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. …
Review of the Midday Meal (MDM) scheme on Wednesday turned into a free discussion on some important decisions to strengthen the quality and hygiene aspect of the programme. It was decided that MDM would follow the guidelines of Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI). Established under Food Safety …
At least 110 children were taken ill after eating mid-day meal in Bihar's Arwal and Jamui districts Wednesday in the second tragedy related to free school food in the state this month, officials said. On July 16, 23 children died after eating contaminated mid-day meal in Saran district. In Arwal …
Around 32 students of a government-aided school in Amdanga, North 24-Parganas, have fallen ill after eating midday meal at their school on Wednesday. Education minister BratyaBasu has ordered an inquiry. The 32 students of Bhogobati Smriti Uchha Bidyalaya at Gadamara started to throw up and complained of stomach ache after …
A report issued by North Municipal Corporation’s Education department has found more than 75 per cent of food samples of midday meals in its schools lacking in the prescribed nutritional value. Of the 36 samples tested between January and May, 27 failed the test with for requisite amount of protein. …
Jolted by the death of 23 children in a midday meal tragedy at Chhapra, the Bihar government has made it compulsory for schools to purchase quality food items so that students get proper meals. According to new guidelines, every school has to purchase mustard and vegetable oil bearing agmark and …
New Delhi: A report by North Delhi Municipal Corporation has revealed that 75% of the midday meal samples collected from January till May 2013 have failed to meet the criteria. Of the 36 samples collected, 27 have failed and only nine were declared fit by Shri Ram Institute for Industrial …
At 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, the school bell tolled to signal lunch. The 58 schoolchildren present on the day-of the 79 enrolled in the Gandaman Primary School in Chhapra, some 120 km northwest of Patna-picked up the cheap steel plates for their free lunches, provided as part of …
New Delhi: Just days after the midday meal tragedy of Bihar killed 23 students, five students of a municipal school in Sonia Vihar were admitted to local hospitals on Wednesday after they complained of stomach ache and vomiting. Municipal officials said that the NGO in-charge for the distribution of midday …
Jolted by mismanagement at the Chhapra school where 23 children died after eating midday meal, the Union HRD Ministry has asked all schools to switch to new design and hygienic kitchen-cum-stores as well as develop contingency plans to handle medical emergencies of the kind witnessed in the Gandamal village school. …
): Another New Delhi-datelined report by the Times of India published on Tuesday revealed how rotten the mid-day meal, health-care and other centrally-funded schemes are in Bihar. Only on Saturday the daily had in a New Delhi-datelined report highlighted as to how Rs 462.78 crore meant for the mid-day meal …
New Delhi/London : The pesticide that killed 23 Indian schoolchildren last week is a nerve poison banned by many countries because of what the World Health Organisation (WHO) describes as its “high acute toxicity”. As early as 2009, the United Nations health agency urged India to consider a ban on …
The pesticide that killed 23 Indian schoolchildren last week is a nerve poison banned by many countries because of what the World Health Organisation describes as its ‘high acute toxicity’. As early as 2009, the United Nations health agency urged India to consider a ban on the pesticide monocrotophos - …
A Special Investigating Team (SIT) formed by the Bihar government Tuesday began its probe into the deaths of 23 children after they ate a mid-day meal in a school. The eight-member team is headed by Saran district's Superintendent of Police Sujit Kumar. "A notice was issued Monday and the SIT …
A study done by International Growth Centre (IGC) said that 71% of the budget for hot cooked meals at around 200 anganwadi centres (AWCs) in Bihar was lost in leakage. It also revealed that 38% of the Take Home Ration (THR) fund too gets lost in leakage. IDinsight, one of …
Less than 24 hours after the Chhattisgarh government issued directive to schools to taste mid-day meals before they are served, 35 children of a primary school in Mou village in Raipur were hospitalized after having lunch on Saturday. While the condition of one student is reported to be serious others …
BANGALORE: "We've granted special permission to schools and cooks to reject inferior ingredients and vegetables,'' primary and secondary education minister KimmaneRathnakar said. The government will launch a new scheme to look into infrastructure issues that include storage facilities, kitchens and quality drinking water. A senior officer said the government was …
Patna : Facing the ire of people over the midday meal tragedy, the Bihar government plans to provide printed instructions to school principals about food quality and safety besides painting the norms on the schools walls. Related: Centre forms panel to test meal quality. “We are readying detailed instructions about …
Bhubaneswar : Jolted by the death of 23 children in Bihar after eating midday meal, the Naveen Patnaik government has decided that before food is served to children, a member of the school managing committee and cook would taste the food and rate its quality. Reviewing the midday meal scheme …
As many as 170 students of the NLC Girls’ Higher Secondary School in Neyveli Township fell sick immediately after taking mid-day meal on Thursday. Except 12 girls who are still under observation at the general hospital, the rest are back in their home. The girls developed common symptoms such as …
The Human Resource Development Ministry on Thursday announced that a new committee would be set up to review the implementation of its flagship mid-day meal scheme with a view to monitoring the quality of food and ensuring hygiene standards. This will be in addition to the existing panel that meets …
