Step 1: Identify the programme tool. To track TB patients across the country, the Government of India introduced a system called NIKSHAY, making option (a) correct.
Step 2: Decode the name. NIKSHAY is a combination of two Hindi words, NI and KSHAY, together meaning eradication of tuberculosis.
Step 3: Know the function. NIKSHAY (www.nikshay.gov.in) is a web-enabled application that facilitates monitoring of universal access to TB patient data by all stakeholders. It was developed jointly by the Central TB Division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and launched in June 2012.
Step 4: Why distractors are wrong. NICHAY and NIRBHAI are not TB surveillance platforms, and E-DOTS is not the named RNTCP web software for case monitoring.