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Dead Snake Found In Mid-Day Meal Packet In Maharashtra, Parents Claim
A tiny dead snake was allegedly found in a packet of mid-day meal meant for children at an Anganwadi' or government-run nursery school in western Maharashtra's Sangli district.
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Raised By Widowed Anganwadi Worker Mother, Maharashtra's Grishma Thorat Lifts KIYG Silver
Thane weightlifter Grishma Thorat, who picked a silver in women's 76kg category at the Khelo India Youth Games 2023, has finally made peace with herself after a tragic personal loss left her devastated and shook her deep inside.
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38,408 Schools, 2.86 Lakh Anganwadi Centres Don't Have Functional Toilets: Government Tells Rajya Sabha
Of the 2,86,310 anganwadi centres without functional toilets, the maximum of 53,496 were in Maharashtra followed by 40,444 in Odisha
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Maharashtra Woman Rows 18 km Daily To Help Children, Expecting Mothers
In an attempt to help people amid the pandemic, Relu Vasave, an Anganwadi worker from Maharashtra's Nandurbar rows 18 kilometers to interior villages every day to attend to tribal children below six years and expecting mothers.
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3-Month Insurance Cover To Maharashtra Gram Sevaks For COVID-19 Fight
The Maharashtra government has decided to give Rs 25 lakh insurance cover for three months to gram sevaks and gram vikas adhikari (village development officers) for fighting against COVID-19.
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Anganwadi Worker Sacked For Having More Than 2 Children Moves High Court
An anganwadi worker in Maharashtra has approached the Bombay High Court challenging the state government's decision to dismiss her from job for having more than two children and thus, not adhering to its 'Small Family' Rules.
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Opposition Slams Maharashtra Government Over Funds For Food At Anganwadis
Opposition Congress and NCP today staged a walk-out from the Maharashtra Assembly to protest 'delay' in sanctioning of funds for providing nutritious food to pregnant women and children at Anganwadis.
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Maharashtra: Anganwadi Workers Continue To Strike, Parents and Children Suffer
Anganwadi workers have been on strike across the entire state of Maharashtra since September 11th, and this, of late, has started bothering the parents of children who rely on these anganwadis for their daily meals. The children have now resumed eating home-cooked meals and are even resorting to cheap, junk food.
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For Anganwadi Workers in Palghar, Overcoming Malnourishment A Challenge
Palghar, Maharashtra: As Maharashtra’s tribal-dominated Palghar grapples with the malnourishment crisis, for the 337 anganwadis in the area, the challenges are mounting. For seven years, anganwadi worker Vandana Gangurde’s one room home has doubled up as an anganwadi for children up to the age of six. It’s the same for Suman Deshmukh who ru...
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Maharashtra Government Hikes Stipend for Anganwadi Workers
Maharashtra government has hiked the stipend for anganwadi sevikas and attendants by Rs 950 and Rs 500 respectively.
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Anganwadi Workers Not Paid Salaries for 4 Months, Says Union
The Maharashtra Anganwadi Sevika Union has alleged that the state government has not paid salaries of its workers for the last four months.
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Midday meals: how food meant for children is feeding private contractors
The midday meal scheme is falling prey to private contractors in the respective states, says a report prepared by the Supreme Court appointed food commissioners on the nutrition supplements for children in anganwadis across Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat. The report, submitted to the Supreme Court on November 30, 2012 points out ...
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Food worth crores for poor children siphoned off in Maharashtra, finds Supreme Court panel
In a grim reminder of the continuing misery of the poor in India, a report by a Supreme Court panel has revealed that food worth thousands of crores meant for underprivileged children in Maharashtra has been siphoned off by private companies. Instead, the children, who were entitled to the benefit under the anganwadi scheme, were fed stale and low-...
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Food for children sold for livestock: Middleman finally arrested
The police have sprung into action after NDTV's expose showed how food for malnourished children in Thane district of Maharashtra was being siphoned off and sold as chicken feed. The middleman Yashwant Thakre who was ready to sell the food to NDTV, has been arrested and charged with cheating and misappropriation. The police arrested him on Thursda...
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Food for children sold as feed for livestock: Maharashtra suspends anganwadi worker
The Maharashtra government has suspended an anganwadi supervisor and expelled another worker after an NDTV expose which showed that food meant for malnourished children was siphoned off and sold in the market as chicken feed.
