Adding diversity to plate
The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item with
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
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No Solution Yet for Urban Poverty at Smart Kochi
KOCHI: Despite all the hype over the future ‘Smart City’, Kochi - a ‘Metro-in-the-making’ - hides an invisible population. They are the landless and the homeless who are living a life of their own on the
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India Health Report: Nutrition 2015
The India Health Report on Nutrition 2015 offers a critical analysis of the current situation with nutrition at the national and state levels in India. It provides easy-to-understand, state-wise data
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Estimating the cost of delivering direct nutrition interventions at scale: National and subnational level insights from India
Undernutrition imposes a staggering cost worldwide in terms of lives lost, forgone productivity, healthcare spending, and reduced lifetime earnings. In India, nutrition policies recognize the multifaceted
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30% of kids in Bengaluru slums underweight: CRY survey
The anganwadi at a slum in southeast Bengaluru opens at 10.30am, but a group of barefooted children, clad in old and torn clothes throng the premises by 9am itself. The only reason they are here is to
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State food provisioning as social protection: debating India’s national food security law
This publication provides an overview on the main issues debated during the development and passage of the India’s National Food Security Act (2013), which legally binds national and state governments
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Ministry of Women and Child Development and Vedanta sign MoU to build 4000 'next generation' Anganwadis
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vedanta to develop and modernise 4000 Anganwadis in the country. Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry
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National Nutrition Week being observed in West Bengal
To enhance community-based initiatives in educating mothers and caregivers on nutrition issues, the West Bengal government is observing National Nutrition Week till next Monday. "We are carrying out
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Delivering for nutrition in Madhya Pradesh: insights from a study on the state of essential nutrition interventions
In India, policies are in place to address the set of nutrition-specific interventions that will accelerate progress in nutrition, if implemented at scale. These interventions include iron and folic acid
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50% of centres do not have toilet facilities: CAG report
PANAJI: Despite the stipulated requirement of a minimum area of 60 sq m for an anganwadi centre, when 713 centres in the state were selected for scrutiny audit, 71% of them were found to be functioning
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on ICDS Scheme, 31/07/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on ICDS Scheme, 31/07/2015. Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme being implemented by the State Governments/UT Administrations.