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The National Leprosy Control Programme (NLCP) has been in operation since 1955, as a centrally aided programme to achieve control of leprosy through early detection of cases and DDS (dapsone) monotherapy on an ambulatory basis. The NLCP moved ahead initially at a slow pace, presumably for want of clear-cut policies or operational objectives for nearly two decades. The programme gained momentum during the Fourth Five Year Plan after it was made a centrally-sponsored programme. In 1980 the Government of India declared its resolve to "eradicate" leprosy by the year 2000 and constituted a Working Group to advise accordingly. The Working Group submitted its report in 1982 and recommended a revised strategy based on multi-drug chemotherapy aimed at leprosy "eradication" through reduction in the quantum of infection in the population, reduction in the sources of infection, and breaking the chain of transmission of disease. In 19
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