Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Jammu, August 22: Expressing concern over alleged reports of mismanagement in the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme, the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry had written to Education Secretaries of all states, including Jammu and Kashmir, for an indepth review of this Centrally sponsored scheme. The ministry has stressed …
Jolted by mismanagement at the Chhapra school where 23 children died after eating midday meal, the Union HRD Ministry has asked all schools to switch to new design and hygienic kitchen-cum-stores as well as develop contingency plans to handle medical emergencies of the kind witnessed in the Gandamal village school. …
The Human Resource Development Ministry on Thursday announced that a new committee would be set up to review the implementation of its flagship mid-day meal scheme with a view to monitoring the quality of food and ensuring hygiene standards. This will be in addition to the existing panel that meets …
The food being served to Delhi’s children under the mid-day meal scheme is far from being healthy with 83 per cent of the samples lifted for testing failing in the current fiscal. In a response to Right to Information applications filed for ascertaining the results on the quality of food …
New Delhi: Delhi schools have the best record when it comes to cleanliness. Thirtynine of the 179 schools selected by the Central Board of Secondary Education for the National School Sanitation Award 2012 are in the national capital region (NCR). According to CBSE sources, the top two schools with the …
The Ministry of Health suffered huge embarrassment yesterday when the parliamentary panel examining the feasibility of establishing an overarching health regulator rejected the Bill in this regard. Seldom does a department-related standing committee of Parliament - health in this case - return a government Bill asking it to redo the …
Unable to get an exemption for the cooking gas cylinders used for the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in the wake of a steep hike in the prices of domestic gas, Union Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal has suggested that the Petroleum Ministry consider providing subsidised LPG cylinders for the current fiscal …
A study on the status of the education of the girl child has revealed that 29 per cent of the respondents in the city are unaware about the Right to Education Act, which states that education is a basic right of every child in the country. The study was undertaken …
Jaipur: The UPA’s mid-day meal programme in Rajasthan is in tatters. The recently released Monitoring Institutions (MIs) report has revealed glaring anomalies in implementation of the scheme with many children in the state not getting any benefits and some actually going hungry. According to a report, the scheme is not …
Proposal is for exclusive institutional education with boarding The Uttar Pradesh government is awaiting clearance from the Centre for an ambitious project to rehabilitate children disabled by Japanese encephalitis (JE) and acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) that kill hundreds and handicap an equal number every monsoon season in eastern U.P. and …
Non-availability of female teachers, absence of safe drinking water, poor maintenance of sanitation facilities and low awareness is what keeps the young girls in the educationally backward and Muslim-dominated Mewat district of Haryana away from schools, a recently conducted study commissioned as part of the National Women Empowerment Mission, under …
Agartala: Tripura will launch a disaster management programme in its schools to enhance the State’s preparedness in an event of a natural calamity striking it, an official said here on Monday. “The government has launched an ambitious School Disaster Management Planning (SDMP) project from this academic session. Under it, teachers …
The Bihar Government’s plan and efforts to upgrade its primary education infrastructure received a jolt as the Centre drastically cut its contributory share of funds under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme during the just-concluded financial year. The state’s Education Minister PK Shahi said that out of the Centre’s share …
Tuesday's meeting to examine the pricing policy prepared by ministry of chemicals & fertilisers On Tuesday, a group of ministers (GoM) led by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar will examine the proposed National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy (NPPP) prepared by the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers. The key issue is to vet …
Chandigarh: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has sanctioned Rs 54 crore grant to Chandigarh Unit of Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for academic session 2012-13. Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan had put across a budget proposal of Rs 72 crore. This year, two new schools will be set up under SSA …
The disease has claimed 861 lives so far with 470 in U.P. alone Concerned over the high mortality and morbidity because of Japanese encephalitis (JE) and acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), the Group of Ministers (GoM) held its first meeting here on Monday to discuss short, medium and long-term measures needed …
Concerned over the large number of child deaths due to measles every year, the Centre has launched a massive anti-measles vaccination drive. More than 13 crore children are expected to be covered under the Measles Catch-up Campaign, irrespective of their previous measles vaccination status. The drive has been launched by …
Concerned about the lack of awareness about the legal entitlement to basic education for children up to the age of 14, the human resource development ministry has planned out a yearlong community awareness and mobilisation programme. The Shiksha ka Haq Abhiyan (Right to Education campaign) will be flagged of on …
This Education Day (November 11), the principal of each elementary school in India will receive VVIP mail -- a letter from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Contained therein will be a highly personalised message of the PM for the children of the country, who have long been guaranteed the Right to …
The Centre has sanctioned over 11,000 primary and upper primary schools in Uttar Pradesh under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in pursuance of the notification of the State Right to Free and Compulsory Education Rules issued by the government in July. The sanction for 10,366 primary schools and 1,052 upper …
