According to the TB-India Report 2015, by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, one-fourth of all TB cases worldwide are reported in India. Out of the estimated nine million TB cases reported in the world in 2013, 2.1 million were estimated to have occurred in India, and as many as 2.4 million people die worldwide due to the disease annually. GeneXpert is a molecular test, which diagnoses TB by detecting the presence of TB bacteria as well as testing for resistance to the drug Rifampicin. It is known for providing results in a couple of hours with very less hands-on technical time.