Nitish Kumar government in Bihar is facing continuous heat of scheme workers statewide. Last month it was an indefinite strike of Accredited Social Health Activists or ASHA workers and this time Mid-Day Meal (MDM) workers have hit the streets with their demands which primarily includes minimum wage. There are 2,48,000 midday meal cooks[Read More…]
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Bihar: Village adopted by Nitish Kumar awaits development even after 5 years
The Dharmasati Gandaman village in Saran district was adopted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in 2013 after the mid-day meal tragedy of July 16, 2013, which claimed lives of 23 children. 5 years later the village is still waiting to see the development promised by the Chief Minister. Even[Read More…]
50 schoolchildren fall ill after mid-day meal in Bihar
At least 50 children fell ill on Saturday after consuming their mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar’s East Champaran district, officials said. According to district officials, some students have found parts of a dead lizard in their meal. Soon after, the children complained of uneasiness, stomach ache, nausea and some also started vomiting. This incident took place at a middle school at[Read More…]
37 lakh students without Aadhaar may soon to be deprived of mid-day meals
As many as 37 lakh children of more over 49,000 government schools in Rajasthan may soon be denied midday meals as they are yet to get Aadhaar numbers. According to a letter from the HRD ministry to the Rajasthan chief secretary, 42% students in the state have enrolled for Aadhaar;[Read More…]
Mid-day meal scheme: Mothers in Goa to test food quality before serving
In an attempt to improve the quality of free meals provided by the government, the state government of Goa decided to include mothers of students to taste and test the food served to their children under the Mid-Day Meal scheme. As per changes in the Mid-day meal scheme which is[Read More…]
Snakelet found in mid-day meal served at govt school
A snakelet was found in the mid-day meal served to the students of a government school on Thursday. The incident occured in a Government Girls’ Senior Secondary School in NIT-2, locally known as Town-2, in Faridababd. Two teachers and six students were hospitalised when they complained of nausea, after consuming[Read More…]
Aadhar card not mandatory for mid-day meal
67 students have been refusing midday meal prepared by Dalit woman since July ’16
67 students, including 16 kids belonging to scheduled caste category, of a government primary school are reportedly not having lunch prepared by a Dalit woman for the mid-day meal since July 2016. The incident came to light after the school headmaster Ramgopal Gupta sent a letter to Jatara Janpad CEO[Read More…]