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Mid-Day Meals Lifeline For Millions, Should Be Restarted: UN Food Agency
Noting that the mid-day meal scheme represents the lifeline for millions of school children in the country, the UN WFP India has said as the schools reopen, the scheme will also need to be reactivated with the provision of hot, cooked meals.
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HRD Meeting With State Education Ministers On Tuesday To Discuss COVID-19 Issues
Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' has called a meeting with state education ministers to discuss issues related to COVID-19 and mid-day meal programme, officials said on Monday. The meeting will be held at 2.00 pm on Tuesday through video conferencing.
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1 Litre Milk Diluted With Water Served To 81 Students In UP School
A video has emerged from Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra that shows a cook of the government's mid-day meal programme mixing a packet of one-litre milk with a bucket of water to feed some 81 students at a local school.
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Food Testing Facility to Come Up in Kolkata Next Year Costing Rs 7.8 Crores
A Rs. 7.8 crore food testing laboratory (FTL), that will aid quality check on mid-day meal of government-run schools of east India, will come up here next year, officials said on Thursday.
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60 Children Fall Ill After Mid-Day Meal At School In Chhattisgarh
At least 60 students of a government primary school were taken ill allegedly after consuming food under mid-day meal programme at a village in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district.
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28 Students Fall Ill After Having Milk Under Mid-Day Meal In UP
At least 28 students were taken ill today after consuming milk under mid-day meal programme at a primary school in Svaroop Pur village in Bisauli area, police said.
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Court Asks Centre To Give Information On Welfare Schemes In Drought-Hit States
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it of the current status of welfare schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), National Food Security and mid-day meal in 12 drought-hit states across the country.
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Dead Lizard Found in Mid-Day Meal for Toddlers, Pregnant Women in Chandigarh
The Mayor of Chandigarh was shocked to find a dead lizard in mid-day meal prepped for toddlers and pregnant women in a government-run center in the city. She has ordered a probe into the incident.
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Quality Testing of Mid-Day Meals on Hold at Delhi Government Schools
The Delhi government has failed to conduct quality tests of the food served under the mid-day meal programme in its schools for the last four months due to non-empanelment of testing labs, response to an RTI query has revealed.
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60 Children Fall Ill After Mid-Day Meal in Maharashtra
Sixty students of the 'Chhatrapati Shivaji Vidyalaya', a government school in Maharashtra's Korti village fell ill on Saturday, after eating the mid-day meal, a meal programme by the Central Government aimed at offering nutritious food to school children. The condition of two students was serious. They're now out of danger but still under observati...
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No Proposal for Processed Food Under Midday Meal: HRD Ministry
There is no proposal for supplying processed food under the midday meal programme, the HRD Ministry today said.
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Tamil Nadu to feed kids nutritious nuggets
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to offer nutritional supplementation to malnourished children in schools, in addition to the mid-day meal programme, to improve their body mass index, an official said Saturday.The scheme, to be introduced soon in...
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Chhattisgarh government starts training for mid-day meal cooks
Chhattisgarh Government has started a training programme for cooks of the mid-day meal scheme and their assistants to educate them about the nutritional value of food and hygiene.
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Worst tragedy to hit world's largest school feeding programme
It was an unfussy and routine meal served at a government primary school. Rice and dal with a bit of soyabean nuggets and potatoes. It proved to be a killer meal, claiming the lives of 23 children between the ages of four and 12.
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No subsidised LPG cylinders for mid-day meal programme
The Petroleum Ministry has turned down a request of the HRD Ministry to allow supply of subsidised LPG cylinders for the mid-day meal programme. "The request of HRD Ministry has not been agreed to," said Minister of State for HRD Shashi Tharoor.
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Mid-Day Meals Lifeline For Millions, Should Be Restarted: UN Food Agency
Noting that the mid-day meal scheme represents the lifeline for millions of school children in the country, the UN WFP India has said as the schools reopen, the scheme will also need to be reactivated with the provision of hot, cooked meals.
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HRD Meeting With State Education Ministers On Tuesday To Discuss COVID-19 Issues
Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' has called a meeting with state education ministers to discuss issues related to COVID-19 and mid-day meal programme, officials said on Monday. The meeting will be held at 2.00 pm on Tuesday through video conferencing.
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1 Litre Milk Diluted With Water Served To 81 Students In UP School
A video has emerged from Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra that shows a cook of the government's mid-day meal programme mixing a packet of one-litre milk with a bucket of water to feed some 81 students at a local school.
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Food Testing Facility to Come Up in Kolkata Next Year Costing Rs 7.8 Crores
A Rs. 7.8 crore food testing laboratory (FTL), that will aid quality check on mid-day meal of government-run schools of east India, will come up here next year, officials said on Thursday.
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60 Children Fall Ill After Mid-Day Meal At School In Chhattisgarh
At least 60 students of a government primary school were taken ill allegedly after consuming food under mid-day meal programme at a village in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district.
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28 Students Fall Ill After Having Milk Under Mid-Day Meal In UP
At least 28 students were taken ill today after consuming milk under mid-day meal programme at a primary school in Svaroop Pur village in Bisauli area, police said.
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Court Asks Centre To Give Information On Welfare Schemes In Drought-Hit States
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it of the current status of welfare schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), National Food Security and mid-day meal in 12 drought-hit states across the country.
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Dead Lizard Found in Mid-Day Meal for Toddlers, Pregnant Women in Chandigarh
The Mayor of Chandigarh was shocked to find a dead lizard in mid-day meal prepped for toddlers and pregnant women in a government-run center in the city. She has ordered a probe into the incident.
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Quality Testing of Mid-Day Meals on Hold at Delhi Government Schools
The Delhi government has failed to conduct quality tests of the food served under the mid-day meal programme in its schools for the last four months due to non-empanelment of testing labs, response to an RTI query has revealed.
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60 Children Fall Ill After Mid-Day Meal in Maharashtra
Sixty students of the 'Chhatrapati Shivaji Vidyalaya', a government school in Maharashtra's Korti village fell ill on Saturday, after eating the mid-day meal, a meal programme by the Central Government aimed at offering nutritious food to school children. The condition of two students was serious. They're now out of danger but still under observati...
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No Proposal for Processed Food Under Midday Meal: HRD Ministry
There is no proposal for supplying processed food under the midday meal programme, the HRD Ministry today said.
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Tamil Nadu to feed kids nutritious nuggets
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to offer nutritional supplementation to malnourished children in schools, in addition to the mid-day meal programme, to improve their body mass index, an official said Saturday.The scheme, to be introduced soon in...
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Chhattisgarh government starts training for mid-day meal cooks
Chhattisgarh Government has started a training programme for cooks of the mid-day meal scheme and their assistants to educate them about the nutritional value of food and hygiene.
-
Worst tragedy to hit world's largest school feeding programme
It was an unfussy and routine meal served at a government primary school. Rice and dal with a bit of soyabean nuggets and potatoes. It proved to be a killer meal, claiming the lives of 23 children between the ages of four and 12.
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No subsidised LPG cylinders for mid-day meal programme
The Petroleum Ministry has turned down a request of the HRD Ministry to allow supply of subsidised LPG cylinders for the mid-day meal programme. "The request of HRD Ministry has not been agreed to," said Minister of State for HRD Shashi Tharoor.
