Mid Day Meal

A field inspection team from the Union Education Ministry will be arriving in the state to review the implementation of the scheme

The joint review mission comprises nutrition experts and officers from the Centre and the state government

The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) has warned the state government against shutting down of noon meal centres that provide food to the school students

The letter by FSSAI stated that cook cum helpers are to be trained under the Food Safety Training & Certification (FoSTaC) scheme and the funds can be utilised from the states.

Baghel also called for preparing an action plan for promoting millet-based industries after discussing with the departments concerned

The social audit is important in detecting irregularities like siphoning of funds and helps the authorities to get feedback from the local community, on the mid-day meal scheme

Over 90% of them are women who are too poor to afford even a single meal

Over 90% of them are women who are too poor to afford even a single meal

Fall in GHI score is not absolute, but relative to other countries

According to an official statement, coverage will now extend to the students studying in pre-primary or Bal Vatikas of government and government-aided primary schools

The study used nationally representative data on mothers and their children spanning 1993 to 2016 to assess whether MDM supports intergenerational improvement in child linear growth

The UN WFP India has said as the schools re-open, the scheme will also need to be reactivated with the provision of hot, cooked meals.

The government has decided to supply fortified rice in schools covered under the mid-day meal programme as part of its effort to fight malnutrition, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Friday. The rice will be fortified with three micronutrients -- vitamin B12, iron and folic acid, he said. Addressing a seminar organised by industry body PHDCCI, the secretary noted that micronutrients play an important role and said the government is focusing on this area. "...Formative years of child are extremely important. Therefore, all children who are attending ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) centres and all children who are attending schools and are covered under the mid-day meal programme, they should get fortified rice," Pandey said. He informed that the Department of Food and Public Distribution had good interactions with the Ministries of Women & Child Development as well as HRD (Education Ministry). "We decided that across the country all ICDS centres and all mid-day .

An inquiry has been ordered into the incident and strict action will be taken against those found guilty of negligence

The state government is exploring the option to use District Mineral Foundation (DMF) fund to implement the scheme

According to a survey, 14 of 19 BJP-majority states deny eggs to children in schools and anganwadis

Some students even vomited as soon as they had eaten the meal

The cooks are getting just Rs 33 for working 7 hours a day

The children complained of uneasiness, followed by vomiting and diarrhoea after eating the food

The food ministry has lowered the prices at which it sells wheat and rice for the mid-day meal programme and the Integrated Child Development Scheme