Till now, Anganwadi workers were paid Rs 9,678 as honorarium and Rs 200 as communication allowance for maintaining mobile phones.
Improving maternal and child nutrition is a high priority for the government. The POSHAN Abhiyan, India’s flagship programme to tackle under-nutrition, has ambitious targets of reducing child stunting by 2% per annum and...
A UNICEF report states that over 80 percent of adolescents suffer from ‘hidden hunger’. The goal is to meet the intergenerational nutrition gap through various Government schemes
The Anganwadi workers alleged that they have been deprived of their minimum wage and held the AAP government accountable for making false promises over the ages.
The urban and rural population in India still faces nutrition linked health concerns due to a non-balanced diet. Let's take a look at how various public-private initiatives has helped in meeting the nutritional challenges.
Nutrition deficiency in the first two years leads to the risk of developing chronic diseases later in life. Here are some measures to avoid that.
Seventh September 2021 marked the initiation of the Poshan Maah – a month of outreach and awareness activities under the Government of India’s flagship POSHAN Abhiyaan to improve nutritional outcomes for children,...
The war against child malnutrition can be won only with the help of data.
Renuka Korwate recounts how an Angawadi didi changed her entire family’s attitude towards children
The tireless efforts of the Anganwadi workers and the officials of the women and child development department are bringing in significant improvement in the...
About 65 per cent of India's population consumes rice as a staple food. Fortification of rice is a cost-effective and complementary strategy to increase...
The Anganwadi supervisor and teacher from Maharashtra is known as the great grandmother of the district’s frontline workers
Five Anganwadi workers explain how they used a mixture of technology and common sense while teaching new mothers the techniques and importance of breastfeeding...
Young Krishna’s mother died of sickle-cell anaemia within a week of his birth. This is his grandmother’s story
The demands of the outfit include universalization of PDS, hot cooked meals for children under three years and pregnant and lactating women, minimum wages...
The multi-pronged programme will improve the nutritional quality of Take-Home Ration served to children, pregnant and lactating mothers
There is a scope for public-private partnerships and a role for private business engagement in improving nutrition outcomes
The National Institute of Hyderabad (NIN) has made major contributions towards raising awareness on malnutrition and poverty. It received the Outlook Poshan...
Braving the pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns, the Anganwadi workers of Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan ensured that the poor and vulnerable continued to...
The work of Mahendar Kumar Sharma, sarpanch of Matunda in Bundi, Rajasthan, inspired neighbouring villages to actively invest in health and nutrition services
Can our policymakers revisit and redesign the government nutrition programmes to obtain results?
Dr Rajan Sankar of Tata Trusts and Kalpana Beesabathuni of Sight and Life on ways to improve the THR programme.
How the intervention of an ASHA worker in Udaipur helped a newborn boy with very low weight get a new lease of life
Swasth Bharat Prerak Programme by Tata Trusts is aimed at elevating nutrition levels across 287 districts in India, one life at a time
ChildFund's program 'MACHAN' is a holistic program to adress key issues like, malnutrition, mother and child health, new-born care, and adolescent nutrition.