-The Indian Express Bhopal: Activists say introduction of eggs in meals was one way of ensuring children get protein-rich food, especially in the tribal areas where malnutrition remains a concern. A strict vegetarian, madhya pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has shot down a proposal to include either egg curry or boiled eggs in anganwadi meals on a pilot basis in the tribal areas of Alirajpur, Mandla and Hoshangabad districts. Activists say...

-The Indian Express Modi government has damaged the rights-based legislative framework without spelling out what will replace it. No  one in the last two decades has come to power with greater euphoria than the Narendra Modi sarkar. It has taken less than a year for that euphoria to recede and change to disappointment. There are sufficient reasons for this change. The celebrations of the first year in office of  this government are in sharp...

-The Times of India AGRA: The Uttar Pradesh mid-day meal authority's decision to extend the vital service to students of 58 drought-hit districts even during the summer vacation has hit an unlikely roadblock: teachers. This in essence jeopardizes the well-being of lakhs of school-going children in districts declared 'drought-hit' in 2014. Many of these regions also bore the brunt of unseasonal rains in March, sparking a spate of suicides. The opposition, if...

-Channel NewsAsia With untimely heavy rains in central and north India leaving hectares of crops destroyed, debt-ridden farmers in the central madhya pradesh state have resorted to mortgaging and selling off their children. NEW DELHI: With untimely heavy rains in central and north India leaving hectares of crops destroyed, debt-ridden farmers in the central madhya pradesh state have resorted to mortgaging and selling off their children. There were previously reports of distressed farmers...

-Livemint.com The BJP, which rode to power on the aspirations of rural youth and farmers, faces one of its toughest challenges from the same electorate The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) came to power in the 16th general election by winning a sizeable number of seats in states with a predominantly rural population. These states—Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and madhya pradesh—not only accounted for more than...