The government has decided to increase the Minimum Support Price of raw Jute for marketing season 2025-26. Briefing media in New Delhi today about the Cabinet decisions, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said, MSP of five thousand 650 rupees per quintal for raw jute will be provided which is 315 rupees more in comparison to the previous marketing season 2024-25. He said, this would help 40 lakh families, who are engaged in the production of raw jute.
The Minister informed that the Union Cabinet reviewed the progress achieved under the National Health Mission. He added that the Union Cabinet has cleared the continuation of the mission for another two years as decided earlier. In 2021, the Union Cabinet extended the implementation of the National Health Mission for five years till 2026.
The National Health Mission has driven substantial progress in multiple areas, including maternal and child health, disease elimination, and healthcare infrastructure in the last three years.
National Health Mission has engaged over 12 lakh additional healthcare workers between the financial years 2021 and 2024. Around 220 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered nationwide under this mission. The Maternal Mortality Ratio has declined by 83 percent since 1990, which is higher than the global decline of 45 percent. Tuberculosis incidence has been reduced from 237 per 1 lakh population in 2015 to 195 in 2023, and the TB mortality rate decreased from 28 to 22 in the same period. India achieved 97.98 percent coverage in the measles and rubella vaccination campaign. Under this mission, several new initiatives including National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission were also undertaken.