In a fight against growing antibiotic resistance among the Indian population, given the overuse and over-prescription of antibiotics, the Centre has rolled out an ambitious and sharpened strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR)—one of the world’s most pressing health threats—by launching the National Action Plan on AMR 2.0 (2025–29).

Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on Tuesday, November 18, unveiled the updated blueprint, calling AMR a “major public health concern that can only be addressed through collective action” and warning that overuse and misuse of antibiotics had “unfortunately become common practice.”

For India, one of the largest consumers of antibiotics globally and a country with a significant infectious disease burden, AMR represents both a public health a

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