No hot meals, only the cold shoulder
Flouting court orders, the Yeddyurappa government is serving packaged food to kids, finds Imran Khan Stomachs get filled but in the long run, malnutrition takes its toll on the kids FOR THE present
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Five kids die after taking milk and snack at school - Tragedy on eve of childrens day
A student who fell ill at the school undergoes treatment at a Ranchi hospital. Picture by Prashant Mitra Ranchi, Nov. 13: At least five boys have died after consuming milk and snacks in a government-run residential school in Jharkhand, the tragedy unfolding on the eve of children
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Centre for hot cooked food to be served in schools
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi October 27, 2008, 0:30 IST The central government last week ruled in favour of hot cooked meals as the final choice of food to be served to pre-school children under the Rs 42,000-crore Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).
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States likely to decide menu for children's meal scheme
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi October 16, 2008, 0:27 IST The government is all set to put an end to the debate on whether hot cooked meals or ready-to-eat food like biscuits should be served in the anganwadis, the pre-school feeding centres run under the central government scheme of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).
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FSSAI guidelines for healthy food in midday meal on anvil
With several incidents of food poisoning due to sub-standard midday meals served to students coming to the fore and in view of school cafeterias selling junk food, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is in the process of framing a set of guidelines to ensure standard norms for nutritious diet to all. The proposed guidelines will be based on scientific parameters and reliabl
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Centre, states to review preparations for implementation of Food Security Act
The Act as been enacted in Haryana, Himachal, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal, Mizoram and Delhi The Centre will review preparations for implementation of the National Food security Act with the States and UTs in a meeting here on Tuesday. The Act which got accent of President Pranab Mukherjee on September, 12 after Parliament's nod, has been enacted in Haryana, Himachal, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal, Mizoram and Delhi. The historic Act will ensure heavily subsidized foodgrains to about 82 crore people as their legal right.
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Midday meal causing loss of Rs 2 lakh per day
The midday meal being offered to the students studying in the municipal schools is causing a loss of approximately Rs 2 lakh per day to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The matter came to light when the official data given by the two different officers of the corporation's education department showed an objectionable difference. According to the one figure presented by the education departm
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Water woes dry midday meal
Jamshedpur, Feb. 28: The midday meal at five government-run primary schools in Mango and Dimna has been stopped from today due to the ongoing water crisis, leaving around 1,000 underprivileged children bereft of their free lunch. With no water to cook, the scheme was stopped for the first time since schools adopted it in 2002.
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MCD contracts with NGOs for midday meals
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today said that the contract for supplying midday meals to 9.94 lakh students of its schools has been given to non-government organisations. The education department of the MCD, at a meeting of the standing committee, disclosed that it had proposed to allocate the distribution of midday meals to 9.94 lakh students in all MCD schools as well as the school
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Eliminating poverty: creating jobs and strengthening social programs
A taskforce set up by Niti Aayog on eliminating poverty released its report dealing in detail on how key government initiatives can contribute to uplift of poor, but stopped short of determining the poverty
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Kerala tea estate turns a new leaf with mid-day meal scheme
A state government-run tea estate in Wayanad has registered record production by introducing free noon meal for its workers. The Priyadarsini Tea Estate has incorporated a tourism component to find resources to feed its 316 tribal workers, majority of them women. The tea estate, spread over 955 acres, was conceived as a rehabilitation project for the tribals freed from bonded labour in 1984.
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Armed with a cellphone, UP keeps tab on schools mid-day meal
A unique UP system to monitor scheme through cloud telephony to be replicated across the country For the past six months, around noon every day, a cellphone rings in 1.5 lakh government schools across Uttar Pradesh.
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Another cold storage triggers row
BURDWAN, 13 JAN: While the state agricultural marketing department is all set to sue the Panagarh cold storage that had thrown out 360 tons of potato meant for midday meal for the ICDS centres and Sisu Siksha Kendras, yet another cold storage in Burdwan town has thrown out 7500 tons of potato. The state run apex cooperatives, Benfed & Confed, owners of the potato packets, however, are yet to pr
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Full meal or package deal?
With lobbying going on to replace cooked meals in the mid-day meal programme with processed foods like biscuits, this article reports on a consultation earlier this year that saw academicians, medical professionals, and nutrition and public health experts discuss the impact of providing dry rations versus cooked foods.
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Midday meals mismanaged in 6 states
Rising Food Prices, Limited Budgets Compelling State Govts To Compromise With Quality The world
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1,015 bags of wheat, rice seized
CHINSURAH, 21 NOV: Acting on a tiff-off, Serampore police today raided a house in the Mahesh Colony area and confiscated 1,015 bags of wheat and rice meant for APL, BPL and mid-day meal schemes. According to police, Mr Kishore Das of Mahesh Colony in Serampore purchased rice and wheat from local ration dealers and sold it in the open market at higher prices.
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Mid-Day Meal serves up death in Asarwa
One Dead, 10 Kids From AMC Schools Hospitalized Ahmedabad: A seven-year old girl died on Monday night after suspected food poisoning at a municipal school on Saturday. Ten other students of two schools that got the same food and water have been admitted to Civil Hospital and private hospit a l s i n A s a r w a . Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has begun a probe into the incident.
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Midday meal scheme eating into learning time: Plan panel report
Bangalore: The scheme that brings smiles to lakhs of children across the country every afternoon is also eating into teaching and learning time.
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Food for a billion first course
NAC HAS REDEFINED
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Under one umbrella: HRD min to propose bringing midday meal under food bill
Akshaya Mukul & Nitin Sethi | TNN