-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of the Bihar mid-day meal (MDM) tragedy that resulted in the death of more than 20 children, the HRD ministry on Thursday announced setting up a new 20-member committee to go into the quality aspect of the MDM scheme nationwide. The committee, to be headed by HRD minister M M Pallam Raju, would have secretaries of ministries of women & child development, health,...
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The poisoned plate
-The Hindu The fatal consequences of having a routine midday meal for at least 22 children in Bihar's Saran district expose the chronic neglect of School education in a large part of India. That governments cannot find a small piece of land for a School and are unable to store food materials without the risk of contamination is a telling commentary on their commitment to universal primary education. The Bihar horror...
More »Did govt ignore warning signals? -Akshaya Mukul
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Bihar's midday meal tragedy is a case of the state not heeding the advice of monitoring institutions that have been warning HRD ministry and the state that all's not well with the flagship programme. Monitoring institution reports are discussed at programme approval meetings and referred to states. But there's no action. Monitoring bodies prepare a field report of 25% Schools in a state each quarter. In...
More »Bihar tragedy: Children refuse free midday meals after deaths
-AFP PATNA: Thousands of School children were refusing free meals in Bihar, fearful of being poisoned, after 22 children died from eating lunch apparently contaminated with insecticide, officials said on Thursday. The children, aged four to 12, died after eating lentils, vegetables and rice cooked at a village School in Bihar on Tuesday, sparking violent protests and an investigation into the cause. Some 30 children remain ill in hospitals in the state capital...
More »Day after mid-day meal deaths, vitamin A dose kills child in Bihar -Alok Gupta
-Down to Earth Another incident of poisoning caused by mid-day meal reported from Bihar's Madhubani district Barely 24 hours after 22 children died of poisoning after consuming the mid-day meal served at a primary School in Chapra district of Bihar, one child died and 20 were admitted to hospital after being administered date expired vitamin A dose in Gaya district in the state. Around 40 children of Bigha village were administered vitamin A...
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