-The Indian Express Eight years after the Sachar committee report on the condition of Muslims and creation of a Ministry of Minority Affairs, a post-Sachar evaluation committee, headed by former JNU professor Amitabh Kundu, has concluded that though a start has been made in addressing development deficits of the community, government interventions have not quite matched in scale the large numbers of the marginalised. Poverty levels among Muslims, the committee found, remained...
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Child Malnutrition declining, though not fast enough
There is some good news amid gloom! Preliminary findings of a survey in India as quoted by the Global Nutrition Report 2014 shows that prevalence of malnutrition among children aged below 5 years has come down between 2005-06 and 2013-14, even though we have a long way to go. (See links and bullet points below). The survey on malnutrition and hunger, called the Rapid Survey on Children (RSOC), was conducted after...
More »Demography Now: India’s misguided family-planning policies -Ruhi Kandhari
-CaravanMagazine.in The recent deaths of at least 15 women at a sterilisation camp in Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, once again highlight India's horrifying approach to family planning. While Harsh Vardhan no longer holds the health portfolio, it would remain a cause for grave concern if the government's approach is in line with the statements he made during his time in office. IN JUNE THIS YEAR, less than a month after taking office, the...
More »Experts Stress on Pro-nutrition Agriculture
-The New Indian Express BHUBANESWAR: Effective leveraging of agriculture is the key to ensuring food and nutrition security. This can be achieved by taking steps to ensure that technological intervention in farms is done with agreement of farmers. This was one of the key points made by a panel of experts at a forum on ‘Farming System for Nutrition (FSN) initiative in Koraput', conducted by MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) here on...
More »Mid day meal: Government aided schools flouting norms -Kranti Vibhute
-DNA Aided schools flout norms, give glucose biscuits, poha, pav bhaji The mid day meal (MDM) scheme has been repeatedly hit by allegations of corruption and lack of hygiene. Now, dna tours the BMC schools or the aided ones in the city to find that not only is there blatant violation of norms, but also siphoning of good ration to replace them with sub-standard things is still rampant. The state government's resolution...
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