In 2023-2024, India is conducting the sixth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6). Like its predecessors, NFHS-6 will be conducted under the stewardship of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). Funding for NFHS-6 is being provided by the MoHFW, Government of India. For the first time, in NFHS-6 all aspects of the survey will be coordinated solely by the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai.

The survey will be implemented by a group of survey organizations and Population Research Centres, chosen through a rigorous selection procedure. NFHS-6 will provide estimates of the levels of fertility, infant and child mortality, and other family welfare and health indicators by background characteristics at the national and district levels; and measure trends in family welfare and health indicators over time at the national and district levels.