The power of India’s youth must be leveraged to make TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan

Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda today chaired a high-level inter-ministerial meeting with the Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports, Labour & Employment Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, and Union Minister of State, Ministry of Defence Sanjay Seth to strengthen convergence and accelerate the implementation of the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan through a whole-of-government approach.

Speaking to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the Union Health Minister urged the ministry to scale up the engagement of MY Bharat volunteers and National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets in the campaign, building on the existing TB Mukt Bharat Toli model.

Speaking at the Occasion, Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya suggested a stronger institutional convergence and coordinated action to add further impetus to the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.

Smt. Punya Salila Srivastava, Secretary, Health; Dr. Pallavi Jain Govil, Secretary, Department of Youth Affairs; Hari Ranjan Rao, Secretary, Department of Sports; Smt. Aradhana Patnaik, AS & MD, NHM; Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, DG, Armed Force Medical College; Dr. Priyanka Shukla, CEO, MY Bharat and Senior officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Ministry of Defence, and other concerned departments attended the meeting.(UPDATED ON 7TH JULY 2026)