-The Times of India RAIPUR: After finding insufficient calorie content and protein in mid-day meals across Chhattisgarh, the state school education secretary instructed collectors to strictly follow the guidelines of mid-day meal menu. In a review meeting, school education secretary Gaurav Dwivedi informed collectors that during the sampling test of food nutrition value of mid-day meals, 19 districts and five centralized kitchens out of 27 districts were examined with the samples...
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Chhattisgarh government adds eggs to mid-day meal menu to increase protein intake
-Scroll.in The government said milk can substitute eggs if the children or their parents object. The Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday announced its decision to introduce eggs into the menu of mid-day meals served across the state. Officials said that eggs can be substituted with milk or other protein-rich products if the children or their parents do not approve of consuming eggs. A government circular said officials got samples of mid-day meals from 66...
More »Another Lifeline Smothered: MGNREGA in Shambles -Samarth Grover
-The Economic Times Even though the scheme had been ranked as the world's largest public works programme by the World Bank, it is being systematically undermined with illegal restrictions on its budget allocation, severe payment delays and low wages. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has been a tried and tested measure to target rising unemployment and ease rural distress in the country. The Rural Employment programme, which guarantees 100...
More »Why Can't Muslim Community Build and Run Modern Schools Like Others: Zameer Uddin Shah -Mohd. Imran Khan
-Newsclick.in The former AMU Vice Chancellor is the brain behind Sir Syed National School, a successful modern school, totally funded by the Muslim community in Muzaffarnagar. PATNA: A retired Lieutenant General of the Indian Army and former Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Lt Gen (Retd) Zameer Uddin Shah, emits a missionary zeal when he talks about the need for “modern and secular” education for Muslim children, instead of “ghettoised” schools. “We have...
More »1,000 litres of clean water daily, straight from drain -Jasjeev Gandhiok
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: What was set up as a pilot project to test how waste water from Barapullah nullah could be treated is now generating almost 1,000 litres per day for the capital. This could increase water production to 1 lakh litres per day in the next six months, say officials working on the project near Sun Dial Park at Sarai Kale Khan. Part of the Local Treatment...
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