1) Strategies for measles control in India include improving routine immunization coverage, providing a second opportunity for measles immunization, conducting outbreak surveillance, and investigating outbreaks. 2) India had a disproportionate burden of measles mortality, with an estimated 164,000 measles deaths in 2008. 3) A review of global vaccination strategies found that most countries employed routine immunization plus supplemental immunization activities or routine immunization plus catch-up campaigns. India decided to introduce a second dose of measles vaccine (MCV2) in 2010.