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Update on NFHS-6


NFHS-6 Fact Sheet Indicators Finalised by Technical Advisory Committee in Line with Government's Data Harmonisation Initiative

NFHS-6 Fact Sheets Focused on Harmonised Key Indicators; Anaemia Estimates to Be Released Based on ICMR's Gold Standard Survey

प्रविष्टि तिथि: 04 AUG 2026 4:11PM by PIB Delhi

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) conducts an integrated survey namely National Family Health Survey (NFHS). The survey provides data on health and family welfare and associated domains like characteristics of the population; fertility and fertility preferences; family planning; maternal and child health; nutrition; morbidity and
healthcare; women’s empowerment, etc. The National and State/UT Fact Sheets of sixth round of NFHS (2023-24) were released on 29.05.2026.

The indicators to be included in the NFHS-6 National and State/UT Fact Sheets were finalized on the recommendations of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) constituted for NFHS-6, comprising representatives from concerned Ministries/Departments including Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Women & Child Development (MoWCD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (ORGI), NITI Aayog, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) etc.

The TAC recommended finalizing the list of indicators for the Fact Sheets in line with the Data Harmonization initiatives of the Government of India (GoI), so as to avoid inconsistencies arising from fragmented and unharmonized data available across different official data sources. The TAC further recommended that the Fact Sheets are intended to present only key indicators, particularly those related to health and family welfare, so as to better highlight the key takeaways of the survey.

Additionally, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, after due deliberations, decided to adopt the prevalence figures of anaemia to be arrived from an independent survey conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research utilizing the gold standard intravenous method for haemoglobin testing.

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Patel stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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HFW/PQ- Update on NFHS-6 /4 August 2026/5


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