-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...

-Hindustan Times Anganwadi services scheme under Poshan 2 is open to all eligible beneficiaries on the condition that the beneficiary is registered at the nearest anganwadi centre NEW DELHI: A child’s Aadhaar card is not mandatory for availing benefits under the anganwadi services and it can be accessed using the mother’s Aadhaar card, according to the guidelines for the new ‘Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2 scheme’ released on Tuesday. The ‘Saksham Anganwadi and...

-The Hindu Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai is voted WCP’s ‘Child Rights Hero of the Decade’ City-based Ashok Dyalchand, who has been tirelessly campaigning against child marriages and for girls’ rights in India for more than four decades, was conferred with the prestigious Honorary Award at the World’s Children’s Prize (WCP) ‘Child Rights Hero’ ceremony held in Sweden on May 23. Dr. Dyalchand, a crusader for the rights of adolescent women through his Aurangabad-based Institute...

-The Hindu New generation anganwadis to exclude 11-14-year-olds; focus shifting to 14-18-year-olds The Centre is launching a back-to-school campaign to bring at least four lakh young girls who are out of school into the formal education system. Under the new Saksham Anganwadi scheme of the Women and Child Development Ministry, these 11-14-year-old girls will no longer receive anganwadi support, as the focus shifts to 14-18-year-olds, Women and Child Development (WCD) Secretary Indevar Pandey...

-The Hindu Allocation for anganwadis sees negligible increase of 0.7% Two lakh anganwadis will be upgraded in the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech on Tuesday. In last year’s Budget, the government had renamed a few schemes and categorised them under ‘Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0’. Though the government is yet to share the detailed of the renamed scheme, on Tuesday the Finance Minister said this would include “new...