-The Hindu Hyderabad: ‘It is a long-felt need and a great boon for children'. Senior paediatricians also pointed out that the government should seriously think about introducing MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella), Typhoid and Rota virus vaccine. It is said better late than never! From this October, health authorities will finally roll out pentavalent vaccine in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh under the National Immunisation Programme. This one single vaccine shot will provide...
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Gadkari orders sweeping changes in rural job scheme -Puja Mehra
-The Hindu Orders 50 percent of works taken up must only be for water conservation Union Minister for Rural Development Nitin Gadkari has "ordered sweeping changes" in the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), mandating that 50 per cent of all the works that are taken up at the district-level under the scheme should only be for water conservation, according to an official statement released here. The Minister has taken...
More »Think clean and then build toilets, let's not flush the opportunity away -KumKum Dasgupta
-The Hindustan Times India's record, when it comes to sanitation, has been most unsanitary. Of the estimated billion people who defecate in the open across the world, more than half are here. Poor sanitation impairs the health of Indians, leading to high rates of malnutrition and productivity losses. According to the World Bank, India's sanitation deficit leads to losses worth 6% of GDP. In such a scenario, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
More »National food security gets lukewarm response from states -Sanjeeb Mukherjee & Vrishti Beniwal
-The Business Standard States drag feet on even extended deadline for implementation; with Centre also worried on fiscal deficit, extension likely The National Food Security Act (NFSA) is still getting a lukewarm response from a majority of states. An extended deadline for implementing the law will expire in about a month and the Centre would have to give more time. Barring the nine states and two Union Territories (UTs) which introduced a food...
More »SC directs Gujarat, Rajasthan to decentralise food procurement under ICDS -Jitendra
-Down to Earth Tells states to keep big contractors out of nutrition programme for children, and pregnant and lactating women The Supreme Court on Monday directed two BJP-ruled states, Gujarat and Rajasthan, to start decentralised procurement of rations for the child nutrition programme, Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS). ICDS, which was started in 1975 and is now a part of the National Food Security Act, provides for supplementary nutrition for all children from...
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