Over 70 lakh children between three and 14 years of age will benefit from the Chief Minister's decision to re-introduce an egg a week in the mid-day meal programme. The beneficiaries include children
Over eight months after Prime Minister A B Vajpayee's Independence Day announcement that the Centre would provide free mid-day meals to all school students upto class 10, the Supreme Court has asked
JAIPUR: A mid-day meal kitchen, which will serve to some 40,000 children in 314 government primary and upper primary schools of Chomu and Govindgarh blocks in Jaipur district was inaugurated by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Saturday.
Kanpur: Nearly 35 students of primary school, Daniyapur village, in Sikandara tehsil of Kanpur Dehat, most of them aged below 10, fell ill after they took
LUCKNOW: In what is expected to add more teeth to the investigation into the multi-thousand crore foodgrain scam in UP, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday decided to join the CBI investigation.
The Uttaranchal Government is planning to introduce Mandua (finger millet) based mid-day meals for government school students. Indicating this, recently, Chief Secretary Dr RS Tolia said, "Mandua is
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has urged Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram to sanction a special economic package of Rs 7,565 crore to tide over the difficult financial situation created in the state due to the reportedly faulty recommendation of the 13th Finance Commission. Virbhadra Singh met the Union minister in New Delhi and drew his attention to the fact that the commission had misjudged and under-assessed committed liabilities of the state government, as a result of which the state received a much less revenue deficit grant.
The Nobel laureate says neglecting children is not only unjust but also an economic blunder Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said the National Food Security Bill needs to be strengthened to include children’s entitlements. According to him, the Bill, in the current form, neglects children. He pointed out that there are powerful lobbies for diesel and LPG subsidies, and even for exemptions of custom duties on gold imports. However, nobody is lobbying for children’s rights. Neglecting children is not only unjust but also an economic blunder, he said.
There seems to be something fishy in the supply of mid-day meal to the students as once again a food poisoning incident has taken place in the MCD schools at Palam Colony and Dwarka, Sector 12 in
This paper by the Ministry of Finance reviews efficacy and performance of various central government social sector programmes.
Following the recent case of food poisoning in mid-day meals in schools, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to train the non-governmental-organisations responsible for supplying the
At least 90 students of a government primary school were taken ill after eating mid-day meals at Dibbapalem in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. 49 of the 90 students were admitted to the
In a bid to attract students with a promise for a better future, the Kamrup District Administration has launched an ambitious mid-day meal programme, covering 50 primary schools of the Sualkuchi
The students studying in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) schools have a reason to smile. Having eaten unhygienic and uncooked food till recently under the Mid-day Meal scheme, they will now get
The Himachal Pradesh Government has constituted a monitoring committee at district level for effective implementation of the hot cooked mid-day meal scheme in primary schools in the non-tribal areas
As many as 50 children of a Government Primary School, Palhori, in Paonta tehsil of Sirmour district started vomiting after taking their mid-day meal yesterday. As per the information received here
The Supreme Court's ruling on Thursday ib the mid-day meal scheme is significant for three reasons. First, it has restrained the Centre from taking steps to transfer the administration of midpday
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has decided to focus on six priority areas.The UPA wants to limit its focus, with the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, provision of nutrious mid day meals and fod forwork
Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi wants religious institutions to take charge of the mid-day meal scheme for school children across the
The centre wants to give a grant send-off to the mid-day meal scheme. Thinking of handling over this centrally sponsored scheme to states form the next financial year, the Planning Commission has
