Breakfast estimated to require additional annual allocation of Rs 4,000 cr under scheme rebranded as PM Poshan in 2021. Preliminary discussions have been held, say ministry officials.
Irregularities include over reporting of meals worth over Rs 100 cr & difference in number of beneficiaries. A team from Delhi visited Bengal in February & submitted its findings.
Sunita Devi and some Dalit students' resistance after her sacking over dominant caste kids' refusal to eat mid-day meal cooked by her has parallels with American Rosa Parks's defiance.
Sunita Devi was allegedly fired after students refused to eat food cooked by her. Officials say parents opposed her appointment as it was not according to norms.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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