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A day after the Goa State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (GSCPCR) served a notice to the state Education Department over worms being found in a Mid-Day Meal served to children in three schools, the state government has ...
Officials of the Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration on Tuesday collected food samples, after three schools in Priol, South Goa complained of worms in the Mid-Day Meal's 'Soya Chunks Pulao'.Director of Education Shailesh Zingade told ...
Read Latest India News Quickly Here | “They have collected the food samples and a report is awaited,” he said, adding the supplier has been told to stop supply till the issue is cleared. Sources said the education department will take action against the Self-Help Group supplying the Mid-Day Meal, if it is found faulty.
The World Bank-supported JEEViKA program in rural Bihar has improved women's nutrition awareness through self-help groups, notably benefiting children's health. The transformation resulted from extensive health communication, local leader capacity building, and training community resource persons known as "Poshan Sakhis" to reach vulnerable groups. Their numbers have nearly doubled in three years, and JEEViKA is recognized nationally for its impact. Now half of the state's young children eat a more diverse diet, compared to just 2 out of 10 before 2018.
In 1992, the P V Narasimha Rao government passed the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts mandating the reservation of one-third of seats for women in Panchayati Raj institutions. Over three decades later, the 128th Constitution amendment bill, referred to as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, is seen as yet another significant stride towards achieving gender equity in politics.