NFHS-6 Current Affairs for UPSC
A complete UPSC revision trail for NFHS-6: 2 published analyses, their syllabus connections and closely related themes.
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NFHS-6 Explained: Why Delhi's Infant Feeding and Breastfeeding Indicators Are Slipping
The newly released National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), 2023-24 shows that infant and young child feeding practices in Delhi have declined sharply across almost every indicator compared with NFHS-5 (2019-21). Early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding and the share of children getting an adequate diet have all fallen, and underweight has risen — even as several national child-nutrition indicators improved. This article explains what NFHS-6 is, the key breastfeeding and complementary-feeding indicators, what stunting, wasting and underweight mean, India's nutrition schemes and legal framework, and the way forward — all mapped to the UPSC Prelims and Mains syllabus.
NFHS-6 Explained: Why 30 Key Indicators on Anaemia, Sex Ratio & Cancer Screening Are Missing, and What "Data Harmonisation" Means
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6, 2023-24) factsheets on 29 May 2026, and the number of indicators has fallen from 131 in NFHS-5 to 101 — with data on anaemia prevalence, sex ratio at birth, infant and child mortality, cancer screening, HIV awareness, clean cooking fuel and sanitation no longer reported. The government calls it "data harmonisation"; critics call it suppression. This article explains what NFHS is, why these indicators were dropped, the meaning of data harmonisation, the role of the Sample Registration System and ICMR, and the survey's key health findings on fertility, obesity and immunisation for the UPSC GS-II Governance and Health syllabus.
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