A year on, no lessons learnt from Bihar mid day meal tragedy
Civil society calls for pesticide-free, organic food under government programmes for children while Bihar focuses on building new kitchens in …
Day after mid-day meal deaths, vitamin A dose kills child in Bihar
Another incident of poisoning caused by mid-day meal reported from Bihar's Madhubani district
What it takes to deliver midday meal
Countdown to Budget 2023: Why investing in early childhood education should be a priority in the upcoming Budget
Just 0.1% of the GDP was spent in 2020-21 for early childhood education, thinktank analysis suggests 1.5%-2.5% of GDP expenditure
Global Hunger Index: Why is India trailing?
India ranked 94 in global hunger index 2020 among 107 countries
Plan spending on social sectors and a paradox in budgetary policies
Central government's social spending is just 2 per cent of GDP, yet it may reduce allocation for welfare sectors by citing inability of the …
Food security bill forgoes nutrition security
The bill will ensure food for millions of hungry Indians. But has the government identified them?
Hunger stalks government schools in West Bengal
Pilot survey under Project Dipankar in four prosperous districts shows 87 per cent class I students of government schools are undernourished
Rural health, malnutrition get attention
Health sector overall allocated even less than what it received last year, say experts
Odisha set to introduce locally produced millets into ICDS, PDS
Keonjhar district will introduce ragi for pre-school meals through DMF funds from July