NFHS-6 Shows India's Mothers and Children Healthier, But New Worries Emerge

India's most detailed picture of family health in years has arrived, and it tells a story of steady, hard-won progress shadowed by fresh problems.

The headline message is cautiously encouraging.

The clearest gains are in maternal and newborn care.

Immunisation is one of the survey's brightest spots.

Child nutrition, long India's most stubborn challenge, eased as well.