The guidelines of the restructured scheme, Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0, are still being worked out and POSHAN 2.0 has not yet been approved, an RTI response revealed
Tag: Government Schemes
For NEP to Work, Education Needs a Larger Budget
India’s education sector, the hardest-hit by pandemic, is in desperate need of funds
We are Failing Our Children
There is grim news on education. But the silver lining is that the pandemic forced innovation. Build on it
Mid-Day Meal Scheme: An Overview of Enrolment under the Scheme and Fund Utilisation
Data from the Mid-Day meal scheme for the last few years indicates that while the enrolment of children under the scheme increased till 2017-18, it has decreased in the last two years. The data also indicates that funds were not utilized fully in many states in 2018-19. Here is a review.
Promise Of Tap Water To All Rural Homes Will Need More Funds: Budget 2021-22
India allocates more funds for water than most South Asian countries, but with its water resources under stress, it needs to spend more on sustainable practices, and do it with transparency and accountability.
With Farmers Protests And Covid Crisis, Did Budget 2021 Effectively Address The Agricultural Sector?
With the nation’s coronavirus rush, and arrival of protesting farmers in Delhi, this Financial Year’s Union Budget was presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday under circumstances unparalleled.
Rural Job Scheme Sidelined; No Push for Nutrition, Health
Minimal budget increases for the social sector but a focus on infrastructure and capital expenditure seem to be the general theme in Budget 2021.
What India’s Gender Budgets Have Achieved
While India’s gender budgets have succeeded in drawing attention to gender issues, experts say ministries and departments consider them as an aggregation exercise only, and allocate arbitrary amounts without grassroots-level planning.
PM-KISAN Sees Higher Spend, But All Welfare Schemes Aren’t As Lucky
The central government’s COVID-19 response has seen more funds flow towards some of its flagship welfare programmes but less to others.
Why India Needs to Urgently Ensure Adequate Finances for Mid-Day Meal Scheme
While States were quick to adapt by providing grains or food security allowance (FSA) directly to families, recent studies have shown that the actual provision of nutrition through the scheme remains far from adequate. These challenges existed even prior to the pandemic and have now been magnified. Unless these are resolved soon, we could be headed for a crisis within a crisis.