Indian Prime Minister Modi made bold commitments toward ending TB in India by 2025 and has sustained those commitments in the face of COVID-19. COVID has had devastating impacts on TB program efforts in India and across the world—due to initial lockdowns and to TB program capacity being shifted to fight COVID. But India is leading the way on pushing to scale up ambitious TB-COVID joint response/recovery efforts; this is critical both to regain ground against TB and because effective TB programs offer the best opportunity to develop a response platform for future respiratory pandemics.