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West Bengal launches Annapurnar Yojana; Rs 3,000 monthly aid to reach 28 lakh womenWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has launched the Annapurna Yojana. The scheme requires fresh form filling to ensure only eligib...- 90.6% hospital births, 96% plus vaccinations: NFHS-6 reflects India's "accelerated progress" in family health parametersIndia's National Family Health Survey-6 shows significant improvements in maternal and child health. Vaccinations and antenatal care have i...
- Emirates' cash reserves, fuel hedging help airline ride out Iran war turmoilEmirates airline achieved a record $5.4 billion net profit, bolstered by strong cash reserves and effective fuel hedging. Despite disruptio...
- NITI Aayog launches Sampoornata Abhiyan for development of aspirational districts and blocksAs part of the Abhiyan, which is a three-month campaign starting from tomorrow till September 30, the Aayog will coordinate with states to ...
- Dubai wealth fund readies bonds, COVID-19 may hit revenueThe group of banks mandated for the deal includes Citi, Emirates NBD Capital, First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, JPMorgan and Standard Chartered.
- India's child nutrition programme excludes poorest households: StudyAmong states too, while overall utilisation has improved, high malnutrition states are relatively lagging.
- Government approves continuation of four ICDS programmesThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs also approved phased expansion of the scheme for out of school girls in the age group of 11-14 ye...
- Reinvent and redesign the ICDS to effectively combat malnutritionArguably the biggest social programme in the world, ICDS has nevertheless not been able to address maternal and child malnutrition in the 4...
- States to discuss social service delivery models on MondayNITI Aayog has planned a day-long national conference on Monday where states/UTs will share their notable practices in social sector servic...
- Govt proposes to build 1 lakh anganwadis each year for four yearsThe scheme would be funded partly from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee and partly from the Integrated Child Development ...
- Budget cut to WCD ministry restored through supplementary grants: Maneka GandhiThe budget cut of more than 50 per cent faced by WCD Ministry in March last year has been restored through supplementary grants, Maneka Gan...
- Child malnutrition declines in India but still a long way to goBetween 2006 to 2014, stunting levels in children under five declined to 39% as compared to global level of 24%, according to the India Nut...
- Fund crunch could nip national nutrition mission in the budThe expenditure finance committee has rejected the Rs 18,000-crore National Nutrition Mission—piloted by the ministry of women and child de...
- 8 states flouted norms for food procurement under Integrated Child Development Services: GovernmentComplaints have been received alleging irregularities in procurement of Supplementary Nutrition Food under ICDS, recently, Maneka Gandhi sa...
- Lok Sabha polls 2014: Malnutrition; a problem ignored by every party.In January 2012, PM Manmohan Singh declared half of India's children were malnourished and that was a national shame. Yet since then, not a...
- CCEA clears implementation of IDA-assisted nutrition project worth Rs 2,893 croreISSNIP would supplement the much larger Integrated Child Development Scheme which aims to boost the nutritional levels of women and childre...
- Food Security Bill, ICDS can reap the benefits only with proper implementationWhy is it that the country with surplus production of food grain often cannot feed nutritious food to its citizens? Why do we have a very h...
- India lags behind in meeting UN Millenium Development GoalsIndia is lagging behind in meeting the United Nation's Millenium Development Goals for bringing down infant and maternal mortality rates bu...
- Saluting India's unsung teachers, the anganwadisAs the nation celebrates Teachers’ Day, it would be appropriate to spare a thought for our most precious teachers: the anganwadi workers wh...
- CPI(M) demands taxing stock mkt transactions"Hundreds of crores are being made in the share market by a few. But this government is not willing to tax them." CPI(M) Politburo member S...
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