Health problems in India form only a small part of the large variety of pressing socio-economic problems that face the community. Pulmonary TB 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 TB 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 TB problem in India should form an integral part of a comprehensive overall social development plan for the community. If the TB 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 TB case finding and treatment programme through the GHS. If the available resources in the future improve, then a corresponding qualitative and quantitative improvement in the working of the TB programme could be easily affected. It also appears reasonable to expect such a programme to produce an impact on the epidemiology of the disease.