The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today said that the contract for supplying midday meals to 9.94 lakh students of its schools has been given to non-government organisations.
The education department of the MCD, at a meeting of the standing committee, disclosed that it had proposed to allocate the distribution of midday meals to 9.94 lakh students in all MCD schools as well as the school
The midday meal being offered to the students studying in the municipal schools is causing a loss of approximately Rs 2 lakh per day to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
The matter came to light when the official data given by the two different officers of the corporation's education department showed an objectionable difference.
According to the one figure presented by the education departm
A unique UP system to monitor scheme through cloud telephony to be replicated across the country
For the past six months, around noon every day, a cellphone rings in 1.5 lakh government schools across Uttar Pradesh.
With several incidents of food poisoning due to sub-standard midday meals served to students coming to the fore and in view of school cafeterias selling junk food, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is in the process of framing a set of guidelines to ensure standard norms for nutritious diet to all.
The proposed guidelines will be based on scientific parameters and reliabl
BURDWAN, 13 JAN: While the state agricultural marketing department is all set to sue the Panagarh cold storage that had thrown out 360 tons of potato meant for midday meal for the ICDS centres and Sisu Siksha Kendras, yet another cold storage in Burdwan town has thrown out 7500 tons of potato.
The state run apex cooperatives, Benfed & Confed, owners of the potato packets, however, are yet to pr
The state government would distribute 70,000 metric tons of potato, lying in cold storages in five districts, free of cost for mid-day meal and ICDS, finance minister Mr Asim Dasgupta announced today, admitting that the state exchequer had to drain off Rs 60 crore to
The report on performance audit of ten food security and poverty alleviation schemes in Orissa and Uttar Pradesh (UP) conducted by Centre for Environment and Food Security (CEFS). This audit was conducted during July- October 2010 in 130 villages spread over 12 districts of Orissa and UP (Bundelkhand).
