Delhi govt to hire agency to test mid-day meals to ensure nutritional food for studentsThe Delhi government in collaboration with Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) in April had also started a social audit...
10 Jun, 2022, 06.03 PM IST
Introducing fortified staples, more ration can help kids who missed mid-day meals in lockdown: UN WFPIntroducing fortified staples in the food baskets distributed to schoolchildren, focussing on fulfilling nutritional requirements of childr...
12 Sep, 2020, 03.55 PM IST
National Education Policy 2020: Breakfast for school children besides mid-day meals"Children are unable to learn optimally when they are undernourished or unwell. Hence, the nutrition and health (including mental health) o...
02 Aug, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
Quality testing of mid-day meals on hold at Delhi government schoolsAccording to an RTI response, no sample of mid-day meal was picked up for testing for nutritional value of protein and calories since March...
02 Aug, 2015, 02.21 PM IST
No proposal for processed food under midday meal: HRD MinistryReports also suggested a spat between the HRD Ministry and the Food Processing Ministry over Harsimrat Kaur Badal's suggestion.
28 Aug, 2014, 10.25 PM IST
- Food Ministry re-examines proposal on payment for midday meal foodgrains
Food Ministry is to re-examine a proposal according to which the HRD Ministry would have to make advanced payment for the midday meal schem...
21 Nov, 2013, 10.26 PM IST
Not justified to talk before probe ends: Nitish on midday mealNitish Kumar said he did not feel justified to comment on the criminal aspect of Chhapra midday meal tragedy till the police investigation ...
29 Jul, 2013, 08.37 PM IST
Midday meal safety norms to be painted on walls of schoolsBihar government plans to provide printed instructions to school principals about food quality and safety besides painting the norms on the...
21 Jul, 2013, 02.35 PM IST
Bihar government denies receiving alert from Centre on mid-day mealFacing criticism over the death of 23 children after eating mid-day meals in Chhapra, Bihar govt today denied receiving any alert from the ...
18 Jul, 2013, 10.26 PM IST
Midday meal tragedy jolts BiharBihar government is set to issue stringent instructions for quality check and improving infrastructural facilities.
18 Jul, 2013, 03.31 PM IST
Centre seeks report from Bihar on mid-day meal tragedyThe Centre has sought a report from the Bihar government on the mid-day meal tragedy in the state that left 22 children dead as it feared f...
17 Jul, 2013, 06.32 PM IST
HRD Ministry faces fund crunch for LPG cylinders for mid-day mealsMinistry needs to set aside at least 650 cr for the non-subsidised cylinders this yr
10 Jan, 2013, 08.36 AM IST
- Won't compromise on mid-day meal quality, will find resource: Government
Worried that the mid-day meal programme could be hit by the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders, Kapil Sibal had written to Petroleum Ministry.
17 Dec, 2012, 03.42 PM IST
Subsidised LPG for mid-day meal: HRD ministry to move Finance Ministry"Of course we will be talking to the Finance Ministry..They will examine it and get back to us," HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju told.
23 Nov, 2012, 08.06 PM IST
- Arjun rejects Maya's demand for packed food in schools
The human resource development ministry has rejected Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati’s demand for pre-cooked and frozen food to be se...
18 Jan, 2008, 01.16 AM IST
- UPA govt keeps its promise; mid-day meal scheme on track
The UPA will be able to keep part of its promise made in the common minimum programme (CMP) on the mid-day meal scheme.
11 Aug, 2007, 03.16 AM IST
- HRD ministry plans nutritious midday meals for children
The biggest school meal scheme, the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education, better known as the midday meal scheme,...
18 Oct, 2006, 02.24 AM IST