Health problems in India form only a small part of the large variety of pressing socio-economic problems that face the community. Pulmonary tuberculosis, among the health problems, is one of the many problems which need immediate attention. In the resources that are available for dealing with the different problems, the share which could be given to tuberculosis could not be big. If, due to some special reasons, a disproportionate slice of the resources is used up in applying advanced technological methods to satisfy a fraction of the total needs of the community, other problems may be accentuated. Logically a solution of the tuberculosis problem in India should form an integral part of a comprehensive overall social development plan for the community. If the tuberculosis control programme is according to the felt need, generated by the disease in the community, it would be in consonance with the other health and social programmes evolved for dealing with the other felt needs. Available information shows that it is possible to develop a minimal nation wide tuberculosis casefinding and treatment programme through the general health services. If the available resources in the future improve, then a corresponding qualitative and quantitative improvement in the working of the tuberculosis programme could be easily affected. It also appears reasonable to expect such a programme to produce an impact on the epidemiology of the disease.