At present leprosy is endemic in South East Asian Countries. India has more than 3.45,000 cases of leprosy. As per the report received from all the states and UTs for the month of March 2003, carrying information for the year 2002-2003, following is the current leprosy situation in India.

Fifteen states/UTs have achieved the level of leprosy elimination ie.e PR<1 case 10,000 population and they include :Nagaland, Haryana, Meghalaya, Himanchal Pradesh, Mizoram, Tripura, Punjab, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir , Assam, Manipur,Rajasthan, Kerela, Arunanchal Pradesh and Daman and Diu.
 

	Another 6 states/UTs are very near towards his goal of leprosy elimination i.e Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttranchal, Gujrat, A & N Islands and Pondicherry.
	Only 4 states (Bihar, Orissa, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand) and a one UT of D& N haveli have reported the leprosy PR ranging between 5-9 cases per 10,000 population.
	Of the total 590 districts in country,218 (37%) district have achieved the level of leprosy elimination while another 80 (14%) districts are near to this goal and only 121 (20.5%) district in country remain with leprosy PR of more than 5 per 10,000 population.  Now the Sangh is providing "Diagnosis and treatment of Leprosy, in every state of india"