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Bridging the Nutritional Gap: The Impact of India’s Mid Day Meal Scheme and Feeding India’s Daily Feeding Program

India’s Mid Day Meal Scheme, now known as PM Poshan Scheme, can be considered as a transformative initiative in addressing hunger, malnutrition, and even educational disparities among school going children. Its origins can be traced before independence, however,its official nationwide launch in 1995 by the Government of India, under Prime

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Budget Highlights: Paving the Path towards a Malnutrition-Free India @2047

“During the ‘Amrit Kaal’ of independence, when the nation celebrates 100 years of freedom in 2047, at that time, the Tricolour should be of a developed India ” – Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi On India’s 75th Independence Day, Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled the visionary initiative ‘Amrit

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Understanding the malnutrition crisis in India

Malnutrition is a serious condition which occurs when your body gets either too little (Undernourishment), or too many (Over nourishment) of the essential nutrients required for a human being to function. In other words, it’s the absence of proper nutrition. Malnutrition has adverse effects on the body’s growth or form,

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Enabling children’s development through nutrition and edtech interventions

As the entire nation was reeling from the aftermath of the pandemic, children were put at risk of being the biggest victims. While children did not directly face the implications of covid-19 with respect to its effects on health, the socioeconomic effects of it would be life-altering. Lakhs of children

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How reducing food waste can play a role in ending hunger

The paradox of food waste and hunger: While nearly 195 million people in India go to bed hungry every day, an estimated 40% of all food produced goes to waste each year. From the farm (at the production level) to homes (at the consumer level), multiple gaps cause thousands of

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Women Are Hungrier: How Gender Plays A Part In Food Insecurity

In a world where 690 million people are hungry, 60% of them are women. Gender disparity is omnipresent, even in the case of hunger and undernutrition. Deep-seated intra-household gaps lead to inequitable access to food and nutrition. Commonly, in Indian households, women are the first to bear the brunt of

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Understanding child hunger and its dire implications on a developing nation

When we think about hunger, the first place our mind goes to is a starving child. While it is certainly unsettling, this immediate connection isn’t unfounded; nearly 33 lakh children in India are malnourished, and 17.7 lakh of them are severely malnourished.

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Weaving meals into art: creating opportunities with Jaipur Rugs Foundation

Feeding India has distributed 31.5 lakh meals to the beneficiaries of the Jaipur Rugs Foundation through donations and contributions online

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Empowering the tribal communities of Madhya Pradesh

Why has this historical land turned into an epicenter of hunger?