-The Indian Express Nearly three months after receiving the letter, the state is yet to take a call on the issue. Bhopal: Despite CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s known opposition to eggs, the Centre has written to Madhya Pradesh government to consider including boiled eggs in anganwadi meals and mid-day meal scheme to fight malnutrition. “Boiled eggs can be hygienic and a cheap source of protein required for children, expectant/ pregnant women and nursing...
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With small team, India struggles to set the agenda at WHO meet -D Ravi Kanth
-Livemint.com The 69th meet of the World Health Assembly began with a call to address unprecedented challenges facing the global health sector Geneva: Despite carrying the highest disease burden in the world, the Narendra Modi government chose to send a small delegation to the World Health Assembly (WHA) that began on Monday, giving the country little say in the way the global health agenda is being set and inadequately reflecting its priorities,...
More »Centre owes over Rs. 81,000 cr. to States
-The Hindu The amount is tax share of last 10 years The Centre owes over Rs. 81,000 crore to States as tax shares of last 10 years, according to a finding by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. According to details of communication between the CAG and the Finance Ministry, between 1996-97 and 2014-15, the Centre has failed to devolve to States Rs. 81,647.70 crore. Just in 2006-07 the Centre did not disburse...
More »India's organic food market to treble in four years -Dilip Kumar Jha
-Business Standard Farmers face challenges to bring area under organic farming; organic food, however, may not be adequate to feed the growing population Organic food market in India is likely to treble in four years despite several challenges faced by farmers to bring additional area under natural farming. Currently estimated at $0.50 billion, the organic food market in India is estimated to jump to $1.36 billion by 2020, a study jointly conducted by...
More »Scheduled Caste Commission report: ‘SCs don’t get SC funds’ -Ashutosh Bhardwaj
-The Indian Express Of the Rs 80,310 crore the 26 states allotted to SCSP schemes in 2012-13, when the UPA government was in power at the Centre, Rs 61,480 crore was spent. WITH various political parties staking claim to the legacy of Dr B R Ambedkar on his 125th birth anniversary, the latest annual report by the Scheduled Caste Commission has found that almost all states have failed to honour their budgetary...
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