Only 60 per cent of the total plan outlay for vector-borne diseases spent between 2007 to2013; lack of co-ordination between ministries and state agencies a major hurdle in implementation Controlling vector born diseases (VBD) like malaria is still a big challenge for India though the programme to control them was started over a decade ago. Diseases like malaria and kala-azar are no longer fatal like they used to be and their incidence has also decreased significantly, but new vector-borne infections like dengue and acute encephalitis syndrome are on the rise and claiming lives.

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