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Increased use of cooking gas may shrink the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in India, if statistics from the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) on TB prevalence are considered. The NFHS-4 (2015-16) showed a great variation of TB prevalence in accordance with the type of cooking fuel used at home. TB was more common in homes using solid cooking fuels than using clean fuels. More people die of TB in India than any other country. “There is a great deal of variation in the prevalence of TB according to the type of cooking fuel the household uses, ranging from a low of 206 per 100,000 usual residents in households using electricity, liquid petroleum gas (LPG, or cooking gas), natural gas, or biogas to a high of 567 persons per 100,000 in households using straw, shrubs, or grass for cooking,” said the report released in January. With only 44% of households using clean fuel for cooking in India, as per the survey, the government’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme that aims to provide 50 million free LPG connections may prove helpful in tackling TB.