Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among infants India 2012 and 2022
The prevalence of exclusively breastfed infants in India up to the age of five months in 2022 saw an increase compared to 2012, when the share of infants stood at just above 53.1 percent. Moreover, exclusive breastfeeding refers to feeding an infant with no other food or drink, also not even water, except breast milk for the first five to six months of life. This includes expressed milk or milk from a wet nurse.