Madhya Pradesh government introduces eggs in mid-day meal to end malnutrition, BJP alleges conspiracy against Indian culture
5 years, 2 months ago

Madhya Pradesh government introduces eggs in mid-day meal to end malnutrition, BJP alleges conspiracy against Indian culture

Firstpost  

In a bid to end malnutrition in the state, Madhya Pradesh government has decided to introduce eggs in the mid-day meal offered to children in the Anganwadis starting next month Bhopal/Gwalior: In a bid to end malnutrition in the state, Madhya Pradesh government has decided to introduce eggs in the mid-day meal offered to children in the Anganwadis starting next month. “We have taken several initiatives and introduced various schemes for the welfare of children in the state, be it 313 Anganwadis, eggs in mid-day meal or the new bus service to take care of children when their parents go to work,” she said. “BJP government also took several key initiatives to end malnutrition in the state and we also won several international awards for the same. “We had also prevented the state government’s attempt to sell chicken and milk next to each other… The state government should work as per the culture in the country,” Kothari added.

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Assam govt is providing eggs thrice a week in mid-day meals for tea garden schools
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Assam govt is providing eggs thrice a week in mid-day meals for tea garden schools

Op India  

Assam Chief Himanta Biswa Sarma on 20th February posted about the success of the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman programme under which his government is providing three eggs per week to every eligible child during school lunches in the tea gardens. State education minister Ranoj Pegu informed, “Assam has started 3 eggs a week under PM Poshan in 2,429 schools …

Karnataka to Provide Egg, Banana, Groundnut Cake Along with Midday Meal
2 years, 5 months ago

Karnataka to Provide Egg, Banana, Groundnut Cake Along with Midday Meal

News 18  

The Karnataka government has decided to provide boiled eggs, bananas and groundnut cakes to school children along with the midday meal. In the initiative taken up under the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman Scheme, students, across the state, from Class 1 to 8 will get these additional items for 46 days in an academic year. Since the scheme was successful, …

Mid-day meals: Kids get broken rice, watery dal
2 years, 9 months ago

Mid-day meals: Kids get broken rice, watery dal

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government pays Rs 4.97 per primary class student for mid-day meals and Rs 7.45 for every student in the upper primary classes and high school. Manna Trust said that it prepares the food at a centralised kitchen in the city and serves white rice and five different types of curries, one for each day of the week, …

Eggs now part of mid-day meal in 7 districts in Karnataka; seers oppose move
3 years, 1 month ago

Eggs now part of mid-day meal in 7 districts in Karnataka; seers oppose move

India Today  

The Karnataka government has decided to include eggs in mid-day meals in at least seven districts of the state. READ: Why Millets in mid-day meal can be a political hot topic BC Nagesh, Minister for Primary & Secondary Education in the Government of Karnataka, told India Today that multiple surveys pointed out how malnutrition was high among school children in …

Religious Groups Frown at Karnataka Govt's Initiative of Providing Eggs in Mid-day Meals, Threaten with State-wide Protests
3 years, 1 month ago

Religious Groups Frown at Karnataka Govt's Initiative of Providing Eggs in Mid-day Meals, Threaten with State-wide Protests

News 18  

The initiative of providing eggs with mid-day meals thrice a week for Karnataka students has received opposition from a few religious groups. “We, the members of different Civil Society Organisations, welcome the decision of the state government to provide eggs for children in select districts of Karnataka, as part of Mid-day Meals to uphold the Right to Food of every …

Why is the Madhya Pradesh government replacing eggs with milk in midday meals?
3 years, 2 months ago

Why is the Madhya Pradesh government replacing eggs with milk in midday meals?

