Meat-eaters have increased in the last six years in India: NFHS

A recent study by National Family Health Survey (NFHS -5) from the year 2019-21, shows that the percentage of meat-eaters or non-vegetarians has considerably increased from 2015 to the present.
The survey was conducted between six years on both men and women aged 15-49 years of age.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fifth round of the NFHS was conducted in two phases between June 17, 2019, and April 30, 2021. The survey has covered 707 districts from 29 states and seven Union territories.
Drop-in ‘pure’ vegetarians: Studies from a recent NFHS-5 survey show that only 16.6% of men and 29.4% of women have never eaten non-veg, including eggs. This is a 5% drop in men from 21.6% and a 1% drop in women from 30%, as compared to the last report NFHS-4 . Hence, one can safely say that the percentage of vegetarians in both men and women has dropped during the previous six years.
Fish, chicken, and meat: Interestingly in the category of ‘fish, chicken, and meat’ the number of men and women has considerably increased over the last six years. The notion that India is predominantly a vegetarian country is proving to be false yet again.
In the last six years, the daily consumption of fish, chicken, and meat-eaters in men has exponentially increased from 1.8% to 8.0%. That is a six percent increase.