A differently-abled person enjoys a cup of tea after getting his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine at Blind People's Association campus in Ahmedabad on Sunday June 13, 2021. Photo: Vijay Soneji / The Hindu.

COVID-19 Compendium: Official Information on COVID-19 Released by India and the WHO in June 2021 [HTML and PDF]

An up-to-date compilation of official information released by the Government of India from January 17, 2020, and the World Health ...

Medical oxygen cylinders at a COVID-19 care center in Coimbatore on May 10, 2021. Photo: Periasamy M/The Hindu.

COVID-19 Compendium: Official Information on COVID-19 Released by India and the WHO in May 2021 [HTML and PDF]

An up-to-date compilation of official information released by the Government of India from January 17, 2020, and the World Health ...

Family members waiting to collect the body of a COVID-19 victim from the mortuary at the Maulana Azad Medical College Hospital, New Delhi on April 18. A weekend curfew has been imposed by Delhi government, following a spike in COVID-19 cases in the city. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar / The Hindu

COVID-19 Compendium: Official Information on COVID-19 Released by India and the WHO in April 2021 [HTML and PDF]

An up-to-date compilation of official information released by the Government of India from January 17, 2020, and the World Health ...

Passengers wait in a queue to give samples for their COVID-19 test after arriving at a railway station, in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday, March 21, 2021. Photo: PTI

COVID-19 Compendium: Official Information on COVID-19 Released by India and the WHO in March 2021 [HTML and PDF]

An up-to-date compilation of official information released by the Government of India from January 17, 2020, and the World Health ...

A primary school teacher at Salaya, Mandvi, Gujarat, Chirag Raval, teaching children from a fishing hamlet at te Manvi sea shore on February 21, 2021. The teacher aims to provide children with education though schools are yet to resume functioning after they were closed down following the outbreak of the pandemic. Photo: Vijay Soneji/The Hindu.

COVID-19 Compendium: Official Information on COVID-19 Released by India and the WHO in February 2021 [HTML and PDF]

An up-to-date compilation of official information released by the Government of India from January 17, 2020, and the World Health ...

The national COVID-19 vaccination programme, which commenced on January 16, underway at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai, on January 17. Photo: R. Ragu, The Hindu

COVID-19 Compendium: Official Information on COVID-19 Released by India and the WHO in January 2021 [HTML and PDF]

An up-to-date compilation of official information released by the Government of India from January 17, 2020, and the World Health ...

COVID-19: Official Information on COVID-19 Released Monthwise by India and the WHO in 2020

An up-to-date compilation of official information released monthwise by the Government of India from January 17, 2020, and the ...

A youngster in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, wearing a mask with the image of a face on December 08, 2020. Photo: M. Periasamy / The Hindu.

COVID-19 Compendium: Official Information on COVID-19 Released by India and the WHO in December [HTML and PDF]

An up-to-date compilation of official information released by the Government of India from January 17, 2020, and the World Health ...

Full Text: World Migration Report 2020

World Migration Report 2020 Source: International Organization for Migration (IOM).

World Bank Report: COVID-19 Crisis through a Migration Lens [PDF 1.69 MB]

The following is a link to the full text of 'COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens'. Source: The World Bank Group (April 2020).

NSSO Data: Migration in India, 2007-2008 [PDF 4.5 MB]

The following is the full text of the Report, 'Migration in India 2007-2008'. Source: National Sample Survey Office (June 2010)

UN Report: World Population Ageing 2020: Highlights [PDF 3.58 MB]

The following is the full text of the report, 'World Population Ageing 2020: Highlights'. Source: United Nations, New York, 2020

Health workers conduct a door to door survey to assess the COVID-19 situation in New Delhi, on November 23, 2020. India has more than 9 million cases of coronavirus, second behind the United States. Photo: AP

COVID-19 Compendium: Official Information on COVID-19 Released by India and the WHO in November [HTML and PDF]

An up-to-date compilation of official information released by the Government of India from January 17, 2020, and the World Health ...

The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. File Photo: AP

Full Text: 50 million cases of COVID-19 reported to WHO; more than 1.2 million people have lost their lives: WHO Director-General

The following is the full text of the opening remarks by the WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at the ...

Students in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, attend a class at a government school after it re-opened on Oct. 19, 2020, as part of the fifth phase of India's relaxation of the nation-wide lockdown imposed on March 25, to combat the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown is being lifted in phases from June 1. India's first case of COVID-19 was reported from the State of Kerala on January 30. Photo: PTI

COVID-19: Press Releases and Updates in October by the Government of India and WHO [HTML and PDF]

An up-to-date compilation of official information released by the Government of India from January 17, 2020, and the World Health ...

Security personnel patrol the premises of the Taj Mahal in Agra on September 21, 2020, when the 17th century monument was re-opened to visitors. The UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site was closed to the public on March 17, 2020, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: PTI

COVID-19: Press Releases and Updates in September by the Government of India and WHO [HTML and PDF]

An up-to-date compilation of official information released by the Government of India from January 17, 2020, and the World Health ...

