-The Hindu Boards are understaffed, have little time for meetings, inspection or regulation, says study Mumbai: Environmental protection seems to be in shaky hands with political appointees nominated to head state pollution control boards (SPCB) in some places. In one case, the educational qualification of the chairperson was tenth standard. In Karnataka, for instance, the chairperson of the SPCB is Vaman Acharya, a senior BJP leader. In Himachal Pradesh, it is Kuldip Singh...
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Food lab mission for safer midday meal-ASRP Mukesh
-The Telegraph What happened in Bihar won't happen in Jharkhand, promise mandarins. Jolted out of slumber by the midday meal tragedy at a government primary school in Saran that claimed 23 children earlier this week, the lone food-testing laboratory of the state in Ranchi is considering an expansion of its ambit to cover all cradle kitchens. If lab officials are to be believed, a proposal to keep regular tabs on midday meals being...
More »Don’t crunch this lunch -Reetika Khera
-The Times of India The tragic incident in Bihar has raised questions about the midday meal (MDM) scheme, an otherwise popular and successful programme. Laggard states should use this as an opportunity to catch up with others and protect the scheme against emerging dangers. For those unfamiliar with it, the MDM scheme is a huge programme that today feeds more than 11 crore children every day. It is also a very popular...
More »Iron pills leave 200 Delhi schoolchildren ill, 21 in hospital -Raj Shekhar & Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A day after more than 20 schoolchildren died after eating a contaminated mid-day meal in Bihar's Chapra district, Delhi had its own scare when 21 kids had to be rushed to hospitals across the city after they were given iron and folic acid tablets during a government drive against anaemia. The children, aged 9 to 17, had severe stomach ache, nausea and vomiting on Wednesday -...
More »Delhi's mid-day meal dilemma: 80 per cent of the food cooked for students is sub-standard -Neha Pushkarna
-India Today A Chhapra like tragedy is waiting to happen in the capital. Delhi has made a mess of its Mid-day Meal Scheme: only 50 of the 280 samples taken in 2012-13 from centralised kitchens run by Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to provide midday meals in government schools in the capital met prescribed standards. In other words, more than 80 per cent of the food cooked for primary school students from Class 1 through...
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