In a setback to the leprosy eradication movement in India after the government had declared that leprosy is under control it has been found that there has been an increase in new cases every year since 2010-2011. The National Human Rights Commission is now concerned and has asked the Union Health Ministry to provide a report in four weeks' time. There were 126800 new cases in 2010-11 127295 in 2011-12 and 134752 in 2012-13 NHRC said in a statement here. New cases were being reported from many states and immediate steps were needed to be taken to contain them to