Supreme Court order on right to food dated 02/05/2003
Supreme Court order on right to food dated 02/05/2003.
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'Honour commitment to provide free education for all'
Apprehensive of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the Mid-Day Meal programme falling prey to resource crunch, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Murli Manohar Joshi, has cautioned the
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Jairam Ramesh cites multi-crore MNREGA scam in UP, warns of CBI inquiry
LUCKNOW: Five days after Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi accused Mayawati government in UP of mega-scale corruption in the centrally sponsored schemes, union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh
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Fish promise fills classrooms again
Krishnagar, July 22: A slightly varied menu and a promise of fish in the future has brought back to school many Nadia children who had grown tired of khichdi and dropped out. The khichdi and an insipid dal had become a primary school staple as prices of essentials rose and the schools struggled to cope. Before the inflation demon hit double digits, the children ate fish, dal, chutney and fried potatoes and that was what drew them to school.
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Food, PDS problems under scanner
-NGOs, activists point to government mismanagement SANTOSH KIRO An activist addresses NGO members at the symposium on Monday. Picture by Manik Bose Ranchi, July 21: Repeated reminders to the Jharkhand government to safeguard the common man's right to food have fallen on deaf ears in the state, some activists believe. Public problems and solutions were brought forth today in a symposium held by a group of activists, all working in the development field, especially for the right to food.
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An empirical study of the mid-day meal programme in Khurda, Orissa
The mid-day meal programme was initiated as a means of achieving universal primary education of satisfactory quality for all schoolchildren below the age of 14 by increasing enrolment, improving attendance and retention, and simultaneously improving nutritional status. This paper attempts to investigate some of these aspects based on primary data collected from Khurda district of Orissa. Data was collected from schools as well as from a sample of households of schoolchildren.
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Corporate sector must perform its social responsibility: Raje
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday called upon the corporate sector to perform its social responsibility in other sectors such as education, social service, power and development by working together with the people and the government. Addressing a session on public-private partnership at a national convention on "Corporate social responsibility' in New Delhi, Ms. Raje said the corporate sector's collaboration with other stakeholders would bring prosperity to it and help evolve its positive role in the progress of the nation.
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More than a meal (Editorial)
The future of India lies in the health of her children. The latest Human Development Report shows that 47 per cent children are underweight. Over 34 per cent of Indians live on less than Rs 40 a day. The mid-day meal (MDM) scheme is thus a necessity. It is an investment the country makes in the health of its children. But unfortunately, the government's implementation of the scheme leaves much to be desired in most parts of the country. Recently, some of our young MPs
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Women’s empowerment and socio-economic outcomes: impacts of the Andhra Pradesh rural poverty reduction program
The paper explores whether one of the largest programs in the world for women’s empowerment and rural livelihoods, the Indira Kranti Patham in Andhra Pradesh, India, has had an impact on the economic and
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Final report on poverty, hunger and public action: an empirical study of on-going decentralisation initiatives in West Bengal
<p>India’s Global Hunger Index indicates large-scale poverty and hunger and our failure to meet the challenge despite positive legislative provisions like NREGA and remarkable policy initiatives like ICDS, Mid-day Meal, Public Distribution System and National Social Assistance Programmes.
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The National Food Security Bill, 2013
<p>Read text of the landmark National Food Security Bill, 2013. This promises to give right to the country's 80 crore people to get 5 kg of foodgrains every month at Rs 1-3 per kg.</p>
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Government gives civic body Rs 271cr
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday sanctioned the release of Rs 271 crore to Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) out of the approved budget outlay of Rs 912 crore for roads, urban development and education, including midday meals, for the year 2010-11.
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Elementary education needs separate board
BHUBANESWAR: Though Orissa has witnessed a drastic change in the physical features of elementary education, many things are yet to be achieved in terms of access and retention of the students in the State-run schools.
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HRD to use UID to bring kids back to school
Number To Cost Rs 200 Per Person Akshaya Mukul | TNN New Delhi: HRD ministry has decided to take the help of Unique Identity number project to carry out educational reforms. Foremost among its goal is to use UID to bring the over 80 lakh
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National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education, 2006 [Mid-Day Meal Scheme]: guidelines
NP-NSPE, 2006 seeks to address two of the most pressing problems for the majority of children in India, namely, hunger and education by: Improving the nutritional status of children in classes I – V in
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Midday meals in two states
This article is based on the findings of a recent survey of the midday meal programme in Madhya Pradesh. Comparison of the new ‘suruchi bhojan’ with the old ‘daliya’ programme in the government primary
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Basic education from cess pool
THE burden of financing basic education is directly on the tax payer through the 2% education cess. Indications are that for the next financial year (2008-09), the cess will account for a sizeable portion of the Rs 21,100 crore allocated for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the mid-day meal programme. For 2007-08, the cess accounted for 57.7% (Rs 10, 393 crore) of the Rs 17,995.02 crore dedicated for these two programmes. So even as allocations in the Budget for these programmes increase, the gross budgetary support provided for the programmes has been on the decline. The 2% education cess was levied in the Budget 2004-05, ostensibly to ensure that more money flowed into the basic education segment as promised in the UPA government's common minimum programme. The education cess is levied on all central taxes, such as corporate tax, income tax, service tax, custom duty. It is not that the government isn't committed to providing basic education
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Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan fails in basics
Creating basic infrastructure in schools was the most important goal of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the government's most ambitious scheme to provide education to all children in the 6-14 age group. Reports, however, point out that the government has a long way to go as a vast number of schools are still devoid of basic facilities like classrooms, drinking water and toilets. According to a report by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NEUPA), under the human resource development ministry, about 30 per cent elementary schools in the country do not have a pucca building for holding classes. This when the government has been consistently increasing the allocation for the scheme. The government has been collecting a 2 per cent cess on all taxes from 2004-05 to fund the SSA and the mid-day meal scheme. Statistics from all schools imparting elementary education (more than 80 per cent of them are government schools) show that a primary school has on an average only 2.8 classrooms for classes I-V. The minimum requirement is five rooms. The number is 4.1 for all schools (primary and upper primary). An upper primary school requires around eight classrooms. The survey found that of the existing rooms, only 72.96 per cent are in good condition, the other being vulnerable to adverse weather conditions like rain. The data show that more than 60 children sit in one room in more than 16 per cent schools This is in sharp contrast with public schools, which have one room per 20 children. More than 50 per cent schools do not have a boundary wall. Around 58.1 per cent primary and upper primary schools have common toilets for boys and girls. Around 15 per cent schools do not have access to safe drinking water. This means lakhs of children stay either thirsty or have to drink unsafe water. Under the mid-day meal scheme, the government allocates money for constructing kitchens in government and aided schools. But data show that by 2006-07, only 29.36 per cent schools had kitchen sheds. Officials, however, emphasise that the dropout rates are coming down and enrolments are increasing. The allocation for the SSA is Rs 10,671 crore for this fiscal. The ministry wants about Rs 18,000 crore for the programme in the next fiscal. The SSA and the meal scheme are run with the money collected from the 2 per cent education cess on income tax, excise, Customs duty and service tax. The proceeds from the cess are credited into the Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh. About Rs 10,393 crore is expected to be transferred to the fund during 2007-08.
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Too tiny a tweak
What is the solution to India's malnutrition problem? Just a one per cent increase in the protein content of potatoes. Or so believes a group of scientists at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New
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PDS fails in feeding India's poor
India's Targeted Public Distribution System (tpds) gives subsidised essential commodities to economically weaker households. Till 1997, the system had supplied subsidised commodities to