| CARI | Consolidated Approach to Reporting Indicators |
| CIAF | Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure |
| EA | Enumeration Areas |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| NFHS-5 | National Family Health Survey-5, 2019-21 |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| VIFs | Variance Inflation Factors |
| WASH | Water, sanitation and hygiene |