No 'prima facie' evidence of wrongdoing by Pankaja: Fadnavis

No discrepancies have been found ‘prima facie’ in Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde clearing purchases worth Rs 206 crore under the Integrated Child Development Services scheme without......

Budget 2019: Social services sector gets major boost

A sum of Rs 29,000 crore has been set aside for the Women and Child Development Ministry for 2019-20, a 17 per cent increase, with the social services sector getting a major boost in the Budget.......

Budget: Mission Poshan 2.0 to improve nutritional outcomes

The supplementary nutrition programme and the Poshan Abhiyaan under the Women and Child Development Ministry has been merged to launch Mission Poshan 2.0 to strengthen nutritional content,......

Budget ignores women and children

Women and children have been given short shrift with these crucial sectors facing substantive budgetary cuts, discovers Rashme Sehgal. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The Budget......

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......

Budget brings good news for anganwadis

Budget 2011-12 has increased the allocation to the social sector by 17 per cent to Rs. 1,60,887 crore (Rs. 1608.87 billion). It has brought good news for the anganwadi workers and helpers under the......

Real issue about food in anganwadis

The controversy over whether the government should mandate cooked food or pre-packaged meals at child care centres (anganwadis) and for the mid-day meal scheme in primary schools under the......

In school, but not really learning

The good news coming out of India's education sector, in rural areas, is that, thanks largely to schemes such as the mid-day meal and the Integrated Child Development Services, the universalisation......