This article is based on the findings of a recent survey of the midday meal programme in Madhya Pradesh. Comparison of the new ‘suruchi bhojan’ with the old ‘daliya’ programme in the government primary schools in the survey area and observations on programme implementation in Karnataka, suggest a pressing need to overhaul the administrative and financial organisation of the scheme in order to increase its effectiveness.

Child labour are working in very large and alarming numbers in the iron-ore and granite mines of Hospet-Bellary region of Karnataka state in direct violation of the constitutional rights of children. Most of the children are migrant labourers.

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A Rajasthan village entrusts anti malaria campaign to children; they do remarkable work

The Sahariyas, a tribal community inhabiting Baran district of Rajasthan, are fighting to stave off hunger and death; 15 of them, mostly malnourished children, have died since July without medical care. The one-time hunter-gatherers demand work even as politicians debate whether the deaths were due to hunger or disease.

Europe sidelines children s well being at a mega health meet

Poor children were never safe; now the rich ones face new threats

Breakthrough in fighting severe malaria among children

For some young children, wheat is like poison

Where would homeless children broadcast their view of the world? The streets, of course, says SOPAN JOSHI

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