reviewing NTCP and realizing its shortcomings, the Government of India evolved and
adopted a revised strategy-the directly observed treatment short course (DOTS)-under
Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) with the goal of reducing TB
burden and the twin objective of 70% case detection and 85% cure rates. RNTCP was
launched in 1993, in a phased manner to be evolved through pilot phase (1993-1996) …