Something's cooking at KMC
Kolkata Municipal Corporation is planning to build a kitchen in the centre of the city to help expand its the mid-day meal programme. KMC discovered that within just a few months of the launch of its
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Hungry for votes, but no neta to fix malnutrition problem
In January 2012, PM Manmohan Singh declared half of India’s children were malnourished and that was a national shame. Yet since then, not a single comprehensive national survey was conducted to determine
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Lid off massive scam in Mid-Day Meal Scheme
The Delhi Police have unearthed a scam in the centrally sponsored Mid-Day Meal Scheme seizing eight truckloads of rice meant for primary schoolchildren allegedly being siphoned off by a UP-based NGO
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Tamil Nadu spends twice as much as Karnataka on child's meal
Allocation for a child in anganwadi in State is Rs. 4 a day With food prices going northward, a cup of coffee in Bangalore, on an average, costs Rs. 10 today. In such a situation, how well can a child in an anganwadi in Karnataka be fed on an allocation of Rs. 4 per day?
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Mothers of children to supervise mid-day meals preparation
In a bid to facilitate greater community participation in a centrally-sponsored programme, mothers of the 12 crore school children covered under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme will now be allowed to
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Food samples fail on quality, hygiene
The provision for providing compulsory mid day meals to Municipal Corporation of Delhi schools is turning out to be a health risk for students. In a major setback to the scheme, about 70
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Food Security Act in UP from July 5
Officials Asked To Complete Formalities Lucknow: The Food Security Act (FSA) will be implemented in Uttar Pradesh from July 5. Chief secretary Jawed Usmani made this announcement saying directions have been issued to the department heads concerned to complete all formalities on priority basis to ensure that the Act comes into force completely as per schedule.
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Mid-day meal' for every school child' Sri Lanka PM
In an attractive election proposal, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa assured that every school child will receive a mid-day meal, if he is elected as the President. Ruling party Presidential hopeful
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Moms to train for midday meal
The state Human Resource Development Department is revamping its midday meal scheme in order to provide a proactive role for the Saraswati Vahini responsible for cooking hygienic food for the children.
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India’s mid-day meal scheme ranked 12th among lower-middle-income countries
India has the largest programme, catering to over 114 million children A global report by the World Food Project (WFP) for 2013 on 169 countries has said that India has the largest school feeding programme in the world, catering to over 114 million children, but stands 12thamong 35 lower-middle-income countries covering 79 per cent of its total number of school-going children.
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Honesty pays off, jobless man will now supervise mid-day meal distribution
RS 2 lakh could have solved many of the problems this unemployed graduate was facing. But Samsher could not have lived with the guilt if had used the money. The Ambala resident had picked up a bag containing the cash by mistake. As soon as he realised that, Samsher handed it over to the police. His honesty paid off. Director Public Instruction (Schools) S K Setia promised Samsher a supervisor's job under Mid Day Meal scheme on a salary of Rs 6,000 on Thursday.
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Social safety nets for food and nutritional security in India
This paper brings together existing literature on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNRGEA) and the Public Distribution System (PDS) in India, offering a narrative review of
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Delhi set to extend mid-day meal scheme upto Class VIII in govt schools
After a delay of over a year, the Union government
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150 recipes for UP midday meals soon
Beginning July, the food being served under the midday meal programme across primary and upper primary schools in Uttar Pradesh will have more variety. The Uttar Pradesh Midday Meal Authority (UPMDMA) is preparing a recipe book, with 150 recipes to choose from. These recipes will be created keeping in mind the convergence cost and the nutrition requirement of each child.
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Social safety nets for food and nutritional security in India
This paper brings together existing literature on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNRGEA) and the Public Distribution System (PDS) in India, offering a narrative review of
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Bisi Oota fails to fill empty stomachs
The mid-day meal programme of the government may have brought more number of children to schools. But the problem of feeding them still remains a big challenge. Many a school in Gadag district find
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Rajasthan kids to get full mid-day meal
The Rajasthan Government has decided to provide full meal, comprising pulses, vegetables and chapattis, to the school-going children every alternate day in the week under the mid-day meals scheme.
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Meal drive hits empty dishes
ARTI SAHULIYAR Ranchi, July 24: Even after the mid-day meal scheme was launched five years ago in the state, 2 lakh students are not provided with food at government-run primary schools everyday. Moreover, the dropout rate among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students is still higher compared to that of students from general category, reveals a study conducted by the state human resource development department during the last session.
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What America can teach us about mid-day meals
JAYA JUMRANI
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SDM orders inquiry into irregularities in mid-day meal scheme
Taking a serious note of irregularities in distribution of food to anganwari children, under the mid-day meal scheme in Barara sub-division, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Ashwini Mengi, has ordered an inquiry into the matter, which will be conducted by the Child Development Project Officer. Sources informed that the meals were being prepared for more heads than the original strength in the anganwadi. Mengi also said that those workers found guilty would not be spared and strict action would be taken against them.