Category: Hunger and Food Security

The distribution of iron fortified rice is part of the Government of India’s push to combat anaemia and it will…

Please click here to access the National Food Security Act, 2013, which got the Presidential assent on 10 September, 2013.  Please click here to access…

Recommendations made by the National Advisory Council (NAC) pertaining to the Right to Food Bill during its sixth meeting, http://www.nac.nic.in/press_releases/23_october%20_2010.pdf:   1.…

According to the Report on the State of Food Insecurity in Rural India (2009), which has been prepared by the MS…

According to the Report No. 510 on “Public Distribution System and Other Sources of Household Consumption, 2004-05” based on the…

KEY TRENDS •    The biggest school feeding programmes are in India (114 million), Brazil (47 million), the United States (45 million) and…

The key findings of the World Food Programme’s brief titled ICDS — Tracking State Government Response to COVID-19: January to April 2021,…

The key findings of the World Food Programme’s brief titled School Meals in India — Tracking State Government Response to COVID-19:…

Kindly click here and here to access the key findings of the working paper titled COVID-19: Missing More Than a Classroom — The impact of…

In order to access some of the latest reports and data related to Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS), please go…

According to the Performance Evaluation of Cooked Mid-Day Meal (CMDM) by Planning Commission, PEO Report No. 202, May 2010, http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/peoreport/peoevalu/peo_cmdm.pdf:   •    A…

According to the 11th Five Year Plan,http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/11th/11_v2/11v2_ch1.pdf: • MDMS was launched in 1995 to enhance enrolment, retention, and participation of children in…

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  In order to address the problems of poverty, inequality and climate change, world leaders gathered at the United…

The key findings of the survey report titled UN Sustainable Development Goals in 2021: Public Opinion on Priorities and Stakeholders’ Commitment…

The key findings of the report titled SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020-21: Partnerships in the Decade of Action (released in…