01062nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100004400041245008700085260003200172300003400204520068200238773003200920260428b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aThomas, Bejoy K. and  Ray, Devesh Kumar  aAre we measuring the same thing?: Reconciling discrepancies in SDG 6 data in INDIA  aEconomic & Political Weekly  a61(12), Mar 21, 2026: p.24-26  aThere has been a debate over mismatches between different sources of data on sanitation and water access in India. This article looks at the survey instruments and data from two nationally representative sample surveys, the National Family Health Survey-5 and the 79th round of the National Sample Survey. The findings show that some of the data discrepancies could be attributed to the differences in definitions and indicators used by different agencies. Integration in data collection tools and standardisation in reporting data across the different agencies could resolve this. –Reproduced 

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