Keep watch on quality of food, Govt told
While commending the way in which the Akshara Dasoha (mid-day meal) scheme was implemented to provide food for poor students, the Karnataka High Court has directed the government take steps for
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Mid-Day Meal scheme
Haryana verdict a welcome deterrent
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Mid day meal a partial success
One hot meal. Even in European coutnreis like Finland, the concept has helped raw children to the classroom. Con trast this with al the reports on the mid-day meal in Deli's MCD schools
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Irregularities in MCD mid-day meal contracts, alleges BJP
Leader of Opposition in the MCD Subhash Arya of the BJP has charged the Corporation of committing irregularities in granting of contracts for preparing mid-day meals for the 9-lakh odd students
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Mid-day meals: govt has money, but not for a grand a la carte
North-East wants a special non-veg sp-read for its school kids, UP prefers simple roti-dal. South India is already serving idli-sambar-rice. But all that the Centre can spare for the mid-day meal
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SC sets deadline for cooked mid-day meal
In an order that can attract more children to schools, the Supreme Court has fixed January, 2005, as the deadline for all states to provide cooked mid-day meal to students up to Class V as the Centre
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Raman govt to give greater role to women SHGs
Encouraged by their success in running the mid-day meal scheme, the Chhattisgarh government plans to offer 33 per cent of its PDS outlets to women's self-help groups (SHGs). Some of the over 55,000
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Double fortified salt mandatory in midday meal
Government to promote its use to tackle anaemia The Union government will promote the use of iron fortified iodised salt (double fortified salt) to battle anaemia, one of the major causes of malnutrition, particularly among women and children. To begin with, the Ministries dealing with food and nutrition programmes such as the Integrated Child Development Services and midday meal will make the
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Mid-day meal scheme faces teething troubles in Nawanshahr
Nawanshahr, September 22 Complaints regarding the packed midday meal, launched by Punjab Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur on September 16 in Nawanshahr district, have been pouring in almost from day one.
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States fail to lift midday meal quota
In a shocking state of affairs in the Central government
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MCD goes in for food test
A day after insects were discovered in the mid-day meal served to the students of a municipal school in Rohini, the Rohini zone had a ward committee meeting where the issue was taken up. The incident
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Boost to primary, rural healthcare
The populist programmes surfaced in the Common Minimum Programme like rice at Rs 3 per kg, extending mid-day meal till standard 7, extending and renaming of Yashaswinin health scheme to all poor
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Budget: HRD sought 100-pc hike, could get only 25 pc
While the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry had sought nearly Rs 80,000 crore in budgetary allocation this year
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Fighting malnutrition
The tribal district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh, is the first and the only district in the country to run the school mid-day meal scheme for primary schoolchildren throughout the year. The initiative has
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MCD mid-day meal gets makeover
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has finally repackaged its mid-day meals. After achieving the target of covering over nine lakh children under the scheme this April, the MCD has roped in eight
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MCD school kids to get biryani, rajma in mid-day meal
Taking advantage of the large number of agencies queuing up before it to distribute mid-day meals among students, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to improve not only the quality of
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Mid-day meal scheme: Bastar shows the way
The "backward, tribal" district of Bastar in Chhattisgarh has become the first district in the country to run the mid-day meal scheme for primary school children throughout the year with the help of
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Call for proper implementation of PDS
The national network of voluntary groups on Sunday concluded its three-day session on the "Right to Food and Work" by passing a resolution that emphasises that the mid-day meals scheme and the public
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Social audit of midday meal scheme in AP
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NHRC notices to civic bodies on midday meal
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Delhi Government and Commissioners of three Municipal Corporations of the city on the allegations made in a media