Covid-19 lockdown: Social, religious groups join hands with govt to provide food to needy
4 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 lockdown: Social, religious groups join hands with govt to provide food to needy

Hindustan Times  

Social and religious organisations have started feeding the needy and migrant workers trekking back home in the absence of public transport, and state governments opened community kitchens at shelter homes, enlisting the staff of the police to hand out packages of food in response to the coronavirus crisis and the distress it has sparked. In most states, community kitchens have become operational and ground staff including the police deployed to distribute packets of food to the needy. “In the past two days, policemen have distributed 1.5 lakh food packets,” said a Punjab police statement, adding that its personnel were also distributing milk and packets of dry rations. In Kolkata, community kitchens are providing food to street dwellers and poor people living in the 27 night shelters run by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

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Madhya Pradesh: Large-scale swindle uncovered in Take Home Ration scheme
2 years, 3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Large-scale swindle uncovered in Take Home Ration scheme

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:15 IST The latest audit done by the Madhya Pradesh Accountant General on the Take Home Ration scheme has found large-scale irregularities that include sub-standard food and fake beneficiaries. Despite the fact that the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government claims to cater to 49.8 lakh beneficiaries in the State through the THR scheme, the AG’s report …

West Bengal Govt Starts Food Delivery Service For COVID-19 Patients
2 years, 11 months ago

West Bengal Govt Starts Food Delivery Service For COVID-19 Patients

News 18  

The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has started home delivery of food for patients suffering from COVID-19. The West Bengal Panchayat and Rural Development Department, in collaboration with the Comprehensive Area Development Corporation, will ensure free home delivery to patients in the state. Soumyajit Das, Special Secretary, Panchayats & Rural Development, Government of West Bengal, said, “Booking for home food …

Community Kitchens: SC Unhappy Over Centre's Reply, Says It's State Responsibility to Provide Food to People Dying of Hunger
3 years, 1 month ago

Community Kitchens: SC Unhappy Over Centre's Reply, Says It's State Responsibility to Provide Food to People Dying of Hunger

News 18  

The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed strong displeasure over the Centre’s response on framing a pan-India policy to implement the Community Kitchen Scheme and granted it three weeks to hold a meeting with states, saying that a welfare state’s first responsibility is to provide food to people dying due to hunger. A bench comprising Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices AS …

Come Up With Policy On Community Kitchens Scheme After Interacting With States : Supreme Court Directs Centre
3 years, 2 months ago

Come Up With Policy On Community Kitchens Scheme After Interacting With States : Supreme Court Directs Centre

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central Government to come up with a scheme for establishing pan-India community kitchens, after interacting with the state governments.A Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli has directed the five states with highest number of hunger deaths including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar,. The …

Indore's Moonwalking Cop Turns Saviour for Covid Patients and Kin, Delivers Food to Them Daily
3 years, 7 months ago

Indore's Moonwalking Cop Turns Saviour for Covid Patients and Kin, Delivers Food to Them Daily

News 18  

Remember the traffic constable in Indore who impressed everyone with his smooth moonwalking moves while directing vehicles? Madhya Pradesh Traffic Police head constable Ranjeet Singh, who has been posted at Indore’s High Court crossing for many years now, has geared up to help those suffering from Covid-19 and their families. Singh and his constable colleagues Bal Mukund, Ravi, Rajesh, Gajendra, …

Ghaziabad society launches free meal service for Covid-19 patients in home isolation
3 years, 8 months ago

Ghaziabad society launches free meal service for Covid-19 patients in home isolation

India Today  

As high-rises in the national capital region become Covid-19 containment zones, apartment dwellers at a society in Ghaziabad have come up with an initiative to provide free home-cooked meals to patients in home isolation. Shobhit Chitransh, Ujjwal Mishra, Sunjeet Malik, and Sharad Bhardwaj are among the good Samaritans who have taken care of meals for around 250 families in home …

How to provide food for covid patients when you can’t cook
3 years, 8 months ago

How to provide food for covid patients when you can’t cook

Live Mint  

As the second wave of covid-19 continues unabated, many good samaritans are going the extra mile to help those in need. Singal is a member of the Bharat Merchant Trust and he has been sponsoring meals for about 150-200 families everyday since mid-April. Our neighbour helped us with food but it did not seem tasty or hygienic," Singal told ANI. …

