Food Scheme
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Why mid-day meal workers have been protesting for weeks in Assam
The government has decided to switch to privately run, centralised kitchens to supply food to schools.
Arunabh Saikia
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Women’s groups win as Supreme Court cancels anganwadi contracts worth Rs 6,300 crore in Maharashtra
The state government was criticised for misleading the court and favouring a handful of private contractors in its tenders for take-home ration supply.
Aarefa Johari
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Jharkhand withdraws direct benefit transfer scheme for food subsidy after problems in implementation
The pilot scheme was launched in Nagri block, near capital Ranchi, in October last year.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Why many young Muslims are leaving India
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‘What’s behind the flag?’: India’s cartoonists prompt a laugh on the country’s 75th Independence Day
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Bilkis Bano gangrape: 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment released from jail
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Romila Thapar: ‘The rights of citizenship have faded’
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India at 75: What is the place of women’s writings in the historical imagination of the nation?
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Jharkhand: Cash transfer scheme causes hardship, people prefer subsidised food, finds state audit
The pilot direct benefit transfer scheme for food subsidy was launched by the Union Food Ministry in Nagri block, near capital Ranchi, in October.
Scroll Staff
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How three tainted companies retained their grip over Madhya Pradesh’s nutrition scheme for children
The three private firms were meant to be excluded from a new Rs 560-crore tender for supplying anganwadi take-home rations. But they won the contracts anyway.
Aarefa Johari
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It's too much work for too little pay, say Karnataka anganwadi workers cooking hot meals for mothers
Six months on, anganwadi workers say they are struggling to implement the scheme for pregnant women and young mothers.
Nayantara Narayanan
Video
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‘An explosion at the diaper station’: Watch journalists ‘report’ on their parenting experiences
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Watch: This 167-year-old steam engine in working condition will soon have a heritage run
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Watch: Kannada film actors have made a new music video for India’s national song ‘Vande Mataram’
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‘Vijayi Vishwa Tiranga Pyara’: 1938 song composed for the freedom movement gets new rendition
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‘We don’t hate for long’: Jawaharlal Nehru on the UK during impromptu press conference in 1953
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Karnataka is serving hot cooked meals to mothers but caste is coming in the way
The state launched the Mathru Poorna scheme in October 2017. It has had some early success but faces stiff challenges.
Nayantara Narayanan
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Odisha: At least 230 children fall ill allegedly because of midday meals at schools
In August, the Supreme Court asked the Centre and states how they were monitoring implementation of such schemes in government schools.
Scroll Staff
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Indira canteens are strikingly similar to Amma canteens, but will they work equally well?
Karnataka recently launched low-budget canteens in Bengaluru, similar to Jayalalithaa’s pet scheme in Tamil Nadu.
Vinita Govindarajan
The Reel
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‘Between Two Dawns’ review: A gripping film about workplace ethics
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Deepa Mehta’s ‘Earth’ is a reminder of lines arbitrarily drawn between countries and hearts
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Watch: ‘Pippa’ teaser is out, release date set for December 2
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Does Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ make your every comic-loving dream come true?
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‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ trailer: Fawad Khan leads reboot of a Pakistani classic