Overview

• From Dhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar initiative and the eighth National Nutrition Month to prioritise services for women and children.
• He also launched work on a PM MITRA textile park in Dhar, a site of over 2,150 acres, with officials citing significant investment commitments and job creation projections.
• The campaign features nationwide health camps, blood donation drives, cleanliness activities, swadeshi fairs and youth runs, with reported target figures differing across outlets.
• In Delhi, authorities opened 41 Ayushman Aarogya Mandirs and announced additional clinics and dialysis centres as Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled multiple civic projects.
• Other actions include direct transfers to nearly 10 lakh women under PM Matru Vandana, the launch of the Suman Sakhi maternal health chatbot, a sickle cell screening milestone, and state-led drives such as mass cataract surgeries in Maharashtra and a 75 lakh sapling plantation in Odisha.