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With an ageing population globally, the burden of neurological disorders is rapidly increasing, posing a challenge to the sustainability of health systems, including in low-income and middle-income countries.1–9 The burden of neurological disorders is also expected to increase in India due to the rapid demographic and epidemiological transition occurring in the country.10 Evidence regarding the incidence, prevalence, and disease burden associated with neurological disorders in India is scarce. Only a few local studies have reported disease burden for some neurological disorders.11–18 We have previously reported the state-level distributions of stroke and brain and nervous system cancers.19,20 However, a recent and comprehensive understanding of the magnitude and trends of all neurological disorders is not available, which is required for evidence-based preventive strategies, health-care planning, priority setting, and resource allocation. In 2020, the 73rd World Health Assembly resolution on global actions on epilepsy and other neurological disorders called for a globally integrated strategy underpinned by preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative plans to address neurological conditions more effectively in low-income and middle-income countries