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. …
Several schools in Sambalpur district have not received rice for the last one year under the mid-day meal scheme. A large number of schools in the state have not yet resumed supply of the meal after summer vacations. Many schools have also alleged that funds did not reach the school …
High-level of organic phosphorus content in midday meal is suspected to have caused the death of 22 children at the Gandaman Primary School in Chapra in Bihar’s Saran district, preliminary inquiries suggest. On Wednesday, Education Minister P.K. Shahi claimed that political conspiracy aimed at destabilising the government was behind the …
Government announces compensation of Rs.2 lakh to the family of the deceased children Nine children lost their lives and nearly 50 fell seriously ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Bihar’s Saran district on Tuesday. All the children are between three and 12 years of age. They were admitted to …
Food samples collected by Food and Drugs Administration inspectors from Mallikharjun High School in Canacona and the premises of Omkar Self Help Group which prepared the meals were found to contain E coli bacteria, the FDA said. Both samples of patal bhaji and bread collected from the school and Omkar …
The fund and grain flow for the Midday Meal (MDM) scheme suffers from major inefficiencies resulting in poor implementation of the flagship programme. A study by Accountability Initiative — PAISA district survey of MDM — in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has found significant problems with the way MDM is managed …
OMM’s ops suspended; Shri Mallikarjun PTA meet today to discuss issue Over 2,000 students from different schools in Canacona had to go without mid-day meals on Friday, after the Education department reportedly suspended the mid-day meals supplied by Omkar Mahila Mandal (OMM) and efforts were underway to get a new …
Officials are searching for godowns to store additional food grains Even as the State government is struggling to mobilise huge quantity of rice required for launching the ‘rice for Re 1 per kg’ scheme next month, it appears to have confronted a bigger challenge: Lack of adequate number of godowns …
The meeting of the Programme Approval Board Mid-Day Meal to consider the Annual Work Plan & Budget 2013-14 in respect of state of Bihar was held on 23.04.2013 at New Delhi.
This study conducted by Accountability Initiative found several inefficiencies and widespread irregularities in implementation of the flagship Mid-Day Meal scheme in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. This study attempts to fill this gap in the context of the Mid Day Meal scheme (MDM). It employs a unique method to track fund …
New Delhi, May 30: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday sought a report from Manipur over alleged gross irregularities in mid–day meal schemes in the state–run schools. The notice was issued following a complaint by a non government organization (NGO) which alleged that the rice earmarked for school …
One Dead, 10 Kids From AMC Schools Hospitalized Ahmedabad: A seven-year old girl died on Monday night after suspected food poisoning at a municipal school on Saturday. Ten other students of two schools that got the same food and water have been admitted to Civil Hospital and private hospit a …
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Delhi Government and Commissioners of three Municipal Corporations of the city on the allegations made in a media report that out of 162 samples of midday meal served in schools run by these corporations, only eight passed …
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 …
Education was given short shrift in the Budget with barely 17% increase in allocation that is likely to leave flagship programmes like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and mid-day meal scheme bereft of the necessary impetus. Allocation for SSA increased by 17%, while Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) — targeted at …
Budget 2013-2014: speech of P. Chidambaram, Minister of Finance. Read Finance Minister P Chidambaram's budget speech February 28, 2013 Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2013-14. 2. I recall my last tenure as Finance Minister and acknowledge with gratitude the splendid support that I received …
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has urged Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram to sanction a special economic package of Rs 7,565 crore to tide over the difficult financial situation created in the state due to the reportedly faulty recommendation of the 13th Finance Commission. Virbhadra Singh met the Union minister in …
The Nobel laureate says neglecting children is not only unjust but also an economic blunder Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said the National Food Security Bill needs to be strengthened to include children’s entitlements. According to him, the Bill, in the current form, neglects children. He pointed out that there are …
An ambitious food fortification programme launched in Rajasthan this past September benefiting school children through the mid-day meals scheme will be expanded this year to cover about 10 lakh children. The centralised kitchens are supplying fortified soya dal analogue containing additional micronutrients under the project. The State Government is implementing …
