National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) has established a robust supply chain management to ensure an uninterrupted supply of drugs and consumables across the country.

The drugs, diagnostic equipment, etc., are procured mainly through the central level and the states are granted permission to procure some consumables through the local state or district level while abiding by the NTEP guidelines.

1. Anti-TB Drugs

The various type of anti-TB drugs are classified as follows:

Types of Drugs and consumables in NTEP

Ni-kshay Aushadhi allows the users to view a number of autogenerated reports.

Ni-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.

Ni-kshay Aushadhi has a feature known as the District Dashboard which allows the users at the District Drug Stores (DDS) to monitor the performance of the district and the subordinate stores by creating autogenerated reports.

Ni-kshay Aushadhi portal has various dashboards at the state level.

Figure 1: Dashboard in State Login; Source: Ni-kshay Aushadhi Portal.

Various dashboards are:

1. Stock Reports

N-ikshay platform has a module for drug dispensation to patients. This feature is used for:

Ni-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).

Stock in Hand record, Stock Ledger Report, Expirt details, Transfer Order, Box prep register, Issue register, damage/lost item detail, receipt register, write-off details, issue to third party, receipt from thrid party

Screenshot- Drugs going to expire, Drugs received and not acknowledged for last 15 days