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Detailed explanation-1: -Inaugurates Delhi End-TB Summit and launches TB-free India Campaign. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a campaign to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) from India by 2025, five years ahead of a globally-set deadline.

Detailed explanation-2: -But the Government of India has set the target of eradicating TB by the year 2025 and efforts are being made at every level to fulfill this resolution. The President said that to make this campaign a mass movement, awareness about TB has to be created among the people.

Detailed explanation-3: -The National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP), previously known as Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), aims to strategically reduce TB burden in India by 2025, five years ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kargil, Nov 21, 2022: Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, Kargil, Feroz Ahmed Khan today launched Nikshay Mitra, a Community Support initiative for TB Patients under Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan at Conference Hall Kargil.