Sample Registration Survey

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi

With COVID-19, India Experienced Its Greatest Mortality Crisis Since Independence

Murad Banaji and Aashish Gupta 05/10/2021

According to a new analysis, excess deaths rise and...

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NFHS-5 Throws a Bright Light on Bihar Women’s Double Burden of Inequality

Phalasha Nagpal 08/01/2021

While the success of family planning interventions has encouraged...

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Modi’s Population Growth ‘Problem’ Is an Old Fallacy in a New Bottle

Srinivas Goli and Neha Jain 11/07/2020

It took 100-120 years to double Europe's population but...

Although India depends on data from sample surveys for tracking health parameters, there is a need to improve civil registration and vital statistics systems. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Why It’s a Challenge To Make Quick Sense of India’s Health Data

Oommen C. Kurian 11/01/2017

Even when several government departments and ministries collect data...