Over 5,500 Kids Start Tobacco Daily: MoE Launches National Campaign to Reverse Trend
With a view to put an end to the substance abuse amongst students and youth, the Ministry of Education has launched a nationwide enforcement drive.
With a view to put an end to the substance abuse amongst students and youth, the Ministry of Education has launched a nationwide enforcement drive.
The Centre has decided to renew the Certificate of Registration for Virginia tobacco growers and the license for operation of a barn for 3 years instead of a year as at present in order to reduce the burden of mandatory yearly renewal for over 83,000 tobacco farmers in the country, the Commerce and Industry Ministry announced on Tuesday.
The Health Ministry on Tuesday said it is actively working to reduce the tobacco use among the youth with 'Tobacco Free Youth Campaign' being held every year, in a bid to create mass awareness at the grassroot level.
India's tobacco exports surpassed Rs.12005.89 crore during 2023-24. Tobacco farmers' income has also doubled over the last five years, the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday.
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Textiles and apparel alone had an illicit market size of Rs 4,03,915 crore in 2022-23, accounting for over 50 per cent of the total illicit market.
Tobacco kills 13 lakh people every year in India, said Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prataprao Jadhav on Tuesday.
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prataprao Jadhav on Tuesday said the development of the nation is closely linked to the health of its young population, and urged everyone to pledge to resist and quit tobacco.
The advisory was issued jointly by the secretaries of the Union Ministry of Education and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The order has been issued by the DM by virtue of powers vested under section 163 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