Live Mint  

Eggs were at the heart of a recent political controversy in Madhya Pradesh, with the state’s chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, declaring that his government would not be distributing them in anganwadis during mid-day meals. Edited excerpts: Your thoughts on the Madhya Pradesh government’s decision to replace eggs with milk in mid-day meals at anganwadis. Since protein deficiency is significant …

'Children come hungry to school, breakfast could make a difference' | The Hindu In Focus Podcast
3 years, 4 months ago

'Children come hungry to school, breakfast could make a difference' | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

The Hindu  

Earlier this month, the Union Education Ministry told a parliamentary panel that the plan to serve breakfast to students in government schools had to be shelved as the Finance Ministry had refused to sanction the Rs. The refusal comes at a time when the country is facing a malnutrition crisis -- data from the latest National Family Health Survey shows …

Child nutrition crisis may derail India’s aspirations
4 years ago

Child nutrition crisis may derail India’s aspirations

Deccan Chronicle  

It can be tempting to blame every crisis on the Covid-19 pandemic. Children in the 6-50 months group who are anaemic has risen from 65.7 per cent in 2015-2016 to 72.8 per cent in 2019-2020 Or take Gujarat, a relatively affluent state. “We don’t have granular data for all states and Union territories as yet but the first lot of …

Mothers in MP will turn warriors against malnutrition
4 years, 1 month ago

Mothers in MP will turn warriors against malnutrition

The Hindu  

The Madhya Pradesh government has issued an order for appointment of committees led by mothers to ensure better monitoring of services delivered at anganwadis or daycare centres. Called ‘Matru Sahyogini Samiti’ or Mothers’ Cooperation Committees, these will comprise 10 mothers at each anganwadi, representing the concerns of different sets of beneficiaries under the Integrated Child Development Services, or the National …

Children’s Day 2019: India can break the vicious cycle of malnutrition
5 years, 2 months ago

Children’s Day 2019: India can break the vicious cycle of malnutrition

Firstpost  

The face of malnutrition today is complex. Consider this: half of all the world’s children under the age of five suffer from “hidden hunger”. The pulls of globalization, urbanization, fast-food commercialization, the changing but still narrow role of women in society, all contribute to “the triple threat of malnutrition”: undernutrition, hidden hunger, and overweight among children under the age of …

MP: Cong MLA asks govt to provide eggs in anganwadi meals
5 years, 2 months ago

MP: Cong MLA asks govt to provide eggs in anganwadi meals

India TV News  

Amid opposition from the BJP on a state government proposal to include eggs in mid-day meals in anganwadis, a Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA has supported the move claiming it would reduce malnourishment among tribal children in the state. In a letter to Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Congress MLA Hiralal Alawa, a former AIIMS-New Delhi doctor, said eggs and milk should …

Chhattisgarh: If vegetarians oppose eggs in mid-day meals, other kids to get them at home
5 years, 5 months ago

Chhattisgarh: If vegetarians oppose eggs in mid-day meals, other kids to get them at home

India Today  

If vegetarian parents do not want their children to be served eggs in mid-day meals at school, then authorities should arrange to provide it at home to students whose families have no objection to it, the Chhattisgarh government has directed. The direction came on Tuesday after there was opposition to the state Congress government's proposal to serve eggs in mid-day …

Imposing a food culture
5 years, 6 months ago

Imposing a food culture

The Hindu  

THE Mid-Day Meal Scheme is a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India. The circular states: “The NGOs that are involved in the implementation of mid-day meals scheme across the State are supplying same kind of food every day to schools, using same kind of vegetables every day and instead of using food …

India's egg wars' and our political priorities
5 years, 11 months ago

India's egg wars' and our political priorities

Deccan Chronicle  

Each society picks its battles. This, in a way, is disturbing traditions,” Mr Upasane reportedly said, soon after the egg became a part of the mid-day meal menu in the state, where 30.62 per cent of the population is made up of Scheduled Tribes. A telling example: in 2015, the Right to Food Campaign in Karnataka organised a mass gathering …

BJP-governed states not serving eggs in mid-day meals, cite 'vegetarian sentiments'
6 years, 5 months ago

BJP-governed states not serving eggs in mid-day meals, cite 'vegetarian sentiments'

Firstpost  

Swati Narayan, a research scholar and an activist with the Right To Food campaign, recently mapped the inclusion of eggs in mid-day meals in schools. 14 of 19 BJP-majority states, deny eggs to children in schools and anganwadis In Saeed Ahmed v State of U.P., Allahabad High Court ruled “food that is conducive to health cannot be treated as a …

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