-The Indian Express The most important priority for any government in India today should be the health and nutrition of its children. This is a matter of emergency. In many ways, it is more important than even education. Why then has an otherwise sensitive finance minister slashed the budget in the health and nutrition sectors so badly? The budgetary allocations on health and nutrition programmes for children, who are the most vulnerable,...
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Govt shifts focus to nutrition in schools
-The Times of India RANCHI: Chief minister Raghubar Das on Friday said that the government will appoint 12,000 women 'poshan sakhis' (nutrition companions) contract workers to implement and monitor various government schemes aimed at tackling the problem of malnutrition in schools. Das said that under the new scheme, three lakh students covering 40,000 schools in the state would benefit. The announcement while inaugurating additional nourishment scheme which is an extension of the...
More »Jean Dreze, economist and activist, interviewed by Atmadip Ray
-The Economic Times For one who had worked so closely to frame the world's largest job guarantee programme, known as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, it's not easy to see it succumb to pressure. It's no wonder that economist-cum-activist Jean Dreze will raise his voice against this, along with eminent academics such as Pranab Bardhan and Maitreesh Ghatak. Dreze says corruption related to NREGA and leakages - its...
More »40,000 kids not enrolled in schools? -Ankit Yadav
-The Times of India BAREILLY: Two government departments have sparked off a war of words after one of them said as per its survey only 1,600 children were out of school in the district, while another department rubbished this saying more than 40,000 had no access to education. As per the survey conducted by the basic education department, officials said that 1,692 children had not been enrolled in schools so far. However, the...
More »Handle age with care -Charan Singh and SJS Swamidoss
-The Indian Express While the new government has spoken about taking policy measures to address the needs of India's young population, nearly 10 crore of the elderly - citizens above 60 years of age - are generally neglected in policymaking. The latest Census data report that 15 per cent of the elderly live alone, mainly because of the nuclearisation of the family. As longevity is increasing and women tend to live...
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