In wake of Covid-19, the annual central allocation of cooking cost under the mid-day meal scheme has been enhanced to ₹8,100 crore, an increase of 11%
2 min read28 Apr 2020New data on the poor nutritional status of school-going children and adolescents in the country makes a case for a broader mid-day meal programme
3 min read11 Nov 2019The audit exercise will look at procurement of foodgrain, monitoring, nutritional value, and satisfaction level of studentsThe mid-day meal scheme is one of the largest school meal programmes in the world
2 min read10 Sep 2019If the incident has snowballed into an all-India controversy, it’s largely for the attitude on display
1 min read4 Sep 2019The government is reviewing the Mid Day Meal Scheme in terms of various components, including cooking cost, transportation assistance, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar informed the Rajya Sabha
1 min read29 Dec 2018The ₹5 per child spent on the midday meal may be the most important public investment in many parts of the country. Despite its operational inefficiencies, it does work for about 1.2 mn children across the country
4 min read25 Oct 2018Senior advocate Shyam Divan told the Supreme Court that it was required to be established whether Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act was being used as an overextension of the coercive powers of the state
1 min read9 May 2018Parents rushed their children to local hospitals initially as they complained of uneasiness after they had noon meal served in school on Wednesday
1 min read19 Jan 2018Innovation in schools, mapping of learning outcomes and school assessments like the national assessment survey are expected to find mentions in the 2018 budget
3 min read12 Jan 2018The fear of harassment may lead women to make relatively poorer economic choices. The trade-off between safety, financial security that women face explains low female workforce participation rate
3 min read24 Nov 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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