The organization’s estimate of new global TB patients rose to 10.4 million, from 9.6 million a year earlier, in large part because of the revised numbers in India. A Mumbai pulmonologist, Dr. Zarir Udwadia, warned in a paper in 2011 that he had found four TB patients who were totally drug resistant. Experts say the severe underestimation of TB patients in the country was the result of undercounting of patients in the private sector. India plans to increase spending to $300 million from $96 million, Dr. Khaparde said. Mr. Modi personally led a one-and-a-half-hour review of the country’s TB programs with top health officials and state officials this year, demanding improvements.

Source: International New York Times October 13, 2016 18:43 UTC