Noida, Ghaziabad’s home chefs, Good Samaritans come to the rescue of Covid patients in home isolation
3 years, 8 months ago

Noida, Ghaziabad’s home chefs, Good Samaritans come to the rescue of Covid patients in home isolation

Hindustan Times  

Noida/Ghaziabad: With Covid-19 cases being reported from almost every locality, home cooks and Good Samaritans are stepping up and delivering meals to patients in home isolation. HT Image Sector 50 resident Parul Sachdeva, 50, has been getting over 30 to 40 calls ever since she started delivering food for Covid patients two weeks ago. Sector 29 resident Ashutosh Bhardwaj also …

COVID-19 induced food insecurity will lead to an increase in malnutrition, says UNICEF official
4 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 induced food insecurity will lead to an increase in malnutrition, says UNICEF official

The Hindu  

Increase in joblessness and poverty due to the pandemic will lead to a rise in hunger as well as malnutrition in the country, cautions UNICEF’s India Chief for Nutrition Arjan De Wagt, adding that the extended lockdown has hit many nutritional services. We know that in March and April many services were affected, but some such as take home ration …

Private schools, community centres should be used to serve food: Delhi govt to DMs
4 years, 8 months ago

Private schools, community centres should be used to serve food: Delhi govt to DMs

India Today  

Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev on Friday directed district magistrates to set up food shelters at private schools, community centres and other places if required as number of government schools fall short of providing food to the needy during the lockdown. In his order, the chief secretary said while it would be preferable that food shelters are set up at …

Plea In SC Seeks Temporary Pan-Indian Community Kitchens At Block-Level Amidst COVID Lockdown
4 years, 8 months ago

Plea In SC Seeks Temporary Pan-Indian Community Kitchens At Block-Level Amidst COVID Lockdown

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has been moved in a plea seeking directions to the Centre and the states to set-up pan-India temporary community kitchens at the Block-level amid the pandemic of novel Coronavirus to ensure that no person is forced to sleep on an empty stomach in these trying times. The applicants, through Advocate Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi and Ashima Mandla submits …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Before extending lockdown, PDS universalisation, community kitchen expansion and cash grants are critical to prevent food riots
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Before extending lockdown, PDS universalisation, community kitchen expansion and cash grants are critical to prevent food riots

Firstpost  

Only if the Centre steps in to universalise the public distribution system, will the time bomb of mounting hunger be truly defused. Last week, after a scuffle broke out in the food queue, three shelter homes in Delhi’s Kashmiri Gate packed like sardines with 10,000 stranded migrants, were set on fire. There are three essential components to at least prevent …

From apathy to action
4 years, 9 months ago

From apathy to action

The Hindu  

In dealing with the health and economic crisis, the Central government’s apathy is disappointing. When other States also shut down schools and Anganwadis, the Supreme Court took suo motu notice of Kerala’s actions. Other relief measures include advance payment of social security pensions, free PDS ration, food packets for those who are not covered by the PDS and free bus …

Covid-19 Lockdown: Delhi govt provides lunch to 2 lakh people in schools, night shelters
4 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 Lockdown: Delhi govt provides lunch to 2 lakh people in schools, night shelters

India Today  

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said that food is being provided to people at 325 schools located across Delhi amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus. He also took to Twitter and wrote, "Today, lunch was distributed to about two lakh Delhiites in 325 schools and at 225 night shelters in different areas of Delhi. Prime …

Community Kitchens: SC Imposes Costs Of Rs 5 Lacs On Several States For Failure To File Reply [Read Order]
4 years, 10 months ago

Community Kitchens: SC Imposes Costs Of Rs 5 Lacs On Several States For Failure To File Reply [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has imposed costs of Rs. 5 lacs on several states for failing to file affidavits on a PIL seeking establishment of state-funded or Public Private Partnership kitchens across the country. Community kitchens are institutions that provide cheap or free nutritious food as a service to the general public usually run by religious institutions or by the state. …

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