In a separate 2020 survey by Azim Premji University I Bangalore, 90 percent of respondents reported a reduction in food intake due to the lockdown. Twenty percent of respondents continued to battle the problem even six months later.
Meat, nutrition and the unpalatable politics of food
Karnataka is the last of the South Indian states to include eggs in midday meals.
Eggs every day for all children
The NCEE endorsed a statement released by the Right to Food campaign, Karnataka, asking the government to increase the planned provision of eggs thrice a week to students in North East Karnataka, to cover all children in the state and provide eggs daily as a part of the midday meals.…
Karnataka sees rise in number of anaemic kids, women in last five years
Notwithstanding numerous initiatives to provide nutritious food, anaemia continues to be a major health problem among women and children in Karnataka.
Govt. urged to provide eggs in midday meals across State
Schools will be provided eggs 12 days a month, which means students would get it three times a week.
Anaemia in children on the rise in India; 72.7% under-5 kids in rural Madhya Pradesh anaemic
According to the National Family Health Survey-5 (2020-21) released today, child nutrition indicators have slightly improved in rural India, but anaemia continues to be a concern. In Rajasthan, stunting has decreased from 40.8% in NFHS-4 to 32.6% in NFHS-5. However, 72.4% of rural kids are anaemic.
Note for Jharkhand CM
A note on resuming Lower Primary Schools and renewing education through a 5 point plan
UNICEF concerns about learning loss among Indian Children during Pandemic, says UNICEF India Representative Yasumasa Kimura
UNICEF India Representative Yasumasa Kimura said that children in India facing a learning crisis and the future of an entire generation is at risk. To seize out this crisis, UNICEF India today unveiled a symbolic ‘pandemic classroom’ installation in observance of Children’s day in India
Getting nutrition back on the school high table
COVID-19 or otherwise, educational institutions need to ensure that schoolchildren are nurtured and nourished. Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, India was facing significant nutritional challenges. Hence, there is a need to pivot on children’s nutrition, using the novel coronavirus pandemic to better understand current nutrition and nutritional…