Over 21 years to 2014, the richest quintile–top 20% of the population by income –undergoing caesarean section deliveries in India has gone up from 10% to 30%, raising the country’s average caesarean-section rates from 5% to 18% over the same period, according to a recent analysis of national health data. The rate of caesarean section among the poor has stayed the same over this period: 5%.
International researchers presented these facts during the launch of Maternal Health Series 2016, a report released in Mumbai on February 3, 2017 by
