Data collection for the third round of the much-awaited IHDS has started from the second week of May 2022. The India Human Development Survey (IHDS) is a nationally representative, multi-topic panel survey. The NDIC team conducted an extensive training programme for interviewers and field staff at NCAER from April 18 to May 10, 2022. The three-week long training covered IHDS overview, discussion of household and community questionnaires, demonstration of data model in Blaise, survey and sample management in SurveyTrak, mock practice and field practice of interviews. The survey agency, Shailam Longitudinal Research Private Limited, started data collection from the households, communities, schools and health facilities in Haryana.