An overflowing sewer in New Delhi on July 22, 2020. Photo: Sandeep Saxena

Sewage Testing as a Pandemic Monitoring Tool

Nitya Jacob

A common challenge faced by governments across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic is to identify patients affected by the ...

Migrant workers from other States, desperate to return to their homes, walk through rail tracks towards a train station in Ahmedabad, India, on May 11, 2020. File Photo: AP

Pandemic Exposes Weaknesses in India’s Disaster Management Response

Sumit Chaturvedi

Disasters are testing times for institutions and individuals, processes and procedures, and policies and their implementation ...

NCC cadets offer flowers to paramilitary jawans after attending the 74<sup>th</sup> Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort, in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug 15, 2020. Photo: PTI

COVID-19: Press Releases and Updates in August by the Government of India and WHO [HTML and PDF]

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A view of the NSCBI Airport in Kolkata on July 6, 2020. Flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Nagpur and Ahmedabad have been suspended between July 6 and July 19 at the Kolkata airport in the view of rising COVID-19 cases in these cities. Photo: PTI

COVID-19: Press Releases and Updates in July by the Government of India and WHO [HTML and PDF]

A compilation of press releases issued by the Government of India through the Press Information Bureau, Delhi, from January 17, ...

A wall painting in Mumbai in honour of workers who risk their lives in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Shashi Ashiwal

COVID-19: Press Releases and Updates in June by the Government of India and WHO [HTML and PDF]

A compilation of press releases issued by the Government of India through the Press Information Bureau, Delhi, from January 17, ...

COVID-19: Press Releases and Updates in May by the Government of India and the World Health Organization [HTML and PDFs]

A compilation of press releases issued by the Government of India through the Press Information Bureau, Delhi, from January 17, ...

COVID-19: Press Releases and Updates in April by the Government of India and the World Health Organization [HTML and PDFs]

A compilation of press releases issued by the Government of India through the Press Information Bureau, Delhi, from January 17, ...

COVID-19: Press Releases and Updates in March by the Government of India and the World Health Organisation [HTML and PDFs]

A compilation of press releases issued by the Government of India through the Press Information Bureau, Delhi, for the month of ...

COVID-19: Press Releases and Updates in February by the Government of India and the World Health Organisation [HTML and PDFs]

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COVID-19: Press Releases and Updates in January by the Government of India and the World Health Organisation [HTML and PDFs]

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A view of the deserted Rajpath, New Delhi, on April 9, 2020, the 16<sup>th</sup> day of the lockdown. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

A Pandemic as a Political Reality Check

G. Vijay and Ajay Gudavarthy

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought governments and their policies under scrutiny. In India, daily official bulletins talk about the ...

Official Data: Rural Health Statistics 2018-19 [PDF 4.41 MB]

The full text of the Rural Health Statistics 2018-19 [PDF] can be accessed below.

NSS Report: Persons with Disabilities in India [PDF 2.13 MB]

"This report is based on the Survey of Persons with Disabilities in India conducted during NSS 76th round (July – December 2018).

National Health Profile 2019 [PDF 4.53 MB]

FOREWORDThe Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI) has been releasing its annual publication "National Health Profile (NHP)" ...

A 2016 photo of a woman in Tala Nagada village feeding her child with Energy Dense Nutrient Rich Food distributed by the government health department to the villagers of Nagada hills in Jajpur district, Odisha. Photo: Biswaranjan Rout – The Hindu

Fixing Child Malnutrition in India: Views from a Public Policy Practitioner

Venkatesan Ramani

India is home to the one of the world’s largest flagship programmes for under-6 children, the Integrated Child Development ...

Patients wait for their turn to consult the doctor at the separate ward for Ayushman beneficiaries at Shri Ganesh Vinayak Eye Hospital in Chhattisgarh Photo: Radhika Merwin / The Hindu BusinessLine

Is Ayushman Bharat going to enlarge the role of the private sector in healthcare?

K. Sujatha Rao

Presenting the Union interim budget for 2019-’20, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal hailed the creation of Ayushman Bharat as a major ...

New Nagu-Magu Ambulance services vans parked at Freedom Park during the launch of National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in Bengaluru on January 20, 2014. File Photo: K. Murali Kumar

Ayushman Bharat and the Trivialisation of Healthcare

Amitabha Pande

‘Healthcare’, in the modern world, is conveniently, but wrongly, conflated with ‘medicare’ and is, consequently, increasingly ...

Bridging Multiple Gaps: Strengthening India’s Research Protocols for Assistive Aids

Swapna Sundar

India is home to 2.68 crore persons with disabilities comprising 2.21 per cent of its population (2011 Census). However, less than ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Raghubar Das, wave to supporters at the launch of the Ayushman Bharat programme in Ranchi on September 23, 2018. Photo: Manob Chowdhary.

Deconstructing Ayushman Bharat and Infusing Institutional Reform

K. Sujatha Rao

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government recently launched Ayushman Bharat (AB), ...