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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Economist to Jharkhand: Add an egg to midday meal -Achintya Ganguly

Economist to Jharkhand: Add an egg to midday meal -Achintya Ganguly

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published Published on Jun 10, 2022   modified Modified on Jun 13, 2022

-The Telegraph

Jean Dreze reminds Rameshwar Oran that 'Jharkhand’s children are among the most undernourished in the world'

Ranchi: An egg served with every school midday meal will not only help address nutrition issues among children but also improve attendance at schools, development economist Jean Dreze said in a letter to Jharkhand finance minister Rameshwar Oran on Thursday.

In the letter, Dreze appealed to the minister “for provision of one egg per day in midday meal, six days a week, in schools as well as anganwadis”.

Writing as a “well-wisher of Jharkhand’s children”, Dreze, a visiting professor with Ranchi University, reminded the minister that “Jharkhand’s children are among the most undernourished in the world. In addition, we are in the middle of a severe crisis of low school attendance rates.”

“There is no better way of addressing both the problems than to provide eggs in midday meals on a daily basis,” his letter said, explaining that eggs were an excellent source of protein and essential nutrients for growing children and “experience has shown time and again that attendance shoots up when eggs are provided”.

A system is already in place and it’s a matter of extending it to six days a week, Dreze said, mentioning that eggs were being provided twice a week as part of midday meals in schools while no egg was served at the anganwadi centres.

“The government of Jharkhand had already promised to provide eggs in midday meals on a daily basis.… The time to redeem the promise is long overdue,” the economist wrote, adding that some other poor states like Odisha were doing the same.

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The Telegraph, 10 June, 2022, https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/economist-to-jharkhand-add-an-egg-to-midday-meal/cid/1869200


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