I am an ardent admirer of our union minister for Woman and Child Development. She has a mind of her own and I have seen men cringe in their seats when she gets going in her speeches. I refer to the current raging debate involving policy makers at the highest …
It seems the state Government has made a total mess of the Central funds meant for children under the Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP). According to the latest CAG report, the SNP has been nothing but a story of not just diversion of funds and materials, but also of shortfall of …
Villagers of Kandwala, a sleepy village near Fazilka, have reason to seek sealing of the food meant for the mid-day meal in their primary school, as the stock has allegedly taken its toll with the death of two women and four of their kids hospitalised after they consumed the wheat …
Realising a shortage of doctors will continue to be a major hurdle to run neonatal care units in the state, the experts, who have developed the units in the districts to lower the newborn mortality rate, are now planning to train nursing staff to meet the crisis. Dr A Singh, …
The state government has banned the sale of soft drinks, chocolates, popcorn, jelly, chewing gum and junk food like burgers and pizzas at cafeterias and canteens in educational institutions School and college students in Tamil Nadu will no more enjoy the luxury of having aerated drinks or eat ice cream, …
Minister recommends packaged food as mid-day meal in schools The world is increasingly veering away from including processed, packaged food as a regular dietary feature
The Rajya Sabha witnessed noisy scenes today over the government's reported proposal to give pre-cooked food to children at anganwadi centres under the Integrated Child Development Scheme. Referring to media reports, CPM member Brinda Karat questioned whether the government was pushing for a proposal to give ready-to-eat meals to children …
Pressure is building on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the Ministry of Women and Child Development to ensure cooked meals in pre-school centres under the central programme of anganwadis. The latest to take up the matter and join issue with the ministry is none other than Nobel laureate …
Worried that contractors and traders may take undue advantage, the Planning Commission has shot down a proposal by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, headed by Renuka Chowdhury, to dish out ready-to-eat meals at Anganwadi centres to children in the age group 3-6 years under the Integrated Child Development …
Preferring pizzas, followed by noodles, aerated drinks and ice cream 65 per cent children in the Pink City have been found to be interested in having junk food Unhealthy dietary habits are a cause of major concern the world over JAIPUR: Believe it or not, children of even traditional cities …
MIDNAPORE: The midday meal programme in Murari SC High School in Belpahari block in Midnapore West had to be closed by the school authorities indefinitely a day after it was introduced following an order issued by the Belpahari BDO permitting two self help groups (SHG) at the same time in …
The Hong Kong government on Thursday closed all elementary schools and preschools in the territory a week early for Easter holidays after three children died amid an influenza outbreak, but insisted there was no sign that SARS or bird flu were involved. The abrupt closing of the schools, announced late …
Although it's not considered the number one cause of child mortality, pneumonia tops the morbidity list among children between one month and one year in Thimphu, according to pediatricians at the Thimphu national referral hospital. Recently, a Class II girl-student of Jigme Namgyel Lower Secondary School was suspected to have …
Health and Family Welfare Minister Ambumani Ramadoss informed the Lok Sabha the other day that 69.5 per cent of children in the age group of six to 59 months are suffering from anaemia of which 63 per cent are in the urban areas and 71.5 per cent in the rural …
A dangerous type of childhood meningitis has been virtually eliminated in Uganda in just five years after a vaccine was introduced, according to a study released this week. That should save the lives of 5,000 children a year, the authors estimated. "This is the first time we've seen this kind …
The implementation of the Supplementary Nutritional Programme (SNP) in Assam is "tardy and failure.' It is handicapped by long spells of non-feeding days, inequality in and manipulation of the allotment for nutrition, diversion of the allotment without compensatory replacement and incurring of excess expenditure,' according to a report of the …
Asom Social Welfare Minister Ajanta Neog has today admitted on the floor of the State Assembly that the problem of undernourishment of children in the State is alarming, and it is a national problem. She, however, said the State Government will not compromise at any level when it comes to …
The health ministry is planning an emergency mop-up operation that will vaccinate three lakh children living in and around Kirti Nagar against polio to contain further spread of the deadly P1 strain of the virus in Delhi. The decision was taken after the country's first PI strain of wild polio …
Rs 2.80 a day for fuel makes cooking a challenge Government Primary School, Rukali village, Chhachhrouli, has a total of 14 students. They get Rs 2.80 a day as budget for fuel to cook midday meal whereas cost of cattle dung cake is Rs 1 per cake, firewood is Rs …
