Newsroom, November 13, 2025: India's tuberculosis cases have plummeted by 21% between 2015 and 2024, from 237 to 187 per lakh population, surpassing the global reduction of 12%, according to the World Health Organisation's 2025 Global TB Report.
The progress stems from tech-driven detection, community drives, and the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, which screened 19 crore people and diagnosed 26.18 lakh of an estimated 27 lakh cases, lifting treatment success to 90% above the world's 88%.
Mortality fell from 28 to 21 per lakh, with multidrug-resistant TB holding steady.
The Union Health Ministry credited decentralisation and mobilisation for the leap from 53% coverage in 2015 to 92% now. Challenges linger in missing cases, down from 15 lakh to under 1 lakh
