Spending on programmes to control India’s three main communicable diseases — malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy A — increased seven percent over five years while cases reported, taken together, increased 32 percent, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of government data. There has been a steady increase in the incidence of communicable diseases over the last five years, except malaria which declined 14 percent, which can be attributed to a special focus on awareness and detection.
We found a correlation between cases reported and budgets over five years. As funding rose, cases declined. The central government finances three disease-control programmes: National Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP); Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP); and National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP).

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