Sanjeev Sanyal said USAID “effectively ran India’s National Family Health Survey from 1990s” He said much of the NFHS questionnaire was deliberately skewed to support certain social narratives. “USAID is the biggest scam in human history,” he had earlier posted on X social media platform. ‘Fortunately, GoI took up the matter and the latest NFHS is being done by the Health Ministry on its own,’ he maintained. The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an agency led by billionaire Elon Musk, recently declared that it had cancelled a series of international funding projects. Among these was the $21 million allocated for voter turnout in India. The $29mn spend to improve ‘fiscal federalism’ in Nepal was also cancelled by the DOGE, according to a statement from the agency. The statement was made in response to allegations of interference by USAID in Indian elections.
Sanjeev Sanyal said USAID “effectively ran India’s National ….
