Govt Accepts Resignation of Scapegoated IIPS Director After Revoking His Suspension for Unflattering NFHS Data

With K.S. James gone, International Institute of Population Sciences faculty say the credibility of upcoming NFHS rounds may go for a toss and the data may not be considered fully reliable. NFHS is a large-scale data collection exercise IIPS conducts for all states/UTs regarding various health and some development indicators and helps track the impact of targeted schemes launched to address them.