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. …
LUCKNOW: In what is expected to add more teeth to the investigation into the multi-thousand crore foodgrain scam in UP, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday decided to join the CBI investigation. The Allahabad HC had on Friday asked CBI to join the probe into the unprecedented foodgrain pilferage in …
A state government-run tea estate in Wayanad has registered record production by introducing free noon meal for its workers. The Priyadarsini Tea Estate has incorporated a tourism component to find resources to feed its 316 tribal workers, majority of them women. The tea estate, spread over 955 acres, was conceived …
At least 70 students of the government school in Bajattur village of the taluk took ill after having mid-day meals on Wednesday. Students complained of vomiting and stomach ache immediately after meals. They were immediately brought to Community Health Centre in Uppinangady for first aid and later shifted to government …
Tarannum Manjul Even as the overflowing Ghaghra river is creating havoc for school going children in Bahraich, the district administration has ensured that children in the 219 flood affected villages do not miss their classes. In a novel initiative, the district administration has set up schools in specially created tents, …
ALAPPUZHA: As many as 80 students of Thrikkunnapuzha Lower Primary School near here were hospitalised on Friday after they consumed contaminated mid-day meal served in the school, Deputy Superintendent of Police Suneesh Kumar said.He told Express that the students complained of diarrhoea and vomiting after consuming the food served at …
Bangalore: The scheme that brings smiles to lakhs of children across the country every afternoon is also eating into teaching and learning time. Teachers in many states spend one to two hours daily on activities related to cooked midday meal (CMDM) while children in nine states wash utensils every day. …
LUCKNOW: Caste war in UP seems to be assuming different dimensions, proves recent spate of mid-day meal boycott in UP government schools. The two major incidents at Sonbhadra and Kannauj which led to a lunch hour rebellion in more than a dozen schools over a month, were triggered off by …
Bioara: The Central government has directed for appointing a nodal officer to investigate reports of sub-standard mid-day meals being provided to the school children in Madhya Pradesh. Even though the state government has already appointed an official to monitor the standard of food being served to the students, however, the …
The details of mid-day meal (MDM) scheme being implemented in each government and government-aided school of the country ~ considered to be the largest such scheme in the world ~ will now be just a click away. The human resources development (HRD) ministry has now made it mandatory for each …
Chandigarh To ensure quality mid-day meals in the city government schools, feedback forms will be distributed among students, wherein they will be able to give their suggestions or complaints on a monthly basis. Directions in this regard were given by Home Secretary Ram Niwas to Director of the Public Instruction …
Spelling out zero tolerance for disruption and delay in the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has written to all state governments asking them to set up a grievance redressal mechanism to keep a tab on the programme. Catering to nearly 11 crore school …
Akshaya Mukul & Nitin Sethi | TNN New Delhi:The HRD ministry wants the midday meal (MDM) scheme to become a part of the proposed National Food Security Bill. The National Advisory Council (NAC), which is to meet here on Wednesday, has been trying to walk a tightrope between the politically …
Ranchi, July 12: Irregular supply of foodgrain is costing the Centre-sponsored midday meal programme dear. Complaints have poured in from a few state-run schools that in the absence of foodgrain, the mata samitis or mother committees are unable to cook meals with the result students are going back home hungry.
A Planning Commission survey has found startling lapses in the celebrated Mid Day Meal programme of the government. While it is aimed at enhancing enrolment, retention and participation of children in primary schools, not only do teachers have to frequently take time out of their duties to help prepare the …
