There has been a sharp uptick in the number of caesarean section (C-sec) deliveries that took place across India between 2016 and 2021, according to a study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.

The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, showed that from 17.2 per cent in 2016, the prevalence of C-sections across India increased to 21.5 per cent in 2021.