Last mile smile
Communities are coming together in Jharkhand to create vigilance mechanisms to enforce food entitlement programmes
State of malnourished children
CAG’s latest report blames poor management of anganwadis in Gujarat for the problem
Child labour: When do we start to rewrite their story
The day people really start believing that there can be no reason that justifies child labour, not even poverty — is the day the real …
How Indian states are promoting organic, natural farming
States such as Odisha and Karnataka have started initiatives such as procurement of organic produce and linkages with PDS, ICDS and other schemes&…
Demand for SIT probe into Centre's child nutrition scheme
Supreme Court commissioners report multi-crore scam involving private contractors and bureaucrats in food distribution under Integrated Child …
Major revamp of ICDS recommended
Inter-ministerial report calls for improving infrastructure and facilities at anganwadi centres
Odisha set to introduce locally produced millets into ICDS, PDS
Keonjhar district will introduce ragi for pre-school meals through DMF funds from July
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
Cradles of hope
A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality …
Jairam urges caution over Lancet series recommendations on nutrition
Rural development minister shares concerns of activists at launch of Lancet series; stresses community role in fight against malnutrition
Why India remains malnourished
Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. The …
Did the interim budget focus enough on nutrition?
Interim budget missed the opportunity to address problems like lack of quality Anganwadi meals, higher wages for workers, inadequate infrastructure
Union budget 2015: Children left asking for their dues, as ever
The most drastic cut in child budget so far has occurred in the 2015-16 budget
Obituary: Coluthur Gopalan (1918-2019)
Father of nutrition science in India dies in Chennai
Blind solutions
Government's plan to fortify food cannot be a holistic solution to malnutrition
Integrated Child Development not serving those who need it the most, finds study
Those from lower castes and the poor miss out on education, nutrition
What does NFHS-5 tell about school enrollment of kids under 5
Gap in the enrollment percentage in urban and rural areas prevalent in most states
Centre's child development scheme plagued by shortcomings, finds CAG
Over 30 per cent of the anganwadi centres have no toilets or drinking water
Exclusive cereal-dependence
As told to Parliament (February 11, 2021): No ban on petrol, diesel cars in near future
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Failure to use funds behind Gujarat’s child malnutrition problem
Gujarat fails to use funds for mother, child nutrition
Business bites
Anganwadi workers hit the streets in protest
Allege government failure in implementation of remuneration hike, other demands not met
How rural kitchen pays
Local procurement for anganwadis can revive rural economy in a big way
1.2 million children in Karnataka are malnourished, state tells high court
Civil rights groups blame packaged food supplied to anganwadis