-TheNewsMinute.com Raw materials of food, including oil, rice and rava, are being delivered to the students’ homes. In a gesture of goodwill, the Kerala government has started measures to deliver ingredients for mid-day meals to over three lakh children studying in anganwadis, which have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is to ensure the undisrupted supply of meals to the students. Since Tuesday, schools, colleges, educational Institutions and anganwadis have been...
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The success of mohalla clinics -Soham D Bhaduri
-The Telegraph Delhi poll verdict shows aligning political expediency with actual health needs of the country seems possible A by-product of the Delhi assembly election results was the political vindication of the idea of ‘Mohalla clinics’. The lessons offered by these Institutions and their implications for Indian healthcare merit discussion. The first Mohalla clinic was opened in West Delhi in 2015 as part of an initiative of the Delhi state government to open...
More »Government, RBI didn’t bother to read the balance sheet of Yes Bank, says Chidambaram -Sobhana K Nair
-The Hindu It is only part of mismanagement of financial Institutions under BJP government watch, says ex-Finance Minister The government and the RBI didn’t bother to read the balance sheet of the Yes Bank, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said pointing out to the unusual growth in the loan book at the rate of 35% a year between March 2014 to March 2019. The loan book registered registered a spike especially in 2016-17...
More »Why Odisha's nutrition budget, the first in India, is a cut above the rest -Anupam Srivastava
-Down to Earth Odisha supports its nutrition agenda through agricultural policies, the public distribution system among others Odisha has become the first Indian state to draw up a nutrition budget in the country. The idea of a thematic budget for nutrition is a unique one in India where an inter-departmental approach is followed. Key participants in this approach include anganwadi centres, schools and health Institutions. Additionally, Odisha supports its nutrition agenda through agricultural...
More »Government unveils plan for research on 'indigenous' cows -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu To be funded by multiple Institutions, the initiative, SUTRA PIC, is led by Department of Science and Technology. The government has unveiled a programme to research on ‘indigenous’ cows. To be funded by multiple scientific ministries, the initiative, SUTRA PIC, is led by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). It has the Department of Biotechnology, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Ministry for AYUSH (Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha,...
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