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Objective: Evaluation of the inter-observer and intra-observer agreement for CTG interpretation by NICE guidelines 2017. Design: A hospital-based Prospective observational study. Setting: The study was conducted at a university teaching hospital Sample size: A total of 165 CTG tracings from 165 laboring women were included in the study for interpretation by 6 clinicians with varying levels of experience in the specialty. Methods: 6 clinicians (3 consultants & 3 residents in training) independently interpreted CTG traces using NICE 2017 guidelines twice with a locking period of 3 months between 2 interpretations. Main outcome measure: Fleiss’s kappa and Cohen’s kappa coefficient was employed for ascertaining interobserver and intraobserver agreement using SPSS statistical software. Results: Among all CTG parameters, observed agreement for baseline fetal heart was substantial [k=0.678(0.677-0.679), p