Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Rajasthan chief secretary urges faster efforts for TB-free state
Rajasthan is working to eliminate tuberculosis, also called TB, from the state.
Chief Secretary V Srinivas told officials to speed up this work.
They must screen more people, test them quickly and make sure patients receive treatment.
He said districts that are not performing well need special attention.
Officials should learn from districts that are doing better.
More X-ray machines and special laboratory tests will be used to find TB earlier.
The campaign has screened over 2.38 crore people.
It has also given nutrition kits to more than two lakh TB patients.
The number of villages and local councils declared TB-free has grown greatly since 2022.
Chief Secretary V Srinivas directed officials to intensify tuberculosis screening, testing and treatment across Rajasthan.
Officials were asked to focus especially on poorly performing districts and study methods used by better-performing districts.
Srinivas stressed maximum use of X-ray machines and expansion of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for timely detection.
The campaign has screened more than 2.38 crore people and distributed 2,04,888 nutrition kits to TB patients.
Gram panchayats declared TB-free rose from 29 in 2022 to 6,547 in 2025.
- Who
- Rajasthan Chief Secretary V Srinivas and state health officials.
- What
- A review of the TB Mukt Bharat campaign and directions to accelerate TB screening, testing, treatment and elimination efforts.
- When
- August 20; the year is not specified in the report.
- Where
- The review took place at the Rajasthan state secretariat.
- Why
- To improve performance, particularly in poorly performing districts, and achieve a TB-free Rajasthan.
- Screened people
- More than 2.38 crore people have been screened for TB in Rajasthan.
- Nutrition kits
- A total of 2,04,888 nutrition kits have been distributed to TB patients.
- TB-free gram panchayats in 2022
- 29
- TB-free gram panchayats in 2023
- 586
- TB-free gram panchayats in 2024
- 3,350
- TB-free gram panchayats in 2025
- 6,547
- Testing focus
- Officials were directed to maximise use of X-ray machines and scale up Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests.