- UNAIDS reported 3.10 lakh AIDS deaths in India in 1999. NACO's toll from 1987 to Dec 2000 was a measly 1,759.
- Figures reveal incidence of HIV in Manipur fell from highest (18 per cent) to among the lowest (0.4 per cent) in 1998.
- NACO submits to Parliament in '98 that there are 81 lakh HIV/AIDS cases. Now scaled down to 38 lakh cases.
- NACO now describes UNAIDS figures as guesswork. UNAIDS admits better methodology is required.