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Right To Food Campaign: MHRD Aadhaar Order On Mid-Day Meal Is Illegal
The Right to Food Campaign has criticised the Ministry of Human Resources Development order making Aadhaar compulsory for midday meals in schools saying the move is a violation of of Supreme Court orders.
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Right to Food activists demand reversal of government's decision to export 2 mn tonne wheat
A day after the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved export of 2 million tonnes of wheat, Right to Food activists have written to the Prime Minister slamming the move. In a strongly-worded letter they have demanded a reversal of the decision.
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Full transcript: Your Call with Professor Amartya Sen and Professor Jean Dreze
At a time when there is an interesting debate in India going on growth versus the development issue and the need for the second phase of reforms, Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen and Professor Jean Dreze, Development Economist, talk to NDTV about growth and welfare programmes.
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Govt planning Right to Food bill with next generation in mind: PC
The UPA government was working on a bill on Right to Food in keeping with the plan of PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who were keen to ameliorate the lot of the poor and the have-nots, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said today.The government's aim was that none should face pangs of hunger and the proposed bill was ...
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People's protests: Feed the poor
The Planning commission is under pressure from the government and Sonia Gandhi to deliver the numbers for the Food Security Bill, but now pressure from the people it concerns the most the ones who are hoping that this bill will give them the food they so desperately need.
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Right to Food: Confusion over counting the poor
The Planning Commission has been asked to provide the exact number of poor people in India who will benefit from the government's Food Security Bill, but as the poor wait for the government verdict on poverty, there's still no consensus among the various surveys.
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India's shame: Hungry, dying children
Agreeing with a state-wide survey the Health Department says as many 60% of Madhya Pradesh's children are malnourished.
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Amartaya backs right to food law
Nobel Laureate Amartaya Sen said in Delhi that a right to food law was imperative.
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Right To Food Campaign: MHRD Aadhaar Order On Mid-Day Meal Is Illegal
The Right to Food Campaign has criticised the Ministry of Human Resources Development order making Aadhaar compulsory for midday meals in schools saying the move is a violation of of Supreme Court orders.
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Right to Food activists demand reversal of government's decision to export 2 mn tonne wheat
A day after the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved export of 2 million tonnes of wheat, Right to Food activists have written to the Prime Minister slamming the move. In a strongly-worded letter they have demanded a reversal of the decision.
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Full transcript: Your Call with Professor Amartya Sen and Professor Jean Dreze
At a time when there is an interesting debate in India going on growth versus the development issue and the need for the second phase of reforms, Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen and Professor Jean Dreze, Development Economist, talk to NDTV about growth and welfare programmes.
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Govt planning Right to Food bill with next generation in mind: PC
The UPA government was working on a bill on Right to Food in keeping with the plan of PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who were keen to ameliorate the lot of the poor and the have-nots, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said today.The government's aim was that none should face pangs of hunger and the proposed bill was ...
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People's protests: Feed the poor
The Planning commission is under pressure from the government and Sonia Gandhi to deliver the numbers for the Food Security Bill, but now pressure from the people it concerns the most the ones who are hoping that this bill will give them the food they so desperately need.
-
Right to Food: Confusion over counting the poor
The Planning Commission has been asked to provide the exact number of poor people in India who will benefit from the government's Food Security Bill, but as the poor wait for the government verdict on poverty, there's still no consensus among the various surveys.
-
India's shame: Hungry, dying children
Agreeing with a state-wide survey the Health Department says as many 60% of Madhya Pradesh's children are malnourished.
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Amartaya backs right to food law
Nobel Laureate Amartaya Sen said in Delhi that a right to food law was imperative.
