-TheWire.in Sunita now fears losing her job as the parents of the school children allege that her appointment was in violation of norms, which the authorities deny. Dehradun: On November 25, Sunita, a Dalit woman, secured a job as Bhojan Mata, a cook, at a local government school in Sukhidhang village of the Champawat district, Uttarakhand. Even though the monthly salary paid to her is a meagre Rs 3,000 a month, the...
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The Right to Food Campaign Secretariat has asked the Karnataka state govt. for inclusion of eggs in Mid Day Meals
-Press release by the Right to Food Campaign Secretariat dated 20th December, 2021 The Right to Food Campaign has issued a statement on the issue of giving eggs in Mid Day Meals. On November 23 2021, in the context of malnutrition, the State Government of Karnataka announced that eggs would be provided three days a week as part of the mid-day meal scheme to students in seven districts. Against this decision,...
More »14-year-old threatens against non-inclusion of eggs in mid-day meal -KM Rakesh
-The Telegraph Influential Lingayat and Hindu seers say they will brook no deviation from a purely vegetarian diet for children Bangalore: A 14-year-old Karnataka schoolgirl has told powerful seers opposing boiled eggs in midday meals they don’t understand the problems of the poor and have no business telling them what they should eat. In a video clip widely shared on social media, Anjali, a Class VIII student of MNM Government Girls School at...
More »The way to tackle malnutrition -KR Antony
-The Hindu It is high time that the process of monitoring nutrition got importance over survey outcomes The National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 shows negligible gains in nutritional outcomes among under-five children. There has been tardy progress in reducing undernutrition, wasting and stunting. It is a national shame that even now, 35.5% of under-five children are stunted and 19.3% are wasted. Childhood anaemia has worsened from NFHS-4. Anaemia among adolescent girls and...
More »Why Millets in mid-day meal can be a political hot topic -Romita Datta
-IndiaToday.com In several states like Bengal, Assam and Odisha, rice is the staple diet On October 28, the Centre proposed millets be introduced in mid-day meals to tackle the growing problem of malnutrition among school students. Though in the past, some of the non-BJP ruled states, like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, tried to be innovative with the menu, introducing eggs once or twice a week as protein substitutes to...
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