A study done by International Growth Centre (IGC) said that 71% of the budget for hot cooked meals at around 200 anganwadi centres (AWCs) in Bihar was lost in leakage.
The National Food Security Ordinance, 2013 notified by the Union government entitles 67% of the population to receive subsidised grains from government every month. Read full text.
The Right to Food Campaign has questioned the hurry shown by the United Progressive Alliance government in taking the ordinance route on important legislation like the National Food Security Bill.
The state social welfare department is going to start a nutrition mission to bring down the rate of women and children suffering from malnutrition in the state, which is around 39 per cent at prese
Continuing its battle to eradicate polio from the district, volunteers of the UNICEF Social Mobilization Network along with the health department are making efforts to cover a total of 128 families
India has higher rates of malnourished children than in sub-Saharan Africa
One of the most significant critiques of the Indian economic growth model is that it has failed to encourage social development in its wake. It is well known that the country has higher rates of malnourished children than in sub-Saharan Africa. Malnutrition remains an enormously pervasive across the States.
Government is contemplating to establish separate directorates for the implementation of the flagship Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in the twin divisions of Kashmir and Jammu.
