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. …
M.S.Swaminathan launches Ragi Malt of Kolli Hills Nutrition rich: Member of Parliament M.S.Swaminathan launches the Ragi Malt of Kolli Hills at a function in M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai on Tuesday. CHENNAI: Agricultural scientist and Member of Parliament M.S.Swaminathan on Tuesday suggested that the government consider including small millets that are …
SHILLONG: The State Government will press the Centre to implement the midday meal (MDM) scheme from the current financial year (2009-2010) onwards at the meeting of the Programme Approval Board (PAB) in New Delhi on May 8. The MDM scheme has not been implemented in Meghalaya since October 2008 because …
Jamshedpur: A small herd of eight elephants went berserk, devoured foodgrain meant for midday meal and caused extensive damage to at least five houses in the Ichagarh and Chandil blocks of adjoining Seraikela- Kharsawan district late on Saturday night. Forest department officials said the tuskers had crossed over from the …
April 22: At least 27 students of a senior secondary school in south Delhi were admitted to a hospital on Wednesday after they complained of uneasiness and pain. The students had consumed school-provided midday meal that was allegedly prepared under unhygienic conditions, which resulted in food poisoning. The police has …
New Delhi: Thirty-two students of a Delhi government-aided school fell sick on Wednesday after consuming food served as mid-day meal. The police said they received a call around noon about the incident at Baba Nebhraj School in Lajpat Nagar I. The school authorities said just after the meal the students …
NEW DELHI: Over 30 children of a government-aided school in the Capital fell ill after eating the mid-day meal on Wednesday. They were rushed to Safdarjung Hospital from where they were discharged after treatment. The incident took place at Baba Nebraj Secondary School in Lajpat Nagar when the children were …
SHILLONG: The Centrally sponsored midday meal (MDM) scheme for school-going children has not been implemented in Meghalaya since October 2008 because of non-release of the State's quota of rice by the Union Government. "Implementation of the MDM scheme has been disrupted since October 2008 because the Ministry of Human Resource …
NEW DELHI: Instead of initiating a fresh tendering process, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to extend its contract with eight voluntary organisations providing mid-day meal in its schools by another two years after reviewing their performance after one year of awarding the contract in April 2008. However, there …
Sixteen students were taken ill after midday meals at a school in Ajmer on Wednesday. Nine students fell unconscious while others complained of nausea soon after having their lunch. District midday meal incharge Ashok Sharma said a dead lizard was found in the meals.
Haryana verdict a welcome deterrent It is an index of the malaise that has set in that five teachers of Jind district in Haryana have been sentenced to a seven- year jail term by a district court for misappropriation of Mid-Day Meal funds. The Mid-Day Meal scheme, a flagship programme …
The number of school-going children is declining in the state as the mid-day meal scheme started as an attraction, has failed to achieve the aim. The scheme launched in September 2004 in the state has failed to achieve results in the number of enrolments in government schools. As per the …
SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Government has entrusted the task of evaluation study to the Council for Social Development (CSD) of Hyderabad which is recognised by Indian Council of Social Science Research under the ministry of Human Resource Development, to study on the progress of centrally sponsored scheme-Mid-day Meal in the State. …
Mid-Day Meal Scheme The National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education commonly called the Mid-Day Meal Scheme is being impeded in the absence of any effective mechanism initiated by the Department of School Education. Lack of supporting infrastructure and basic facilities like drinking water, besides the delayed procurement of …
The Comptroller and Auditor General in its latest report has said that for the last three years the Jammu & Kashmir Government has been feeding school children lesser quantity of cooked meal thereby defeating the objective of the mid-day meal scheme. The CAG report tabled in the State Assembly on …
BHUBANESWAR: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has recommended that the implementation of the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme should be fully offloaded from the teachers to give them adequate time for teaching activities. In its latest report, the CAG has exposed several loopholes in the execution of the …
Chandigarh: With an aim to expand the benefits of the mid-day meal scheme, the Education department has decided to include madrasas, as well as a school for the physically and mentally challenged in the scheme. The plan has already been tabled before the Administration. While all the Government schools in …
Mumbai: The national allocation for the midday meal scheme in the interim budget announced on Monday remains the same as last year. The programme, which is one of the world's biggest school-feeding schemes, has been given Rs8,000 crore for 2009-10. There has been no increase in the allocation this year …
