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Good response to parenting clinics Updated: Updated: Counselling given to issues related to behavioural, emotional problems and domestic violence Share Article Counselling given to issues related to behavioural, emotional problems and domestic violence The response to parenting clinics started by the Women and Child Development Department in 12 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) blocks in the district has largely been good, with a range of issues coming to light. District Child Prot...

While writing this column, the visuals playing up in my mind are of a viral video from the last parliamentary election in Bengal. A lady with a tilak

Literacy and education are vital developmental indicators for a nation. With more than 200 million children, India has the world’s most extensive primary education system. While primary school enrolment has increased significantly, learning levels remain low. To strengthen foundational literacy and numeracy, the West Bengal government launched “Shishu Aloy” a model Integrated Child Development Services centre in 2015. But the shortage of trained anganwadi workers is the major drawback of...

Activists Urge Kejriwal Govt to Provide Cooked Food, Rations For Poor During Curbs Campaigners have said that those in homeless shelters, children in need of mid-day meals, daily wagers, and pregnant and lactating women are in need of most help. Delhi government workers serve food to homeless people and daily wagers near Nigam Bodh ghat in New Delhi, March 26, 2020. Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Rights6 hours ago New Delhi: With New Delhi under a weekend lockdown and restrictions imposed on acti...

Conversations in a Tea Garden Ahead of the West Bengal Elections The Mujnai tea garden has temples, churches and Buddhist gumphas. Its population in 2011 was 3,962, and had around 3,500 voters in 2021. Sanjit Lama. Photo: Snigdhendu Bhattacharya Politics4 hours ago Alipurduar (West Bengal): “Even seven-eight years ago, hardly anyone got compensation for elephant attacks, but now people get them,” said 28-year-old Sanjit Lama. He is a Buddhist who owns a grocery shop in the courtyard o...

How Bijapur fought acute malnutrition through millets, decentralisation ​ Tue, Apr 6 2021 11:27 IST | ​ 8 Views How Bijapur fought acute malnutrition through millets and decentralisation. Image Source: IANS News How Bijapur fought acute malnutrition through millets and decentralisation. Image Source: IANS News Bijapur, April 6 : The district of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, around 480 km from state capital Raipur, has been tackling an acute problem of malnutrition for years, especially among c...

The recent Government of India recommendation for monthly length/height measurements by anganwadi workers promises to be a disaster in its current form and might lead to a severe derailing of the existing system of data collection and management, leading to further chaos and misreporting on malnutrition. The recent National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data from 22 states and union territories (UTs) of India has raised major concerns with the progress on the reduction of malnutrition in the co...

Prem Chowdhry Author and former academic, Delhi University Gender-responsive budgeting was adopted in India in 2005, and since then, there have been steady budgetary allocations for various programmes specific to women. These women-related programmes are now an essential part of every budget document. This year has also not been an exception. Both at the Centre and in the states, ‘women’s empowerment’ is the key focus area. Last week, the Delhi government, while presenting its budget, cla...

Mattson plans up to 80 residential units in former Seton Hospital Developer says the project will cost $8 million to $10 million and could start as early as next spring. Share A large crowd of supporters watch as officials take part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Woodfords Family Services building on Chase Avenue in Waterville. The center will be on the same site as the former Seton Hospital, which developer Kevin Mattson said Tuesday he plans to turn into apartments. Staff photo by Davi...

Uttar Pradesh engages 68,000 groups to facilitate its Take Home Ration scheme THR, executed by UPSRLM, focuses on children under six months of age, pregnant and lactating women, adolescent girls and severely malnourished children in the age group of six months to six years. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- The self-help groups procure dry ration at the village level and then supply it to around 1.5 lakh Anganwadi centres. (Photo | EPS) Express News Service UTTAR PRADESH: A study published by...