-The Indian Express Child nutrition is being held hostage to spurious, largely upper caste, arguments Child nutrition is prime-time news only when a tragedy occurs. Child undernutrition is no less a tragedy but rarely recognised as such. Attention to it, following the Madhya Pradesh chief minister’s rejection of a proposal to introduce eggs in anganwadis is significant and welcome. Few people realise food intake in India is very poor. According to the 2005-06...
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India loses poultry case against U.S. at WTO
-PTI WTO ruled that the Indian ban on import of poultry meat, eggs and live pigs from the U.S. was "inconsistent" with the international norms. Geneva/Washington: India has lost a case at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as the body on Thursday ruled that the Indian ban on import of poultry meat, eggs and live pigs from the U.S. was “inconsistent” with the international norms. India will have 12-18 months to implement this...
More »Why Shivraj Chauhan Should Give Schoolchildren eggs -Prachi Salve
-FactChecker.in Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, a vegetarian, may have cultural and religious reasons for refusing to allow state schools to serve eggs in their midday meal, but his reasoning makes no nutritional sense and hobbles severely malnourished children—a fifth of all children in his state. Chauhan was quoted as saying that “milk and bananas will be served, but never eggs” to Madhya Pradesh’s 7.7 million children, beneficiaries of the...
More »Get this! A whopping 80% of Indians suffer from protein deficiency
-IANS Mumbai: A new survey has revealed that 80% of all Indians are protein-deficient. As many as 91% vegetarians and 85% non-vegetarians among Indians are deficient in proteins, the survey titled 'Protein Consumption in the Diet of adult Indians Survey' (PRODIGY) said. Conducted by IMRB in seven major cities among 1,260 respondents, it revealed that majority of Indians are not getting the right amount of proteins in their diet daily. The survey included...
More »Veg Chouhan blocks eggs in anganwadis -Milind Ghatwai
-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...
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