other warehouses
Supplier
1. View Purchase Order (PO) and delivery schedule
2. Enter dispatch details
3. View receipt
4. Demand vs issue
SDS/ DDS/ Drug-resistant TB Centre (DR-TBC)/ TU
1. Routine/ ADR & dispatch to sub-stores
2. Acknowledge desk
3. Transfer of drugs to other warehouses
4. Issue voucher DTA
5. Box preparation, box modification, unpacking and box completion
6. Local purchase
PHI
1. Routine/ ADR
2. Acknowledge the receipt of drugs
3. Issue to patient
4. Return from patient
The Ni-kshay Aushadhi can be used for the following purposes:
- Quantification and forecasting
- Monitoring and distribution
- Data management and analysis
- Recording and reporting of the drugs related data
- Training and capacity building
- Quantification of drugs
- Issue/ dispatch
- Return of drugs
- Drug request management - Routine/ ADR
- Stock management (like drug inventory, Physical Stock Verification (PSV))
- Packaging/ repackaging
- Receive from store/ Acknowledge desk
- Quality control management
ImageFigure: Supply chain management in NTEP through Ni-kshay Aushadhi; Source: Ni-kshay Aushadhi Manual
Resources
Assessment
Question Answer 1 Answer 2 Answer 3 Answer 4 Correct Answer Correct Explanation Page ID Part of Pre-Test Part of Post-Test Ni-kshay Aushadhi can be used for the quantification and forecasting of drug stocks. True False 1 The Ni-kshay Aushadhi can be used for the following purposes:
- Quantification and forecasting
- Monitoring and distribution
- Data management and analysis
- Recording and reporting of the drugs-related data
- Training and capacity building
- Quantification of drugs
- Issue/ dispatch
- Return of drugs
- Drug request management - Routine/ ADR
- Stock management (like drug inventory, PSV)
- Packaging/ Repackaging
- Receive from store/ Acknowledge desk
- Quality control management
- Miscellaneous
Yes Yes Nikshay Aushadhi - Alert Dashboard
ContentNi-kshay Aushadhi offers a utility-based broadcasting window that alerts the user about the management of event-based and job-based activities that need immediate attention.
This utility in Ni-kshay Aushadhi is known as the Alert Dashboard and primarily gives alerts about drugs with near expiry and drug acknowledgements that are pending.

Figure: Ni-kshay Aushadhi Alert Dashboard; Source: Ni-kshay Aushadhi Portal.
Drug expiry alert: This alert lists out all the drugs from the inventory of the store that is going to expire in the next three months. The utility of this alert is to make necessary arrangements beforehand that will ensure that these drugs are utilized before their expiry dates.
Acknowledgement pending alert: This alert lists out all the transfers/requests made by different sources whose acknowledgement is pending for more than 15 days.
Resources
Ni-kshay Aushadhi Manual, Central TB Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
Assessment
Answer 1
Answer 2
Answer 3
Answer 4
Correct answer
Correct explanation
Page id
Part of Pre-test
Part of Post-test
The drug expiry alert lists out the drugs that will expire in what duration? Next 3 months Next 3 days
Next 3 years
Next 3 weeks
1
Drug expiry alert lists out all the drugs from the inventory of the store that is going to expire in the next three months.
Yes
Yes
Nikshay Aushadhi-Reports
ContentNi-kshay Aushadhi allows the users to view a number of autogenerated reports.
These reports available under the Acknowledgement desk of Ni-kshay Aushadhi are listed below:

Figure 1: Reports in Ni-kshay Aushadhi

Figure 2: Reports section in Ni-kshay Aushadhi; Source: Ni-kshay Aushadhi Portal.
Definition of the Reports
Report
Description
Expiry Details
This report gives the description of expired drugs in the store. The report can be viewed on the basis of drug categories and for any facility mapped with the store
Stock in Hand Record
This report gives a description of available drug stocks in the store. The report can be viewed on the basis of drug categories and for any facility mapped with the store
Stock Ledger Report
This is a digital stock register wherein you can check all the details relevant to a specific drug during a specified period of time. The details include opening balance, received quantity, issued quantity, and closing balance.
Issue Register
This is a digital record of supplies issued by a Store to its mapped stores and facilities
Box Preparation Register
This is a digital record of drug boxes prepared by a store.
Damaged/ Lost Item Details
This is a digital record of damaged and lost items at a particular store. The report can be viewed on the basis of the drug category and for any facility mapped with the store.
Receive from Third Party Report
This is a digital record of receipt of supplies from any facility mapped as a third party with a particular store. The report can be viewed separately for all the mapped third parties and for a specified duration of time.
Transfer Order
This report is a digital record of outward transfers made by a store.
Issue to Third Party Report
This is a digital record of supplies issued to any facility mapped as a third party with a particular store. The report can be viewed separately for all the mapped third parties and for a specified duration of time.
Receipt Register
This is a digital record of supplies received by a store. The receipts can be viewed on the basis of category as well as for a specified period of time.
Write-Off Details
This is a digital record of drugs condemned by the stores.
Resource
Ni-kshay Aushadhi Manual, Central TB Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
Assessment
Answer 1
Answer 2
Answer 3
Answer 4
Correct answer
Correct explanation
Page id
Part of Pre-test
Part of Post-test
What does the stock ledger report contain?
Opening and closing balance
Received quantity
Issued quantity
All the above
All the above
A stock ledger is a digital stock register wherein you can check all the details relevant to a specific drug during a specified period of time. The details include opening balance, received quantity, issued quantity, and closing balance.
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