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. …
Girls in / Madhya Pradesh have a valid reason to smile - and so does the government Ladli Laxmi Yojana, the brainchild of the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, launched for the empowerment of girl child in Madhya Pradesh, has after Delhi now been emulated by Uttar Pradesh. The scheme …
Pilot project has helped producers boost their output, profits Mohammed Iqbal A unique project: International experts watching a crusher-cum-salt iodisation machine provided to small salt producers at Nawa under a UN World Food Programme-sponsored project. NAWA (RAJASTHAN): Self-help groups of salt producers in this dusty town situated near the historic …
New Delhi: Laying down nutrition and feeding norms for the state governments to follow, the Centre doubled the budget allocated under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme. Hoping to bring down the malnutrition figures, the daily budget per child has now been increased from Rs two to Rs four. …
Commercial interests determine content The oil we eat is essential for our body to function. We cannot do without it. Thus it is important to understand its chemistry. It is agreed that healthy oil is one which has less saturated fat, more monounsaturated fat (mufa) and polyunsaturated fats (pufa) is …
Which cooking oil is best for us? Why do I ask? Are we not bombarded with advertising messages telling us there is a healthy oil that is good for the heart? They talk of monounsaturated fatty acids (mufa), and polyunsaturated fatty acids (pufa) and of course, catch-us-words like omega properties. …
This paper reviews recent evidence on food intake and nutrition in India. It attempts to make sense of various puzzles, particularly the decline of average calorie intake during the last 25 years. This decline has occurred across the distribution of real per capita expenditure, in spite of increases in real …
The implementation of the nutrition support to Primary Education Scheme, popularly known as mid-day meal (MDM), is far from satisfactory in Uttar Pradesh. Right from the enrolment stage, the poor quality of food, improper transportation, dubious role of NGOs and insincere monitoring have only added to the poor implementation of …
The state government will soon come up with a comprehensive soil nutrient map that will have details of the various types of soil found in the state. The map is expected to be complete by September this year. The map will help improve production of food grains in the state …
This paper analyses the effects of access to Rural Public Works (RPW) and the Public Distribution System (PDS), a public food subsidy programme, on consumption poverty, vulnerability and undernutrition in India drawing, on the large household datasets constructed with National Sample Survey (NSS) data, 50th round in 1993-1994 and 61st …
This paper analyses the effects of access to Rural Public Works (RPW) and the Public Distribution System (PDS), a public food subsidy programme, on consumption poverty, vulnerability and undernutrition in India. This paper analyses the effects of access to Rural Public Works (RPW) and the Public Distribution System (PDS), a …
India State Hunger Index 2008 by IFPRI highlights the continued overall severity of the hunger situation in India, while revealing the variation in hunger across states within India. The availability of national household surveys in India that capture the three underlying dimensions of the Global Hunger Index at the state …
A role of dietary nutrients in relation to insulin resistance has been suggested but conclusive evidence in human beings is lacking. Asian Indians and South Asians are prone to develop insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome. In the present paper, data pertaining to nutrient intake, insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk …
Multipurpose vitamin C also fights arsenic FROM common cold to cancer, the role of vitamin C in combating diseases has long been hailed. Recent research has shown that it can also alleviate arsenic-induced toxic effects. People living in high-risk arsenic contaminated areas can now use the cheap and easily available …
A Garhwali radish, small and round and pink, is just what the doctor ordered Many people are familiar with white radish. But it also comes in black, red, purple, rose and lavender. The round, pink variety is a traditional winter vegetable in the Garhwal region, where it is known as …
Taluk Panchayat President Nagesh Kundalpady instructed the nodal officers to take measures for the quick implementation of projects undertaken through the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). Addressing the KDP meeting held at the panchayat hall here on Thursday, he asked the Executive Officer Motappa to issue notice to the …
Child labour needs to be redefined. Some of it is need-based, but most of it is greed-based Deepali, 12, who is forced to do domestic chores, was born to migrant parents. She dreams of going to school in the morning, riding a bicycle and playing badminton in the evening like …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan celebrated Makar Sankranti festival amidst children. He offered Laddus made of jaggery and linseed to children and flew kites with them. Chief Minister Chouhan gave away grants under various schemes to the elderly, handicapped persons and small girls during the festival organised by Women and …