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Dead Snake Found In Mid-Day Meal Packet In Maharashtra, Parents Claim
A tiny dead snake was allegedly found in a packet of mid-day meal meant for children at an Anganwadi' or government-run nursery school in western Maharashtra's Sangli district.
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Raised By Widowed Anganwadi Worker Mother, Maharashtra's Grishma Thorat Lifts KIYG Silver
Thane weightlifter Grishma Thorat, who picked a silver in women's 76kg category at the Khelo India Youth Games 2023, has finally made peace with herself after a tragic personal loss left her devastated and shook her deep inside.
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38,408 Schools, 2.86 Lakh Anganwadi Centres Don't Have Functional Toilets: Government Tells Rajya Sabha
Of the 2,86,310 anganwadi centres without functional toilets, the maximum of 53,496 were in Maharashtra followed by 40,444 in Odisha
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Maharashtra Woman Rows 18 km Daily To Help Children, Expecting Mothers
In an attempt to help people amid the pandemic, Relu Vasave, an Anganwadi worker from Maharashtra's Nandurbar rows 18 kilometers to interior villages every day to attend to tribal children below six years and expecting mothers.
-
3-Month Insurance Cover To Maharashtra Gram Sevaks For COVID-19 Fight
The Maharashtra government has decided to give Rs 25 lakh insurance cover for three months to gram sevaks and gram vikas adhikari (village development officers) for fighting against COVID-19.
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Anganwadi Worker Sacked For Having More Than 2 Children Moves High Court
An anganwadi worker in Maharashtra has approached the Bombay High Court challenging the state government's decision to dismiss her from job for having more than two children and thus, not adhering to its 'Small Family' Rules.
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Opposition Slams Maharashtra Government Over Funds For Food At Anganwadis
Opposition Congress and NCP today staged a walk-out from the Maharashtra Assembly to protest 'delay' in sanctioning of funds for providing nutritious food to pregnant women and children at Anganwadis.
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Maharashtra: Anganwadi Workers Continue To Strike, Parents and Children Suffer
Anganwadi workers have been on strike across the entire state of Maharashtra since September 11th, and this, of late, has started bothering the parents of children who rely on these anganwadis for their daily meals. The children have now resumed eating home-cooked meals and are even resorting to cheap, junk food.
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For Anganwadi Workers in Palghar, Overcoming Malnourishment A Challenge
Palghar, Maharashtra: As Maharashtra’s tribal-dominated Palghar grapples with the malnourishment crisis, for the 337 anganwadis in the area, the challenges are mounting. For seven years, anganwadi worker Vandana Gangurde’s one room home has doubled up as an anganwadi for children up to the age of six. It’s the same for Suman Deshmukh who ru...
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Maharashtra Government Hikes Stipend for Anganwadi Workers
Maharashtra government has hiked the stipend for anganwadi sevikas and attendants by Rs 950 and Rs 500 respectively.
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Anganwadi Workers Not Paid Salaries for 4 Months, Says Union
The Maharashtra Anganwadi Sevika Union has alleged that the state government has not paid salaries of its workers for the last four months.
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Midday meals: how food meant for children is feeding private contractors
The midday meal scheme is falling prey to private contractors in the respective states, says a report prepared by the Supreme Court appointed food commissioners on the nutrition supplements for children in anganwadis across Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat. The report, submitted to the Supreme Court on November 30, 2012 points out ...
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Food worth crores for poor children siphoned off in Maharashtra, finds Supreme Court panel
In a grim reminder of the continuing misery of the poor in India, a report by a Supreme Court panel has revealed that food worth thousands of crores meant for underprivileged children in Maharashtra has been siphoned off by private companies. Instead, the children, who were entitled to the benefit under the anganwadi scheme, were fed stale and low-...
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Food for children sold for livestock: Middleman finally arrested
The police have sprung into action after NDTV's expose showed how food for malnourished children in Thane district of Maharashtra was being siphoned off and sold as chicken feed. The middleman Yashwant Thakre who was ready to sell the food to NDTV, has been arrested and charged with cheating and misappropriation. The police arrested him on Thursda...
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Food for children sold as feed for livestock: Maharashtra suspends anganwadi worker
The Maharashtra government has suspended an anganwadi supervisor and expelled another worker after an NDTV expose which showed that food meant for malnourished children was siphoned off and sold in the market as chicken feed.
