The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Convention suggests steps to combat malnutrition The second “national convention on children's right to food” concluded here on Sunday with a call to link anti-malnutrition strategies to inflationary indices. The three-day convention in which about 1,000 delegates from 21 States participated, adopted a 25-point “charter” on combating malnutrition. ,Shanta Sinha, …
NEW DELHI, 10 JAN: Describing the problem of malnutrition in the country as a national shame, Prime Minister Mr Manmohan Singh today said the government could not rely on the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) alone to tackle it. “...the problem of malnutrition is a matter of national shame. Despite …
‘Extra expense won’t exceed Rs 100,000 crore, will be spread over 5 years’. Critics have slammed a bloated subsidy that has been proposed for the food security bill, but officials in the government strongly believe that the resultant additional burden will not be above Rs 27,000 crore to meet the …
The controversial targeted National Food Security Bill, which got the nod of the Union Cabinet on Sunday, is a pet project of United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi. However, the recommendation made for near-universalisation by the National Advisory Council chaired by Ms. Gandhi, was set aside by the government. To …
Absence of preventive measures and affordable and accessible health care leads to nearly 500 encephalitis deaths in Uttar Pradesh. IT is a strange paradox. In a country that aspires to be a superpower and boasts of rapid economic growth, 488 children died in a State, Uttar Pradesh, from encephalitis alone …
Is India doing marvellously well, or is it failing terribly? Depending on whom you speak to, you could pick up either of those answers with some frequency. One story, very popular among a minority but a large enough group—of Indians who are doing very well (and among the media that …
The State government on Thursday announced the implementation of a Rs.44.21-crore scheme of providing sanitary napkins to adolescents, young mothers and women prisoners in rural parts of the State. Billed as first-of-its-kind in the country, the scheme will cover the section of women in the age group of 10 years …
For promising results, renewed commitment of another seven years essential An official review of the Union Government's ambitious National Rural Health Mission has described it as a “minor success”, adding that the results have been heartening compared to past experience in public health programmes. If this promising programme is not …
The residents of Sardar Sarovar Dam Project affected villages in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh have been deprived of all major programmes initiated by the State Government. Surprisingly, schemes like the PDS, ICDS, MDM, and NREGS are completely dysfunctional in the villages. There is widespread and unchecked corruption in the …
Touching up on the sensitive issue of land acquisition, the Prime Minister said that land acquisition must be transparent and fair. "Our Government wants to replace the 117-year-old land acquisition law by a new forward looking and balanced law in this connection. Land acquisition is no doubt necessary for projects …
JEYPORE: Anganwadi centres are facing debt crisis. The alleged faulty funding system of the Social Welfare Department has put them on a sticky wicket with Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) staff making purchases from grocery shops on credit. In the last two months alone, the debt has mounted to Rs …
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has formally sent the proposed National Food Security bill to the government on behalf of the National Advisory Council (NAC) that she chairs. Setting all doubts at rest about where she stands, the bill explicitly seeks that the subsidized rations be provided to at …
Accepts To Cover 75% Rural, 50% Urban Population New Delhi: The government is set to accept the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council’s recommendation tocover 75% rural and50%urban population under a food security law,butwantstokeep the percentages outside the language of the Act itself. UPA-2 is inclined to set the percentage of …
Eight pregnant women enrolled under ICDS scheme also died last year, reveals RTI reply As many as 775 children and eight pregnant women, enrolled in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme of the Delhi government under which nutritious food and health facilities are provided to underprivileged women and children, …
Flouting court orders, the Yeddyurappa government is serving packaged food to kids, finds Imran Khan Stomachs get filled but in the long run, malnutrition takes its toll on the kids FOR THE present dispensation in Karnataka, the beleaguered BS Yeddyurappa government, which survives crisis after crisis by the skin of …
Disposal of napkins raised as a concern at consultative meet TIRUCHI: Aiming to maximise sensitisation on menstrual hygiene management and integrate it with total sanitation, the Menstrual Hygiene Management Corporation (MHMC) decentralised its operations following the UNICEF-sponsored state-level annual consultative meeting at the Kalaiarangam Hall here on Sunday. Ten regional …
Government to promote its use to tackle anaemia The Union government will promote the use of iron fortified iodised salt (double fortified salt) to battle anaemia, one of the major causes of malnutrition, particularly among women and children. To begin with, the Ministries dealing with food and nutrition programmes such …
PARADIP: Doubts are being raised by locals over functioning of the 58 Integrated Child Development Scheme centres that were opened in the district earlier this week. The scheme aims at improving the nutritional and health status of children in the age group of zero to six years. In the absence …
