 His research eventually led to improvements in the way TB is managed in India, and elsewhere, and forced the government to make changes to the state-run TB control initiative, or the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme.The government increased the budget for the program, and dispatched rapid GeneXpert machines, which can conduct highly sensitive molecular diagnostic testing.He continues to be an outspoken critic of the government's failures to address the TB problem, and a vocal advocate for newer diagnosis and treatment for TB patients.