India, April 17 -- Pune city has recorded the highest number of caesarean (C-section) deliveries this year with a total 26,850 procedures performed between April 2024 and March 2025, according to data from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) health department. Furthermore, the data indicates that in 2024-25, C-section deliveries accounted for 55% of all institutional deliveries in the city which includes deliveries in both public and private hospitals. However, most C-section deliveries were performed in private hospitals, officials said.

Doctors and health officials attribute the rise in C-section deliveries to various medical and lifestyle-related reasons. A few decades ago, only two to three out of every 100 pregnant women were repor...