Reports and Indices

NFHS-6 Report

June 3 , 2026 14 hrs 0 min 114 0

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released the National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6) for 2023–24.
NFHS-6 covered 6.79 lakh households across 715 districts and was conducted with the International Institute for Population Sciences as the nodal agency.
Antenatal Care (ANC) coverage increased from 92.6% to 95.9%, while institutional deliveries increased from 88.6% to 90.6%.
Full immunization among children aged 12–23 months increased from 83.8% to 87.1%.
Stunting among children under five years declined from 35.5% to 29.3%, and severe wasting declined from 7.7% to 5.2%.
India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) remained at 2.0, while women’s use of the internet increased from 33.3% to 64.3%.