Private health providers are an inevitable part of the TB treatment and support in the country. These private providers include:

• Practitioner / Clinic etc. (Single)
• Hospital/ Clinic/ Nursing Home etc. (Multi)
• Laboratories
• Chemists

To improve complete reporting and ensure support care for patients in the private sector, the facilities will receive an incentive of:

Special provisions have been made in the tribal, hilly and difficult to reach areas of the country under the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) to expand diagnosis and treatment centres, improve access for TB patients and coverage of TB services.

To provide access to diagnosis and treatment centres for people in the tribal areas, NTEP has initiated transport support for TB patients in notified tribal areas from the year 2019.
 

Transport support is available for patients receiving treatment from both the private and public sectors.

Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) is one of the four initiative-based support schemes which provides financial support to TB patients for their nutrition. A financial incentive of Rs. 500 per month will be provided to patients on anti-TB treatment till the completion of treatment.

After the assigned Checker/ Approver Ni-kshay user clears benefits, Nikshay sends groups/ batches of benefits to PFMS as a "Payment Request" (DBTPayReq). PFMS processes these Payment Requests it receives from Ni-kshay before executing the request. Processing involves checking for any inconsistencies/ errors in the payment request at the batch level and at the benefit level. On processing:

Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Maker and Checker are responsible for the 2-level benefit approval in Ni-kshay, which must be repeated for every benefit.

Ni-kshay automatically generates benefi­ts as per the scheme guidelines. All bene­fits are linked to the patient's episode irrespective of the benefi­ciary.

Benefi­ciaries for any scheme need to be ­first informed about the scheme details, its benefi­ts and the process of receiving the benefi­ts.

There may be other Central or State government schemes and programmes that beneficiaries related to the TB program are eligible for, over and above the 4 schemes provided by the central government through NTEP. Some examples are:

• Beneficiary: These are the individuals who get benefits from payments under a particular scheme. E.g., all notified TB patients are beneficiaries under the Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana. An individual may be eligible for multiple payments under one scheme or may be eligible for multiple schemes. Only individuals with bank accounts will receive these benefits. Also, beneficiaries and their bank accounts need to be approved by a district-level authority to receive any of the benefits from Ni-kshay.