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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge connected Thursday (June 4, 2026) claimed that the "absolute incompetence" of the BJP has been "unmasked" by the NFHS-6 information and alleged that the Modi authorities has betrayed India's women and children connected healthcare and nutrition.
Mr. Kharge said the BJP has a five-step look to fell its "sins".
He accused the BJP of burying selected data, abandoning the vulnerable, advertizing "Sabka Saath" and "Amrit Kaal", manipulating the communicative and protecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's PR astatine each costs.
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"Not lone does the Modi authorities betray India's women and children connected healthcare and nutrition, but it besides deliberately hides important information which exposes its failures!" Mr. Kharge said connected X.
"Absolute incompetence of the BJP has been unmasked by the NFHS-6 data! 1 successful 5 children endure from acute malnutrition. One-third of Indian children are underweight. More than 84% of children aged 6 to 23 months bash not person capable nutrition. 57% of women betwixt 15 and 49 years are anaemic arsenic per NFHS-5. 1 successful 5 women is undernourished," Mr. Kharge said, citing NFHS data.
The NFHS-6 was conducted during 2023-24 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai arsenic the nodal agency.
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Covering astir 6.79 lakh households crossed 715 districts, the survey provides grounds connected population, health, nutrition and household payment indicators and supports programme implementation up to the territory level.
According to the sixth circular of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) released by the Union Health Ministry connected Friday (May 29, 2026), India has registered important improvements successful kid wellness indicators, including immunisation sum and nutritional outcomes.
India continues to marque beardown advancement towards cosmopolitan immunisation coverage, the Ministry said successful a statement.
