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Foodgrain Blues: PDS Allocation Dips, Prices Rise -Subodh Varma

-Newsclick.in Meanwhile, output has also dipped due to weather ravages, which hints at tough times in coming months. Strange as it may sound but rice and wheat allocation for distribution through various welfare schemes has been steadily dipping in the past several years. It is strange because the population is growing and even the Supreme Court has urged the Central government to revise its population norms for food grain allocation since these...

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Why Does Anaemia Remain an Unsolved Problem in India? -Pankaj Kumar Mishra and Harinder Happy

-TheWire.in * On August 5, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya provided data of the state-wise prevalence of anaemia among children aged six months to five years. * Based on NFHS-5 data, the current prevalence of anaemia among these children is nine percentage points higher compared to NFHS-4 data. * A prevalence of anaemia of 40% or more warrants serious concern because persistent anaemia can hinder cognitive development, slow growth and increase infection-related morbidity. *...

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Centre faces cover-up charge over iron rice given to poor, kids -Animesh Bisoee and GS Mudur

-The Telegraph 'Shocking that govt is trying to evade responsibility by issuing circulars that call on state governments to comply with FSSAI regulations' Jamshedpur, New Delhi: Two citizens’ alliances on Monday accused the Centre of trying to “cover up” what they have described as its “irresponsible” and “unscientific” decision to release iron-fortified rice through government food schemes and exposing vulnerable people to the potential health risks of iron overdose. The Right to Food...

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UP: No Govt Funds for Mid-day Meals for over 3 Months, Headmasters Forced to Raise Money -Abdul Alim Jafri

-Newsclick.in The Education Department has attributed the delay in payment to the non-release of the funds by the state Finance Department. Lucknow: Government schools in Uttar Pradesh have reportedly not received any money for mid-day meals for the last three months, preventing some schools from serving food to children under the scheme. In a few schools, teachers and gram pradhan (village head) have been spending from their own pockets or buying rations...

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Beef back in MidDay Meal for Lakshadweep’s schoolchildren -KM Rakesh

-The Telegraph Union Territory administration orders all schools to comply with a two-month-old Supreme Court order restoring meat to menu Bangalore: Beef and chicken are set to return to the MidDay Meals for Lakshadweep’s schoolchildren, with the Union Territory administration on Friday ordering all schools to comply with a two-month-old Supreme Court order restoring meat to the menu. The archipelago administration had banned meat from the MidDay Meals sometime after Praful Khoda Patel...

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