-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday pitched for providing packaged food under the government's supplementary nutrition scheme ICDS. The ICDS scheme is one of the largest schemes of its kind with an estimated 10.2 crore beneficiaries including children under six years, pregnant women and lactating mothers. However, despite decades of implementation malnutrition levels continue to be very high in India. The World Bank estimates that India...
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This is how a Karnataka village stopped discriminating against a Dalit cook in a govt school -Anisha Sheth
-TheNewsMinutes.com It needed not just convincing, but also the threat of legal action against those who discriminated It took a lot of convincing, backed by the possibility of cases being filed against them, to get upper caste people to stop objecting to a Dalit woman being appointed as a cook in the Mysuru government school, where Chief Minister Siddaramaiah studied. On Friday, The Indian Express reported that attendance at a government school...
More »‘No licence for noodles’: FSSAI slaps showcause on Patanjali -Abantika Ghosh & Utkarsh Anand
-The Indian Express Issues notice to manufacturer too, seeks replies in 15 days The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a showcause notice to Patanjali Ayurved, demanding an explanation on the sale of the atta noodles brand — launched by yoga guru Ramdev — without the food regulator’s approval. Another showcause notice has been issued to Aakash Yog, the manufacturer of the instant noodles, seeking its response as...
More »Dang women find route to empowerment through the stomach -Yagnesh Mehta
-The Times of India A Food Stall's Success At A Tribal Fair In 2006 Led To A Restaurant Chain Ahmedabad: Freshly cooked traditional tribal food served to people visiting a fair in Dang around nine years ago was such a hit that it led to women's empowerment through a chain of restaurants. The group of women that had set up the stall at the tribal fair decided to go ahead and capitalize...
More »In Karnataka school, every day she writes in midday meal diary: ‘No one ate today’ -Santosh Kumar RB
-The Indian Express Since appointment of Dalit cook, 100 have left Kagganahalli school in Kolar. Kagganahalli (Karnataka): Every day Radhamma takes out a diary she is required to maintain as part of the mid-day meal scheme in government schools in Karnataka and writes four words, “No one ate today.” Every day for the past five months. Radhamma is a Scheduled Caste, and the condition that she not make food is the only way...
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