01240nam a22001457a 4500999001900000008004100019100005100060245008700111260003200198300003400230520068200264773003200946942000700978952010900985  c533185d533185260428b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aThomas, Bejoy K. and  Ray, Devesh Kumar960302  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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