-Business Standard A recent report suggests different ways to eliminate poverty and argues that accelerated growth is the most suitable medicine to reduce incidence of poverty Adding some and modifying some others is how the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is planning to go about its welfare programmes in the coming days. While the Mid-Day MEAl Scheme (MDMS) is likely to be extended to some private schools, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural...
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Swachh Bharat: Toilets aplenty, but no water to use them -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India The central government has spent Rs 9,093 crore on building about 1.8 crore toilets across the country under the Swachh Bharat Mission since October 2014. This is because Prime Minister Modi has made the drive a priority. The mission also envisages a cleaner India at large, although this part of the plan is hazy. The question that arises now is — how is this frenzy of toilet-building changing...
More »Punjab remains heartless to its 'kudis'
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: Over 60% of schoolgirls in Punjab who are detected with heart diseases are not given any treatment and are presumably left to die. This startling finding has been brought out in a study, published this month in a British medical journal 'Heart Asia'. The study has found that despite schoolchildren getting free treatment for heart diseases under the National Health Mission (at the time of the study...
More »Anganwadi and Mid-day MEAl: Centre asks MP to consider including boiled eggs in menu -Milind Ghatwai
-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...
More »Teaching at the Right Level: The Government’s New Education Policy Must Include Solutions to Teach Students Basics -Gautam Patel
-CaravanMagazine.in In January 2016, the non-governmental organisation, Pratham Education Foundation and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), which is headquartered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, launched a scale-up program in Anantapur, a district in Andhra Pradesh that has the lowest learning levels in the state. The test, which was organised in conjunction with the state government, was conducted between January and April. It aimed to assess the efficacy...
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