Adding diversity to plate
The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item with
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
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House panel likely to recommend scrapping of household categories
The Parliamentary Standing Committee examining the National Food Security Bill is considering to recommend to the government to do away with the categorisation of “general” and “priority” (similar to the below poverty line) households in the legislation and provide uniform food guarantee to 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the urban population. Keeping in mind the fiscal implications, the committee is likely to suggest bringing down the food grain entitlements from 7 kg per person per month which is proposed in the Bill to five kg per person per month.
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ICDS scheme has not reached half the eligible children in Bihar’s Dalit hamlets, reveals study
In Bihar’s Dalit hamlets, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) has not reached over half of the eligible children in the stipulated age group of zero to six, a survey conducted by NGOs Bihar Lok Adhikar Manch (BLAM) and Child Rights and You (CRY) has revealed. The survey was conducted in 20 of Bihar’s 38 districts. It covered 200 of the 45,381 ICDS centres in Dalit and Mahadalit hamlets of these districts. There are 91,677 ICDS centres in Bihar, as per the 2011 census. The survey found that only 45 per cent of the total child population in the zero to six years category was covered by the ICDS, and the ICDS centres were not up to the mark.
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Chhattisgarh Food Security Bill, 2012
A bill to provide for food and nutritional security by ensuring access to adequate quantity of food and other requirements of good nutrition for people of the State, at affordable prices, at all times
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Right to Food Campaign demands comprehensive food security Act
Protesting against the Centre’s proposal to extend the cash transfer scheme to the Public Distribution System, the Right to Food Campaign on Saturday demanded that the government bring in a comprehensive national food security Act that provides for universal PDS. Ensuring nutrition through various measures should be the focus of the Bill. The Bill is under consideration of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food. Participating in the concluding session of the three-day protest rally here, economist Jayati Ghosh argued that a universal PDS was an essential part of sound economic policy. She expressed the apprehension that the main beneficiaries of cash transfers would be commercial enterprises.
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Audit report 2012 (civil) on general & social sector, Odisha for the year ended March 2012
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on Government of Odisha relates to matters arising from Performance Audit of selected programmes and activities and Compliance Audit of
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An analysis of food security in the villages
This study is an attempt to study the issue of food security in 25 villages in three blocks in Nainital district, Uttarakhand. Further attempts have been made to study of penetration of various government
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Supreme Court commissioners report on supplementary nutrition scheme under ICDS
The Supreme Court commissioners have found a deep-rooted nexus among bureaucrats, politicians and private food contractors to siphon off funds meant for poor children and women under ICDS. Hence this report dated 29 Nov 2012 calls for setting up an independent Special Investigation Team to investigate corruption and quality in food procurement under the scheme.
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2.8cr UP kids, women wait for food under govt scheme
Lucknow: With no government order on Rs 9,000 crore contract for supply of food supplements under the Centrally sponsored scheme, over 2.8 crore children and pregnant women wait for their share of nutrition.
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Private firms corner ICDS contracts: 1,000Cr Swindle In Maharashtra Alone, Says SC Commissioners’ Report
New Delhi: Private companies have hijacked the government’s flagship scheme to provide food to poor children and their mothers, the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), with contractors in Maharashtra
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Malnutrition tells on Rayagada blocks
BHUBANESWAR: An independent study on nutrition status in Odisha’s Rayagada district has revealed that a whopping 75 per cent children face stunting, thanks to acute malnutrition. The study findings showed