After making India polio-free the government is now trying to combat tuberculosis which is one if the biggest killers in the country. The number of TB patients in India is approximately two-three million which is the largest in the world. The WHO also estimates that over two lakh people in India have died from TB in 2014 alone. At the 17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases The Indian Council for Medical Research announced a cost-effective diagnostic tool for TB that is expected to be available in a year. This tool is developed by a Bengaluru-based company and is expected to
