Modi won't be proud of these figures!

Every third child in Gujarat is underweight, says the CAG The Comptroller and Auditor General has lambasted the working of the Integrated Child Development Scheme in Gujarat, which is aimed at......

Malnutrition is a matter of national shame: Dr Singh

Terming the problem of malnutrition in the country as a national shame, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the government cannot rely solely on the Integrated Child Development Scheme to......

Will Railways' ChildLine scheme make runaway children safer?

Are the ChildLine booths for runaway children an attempt to sanitise Indian railway stations or a genuine effort for the protection of 'railway kids'? Rashme Sehgal finds out. IMAGE: Children from......

Art 370 verdict upheld sovereignty and integrity of India: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the last four years in Jammu and Kashmir have been marked with a renewed faith in grassroots democracy, with development, democracy and dignity replacing......

Why UPA is in trouble over rural jobs scheme

The UPA2 government finds itself in a jam with its flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) being widely misused even as the National Human Rights Commission......

ICDS to cover every child under 6

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, while presenting the General Budget in Parliament today, announced that the government is committed to the universalisation of the Integrated Child......

Orissa Anganwadis find space in cyberworld

It's an exercise in connectivity and dissemination of information. For, Anganwadis, the only pre-school childcare facilities for children below the age of five, in Orissa will now be available on......

Centre lowers foodgrain price for welfare plans

The food ministry has lowered the prices at which it sells wheat and rice for the mid-day meal programme and the Integrated Child Development Scheme On two years of the Narendra Modi government,......