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. …
ITANAGAR, Mar 18: The authorities of the Directorate of School Education today claimed that the Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme is being properly implemented across the state in accordance with the Supreme Court guidelines at all levels. A couple of days earlier, reacting to media reports, the AAPSU had raised …
The Planning Commission has expressed concern that the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) is suffering from a mismatch of food grains and cash fund utilization, along with substantial delays in the release of central assistance. It has, therefore, suggested a string of measures, including roping in the private sector through …
Keeping in view the deplorable condition of mid-day meal scheme in Government schools in national Capital, Directorate of Education (DoE) has issued certain instructions to the schools regarding monitoring of mid-day meal and inspection of kitchens of service providers. In a circular issued by the DoE, schools have been asked …
K P Sai Kiran NEW DELHI: The Centre has made a substantial hike in the fund allocation for the Mid-day Meal Scheme in Kerala for the academic year 2010-11. The state has been allocated Rs 218 crore - close to double the last year
Sikkim Human Resource Development Department has been providing the mid-day meal to the students of primary and upper primary level since 2002. Under the scheme, the mid-day meals have been served to 69,758 primary students and 22,992 upper primary students of schools. A total of 762 government schools, 85 monastic …
Visakhapatnam, Feb. 10: The midday meal scheme, which was started in 2002 in all government schools, today faces the danger of closure due to lack of funds. Various issues are its bane. For example, the recent GO passed by the state government which states that other than the salaries of …
Number To Cost Rs 200 Per Person Akshaya Mukul | TNN New Delhi: HRD ministry has decided to take the help of Unique Identity number project to carry out educational reforms. Foremost among its goal is to use UID to bring the over 80 lakh
Daradahalli school has set an example for rest of the schools in the district by growing vegetables for Akshara dasoha in the school premises using organic method of farming. However, the credit of the success of this project goes to Ka Da Krishnaraju, Senior Veterinary Examiner, Department of Animal Husbandry. …
Ongole, Jan. 24: The hike in the prices of essential commodities and the release of funds from the government has hit the midday meal scheme (MDMS) in Prakasam district. The scheme was launched seven years ago with an objective to enhance enrolment, retention, and participation of children in primary schools, …
After being black-listed for a few months, the Saraswati Mahila Mandal (SMM) was unexpectedly listed back again as a mid-day supplier to a school in the port town. Taken aback by the decision of the education authorities to reinstate the blacklisted self-help group, the school refused to accept any mid-day …
WHILE FRAMING NORMS, GOVT SHOULD ENSURE LOW TRANSACTION COSTS THE government is working on a framework for quantifying corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies to permit trading in CSR credits. Backed with tax incentives, the government expects such a framework to encourage companies to take up CSR initiatives more …
With the twin objectives of improving health and education of the poor children, India has embarked upon an ambitious scheme of providing mid day meals (MDM) in the government and government-assisted primary schools. The administrative and logistical responsibilities of this scheme are enormous, and, therefore, offering food stamps or income …
DHENKANAL: Massive irregularities and rampant corruption dog the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme in the district. Sources said due to lack of monitoring, Rs 1 crore is siphoned off by unscrupulous elements under the scheme every year. Despite repeated allegations, district administration is yet bring in transparency in the scheme and …
KENDRAPARA: Spiraling prices of food items have hit the mid-day meal(MDM) scheme in Kendrapara. As a result, many SHGs and panchayat officials associated with the MDM scheme are expressing inability to manage the show with meagre funds being provided by the State Government for the purpose. The SHGs that run …
PARADIP: Thousands of students of Jagatsinghpur district are going without eggs under the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme for more than a month as the administration dithered on finalising the supplier. The objective of the MDM was to check the dropout rate and egg is a big incentive to draw students …
Police Raid On NGO Kitchen At Khichdipur Finds Dead Lizard In The Food New Delhi: Poor quality midday meals being served in schools is not uncommon. But the rice and dal served at a government school in Trilokpuri on Wednesday came close to being poisonous. At least 125 students from …
Food and Drugs inspectors visited the St Teresa of Jesus High School, Chaudi-Canacona on Friday morning to inspect the meals supplied by the contractor, accused of preparing contaminated meals to the school on Tuesday. The FDA inspectors also checked the school surroundings, before making a second visit to the kitchen …
Education Minister Babush Monserate on Thursday sought details from the three Assistant District Education Inspectors (ADEI) of Canacona in connection with the contaminated mid-day meals at a school in Canacona, even as Food and Drugs officials raided the kitchen of the self-help group that prepared the meals Earlier in the …
Education authorities in Canacona blamed the management of the St Teresa of Jesus High School, Chaudi-Canacona for failing to inspect the mid-day meals, before supplying the contaminated meals to the students. The concerned Assistant District Education Inspector (ADEI) has also stated that action cannot be taken in the matter, until …
The Union Cabinet is on Thursday likely to approve a revision of the Mid-day Meal Scheme and the Rs 5,000-crore plan to ensure Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at schools. The HRD Ministry has proposed to increase the cooking cost for its Mid-day Meal Scheme along with ensuring more calorie …
