A note without specific details, ostensibly put out by the Union government, says there were irregularities in how suspended IIPS head K.S. James ran things. However, there are reports of James having ...

The Union health ministry has suspended the head of its institution that conducts nationwide family health surveys, citing administrative irregularities but stirring speculation whether data on open ...

The director of the International Institute for Population Sciences, K.S. James was suspended to ensure fair probe into alleged irregularities in appointments, recruitments, compliance matters, the ...

An academic network has asked the Union health ministry to reinstate the suspended director of an institute involved in nationwide health surveys, saying its suspension order seems to be related to ...

Members of Opposition parties and of the scientific community have expressed their anger and dismay at the Central Government’s move of Friday in suspending Professor K.S. James, Director and senior ...

NEW DELHI: In a sudden move, the centre has suspended the director of the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) that prepares the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) over alleged ...

The NFHS is one of India’s largest and most comprehensive sample surveys. According to official sources, NFHS-6 has covered 6,79,238 households across all states and Union Territories during 2023–24.

The National Family Health Survey, one of the pillars of health planning and policy making in the country, has been riddled with problems. The biggest shortcoming is an insufficient number of poorly ...