Child Health & Anganwadi

To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, ragi and mandua should be included in school midday meals.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Mandua, a traditional food item, should be included in the Mid-Day Meal for the physical and mental development of children in schools.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Moong dal is a nutritious food, it should be included in school mid-day meals.

— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

Moong dal is a nutritious food. It should be included in school mid-day meals.

— Tankeswar Kumar

To provide maximum nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, finger millet will be included in school mid-day meals or traditional foods, followed by our various...

— Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha

Nutritious food items like ragi should be introduced in mid-day meals and PDS.

— Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand

Hemant Sha village Nilaji: Forest-based millets and Gurji traditional food should be included in PDS and mid-day meals. This will help in the mental and physical development of children.

— RUDRA PRASAD BAG · Jagānpadar, Nuapada, Odisha

To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, ragi porridge, mandru, etc. are provided in the school's midday meal.

— gobardhan pangi

Coarse food items, Batti Ravi, Kulthia's Ghugri, etc., should be added in schools and Anganwadi centers.

— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Millet food should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

If ragi, millet, drumstick leaves, and jute leaves were included in the school midday meal, it would provide more nutritious food to children.

— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha

Ragi, bhadi, and kodra kheer and rabri should be included in schools.

— Kachala Choudhary

The most nutritious locally available moong dal and urad dal should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

— AbhiLL Ipsa

In the mid-day meal, our Anganwadi center should prepare and provide various items using kodo, ragi, and Guruji's food, so that children get their vitamins.

— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha

Local forest produce such as Kendu, Char, Jamun berries, Sarala leaves, and Mahul contain nutrients. To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, traditional foods like millet porridge should be included in school mid-day meals. During festivals, do not include packaged food and food from markets/shops to offer to guests.

— DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha

The most nutritious locally edible forest food items should be included in PDF mid-day meals, and the government wants to promote their nutritional value for children.

— Laxmanlal

Fruits obtained from the forest are also important for the physical and mental development of children and for providing nutrition; the government should include them as traditional food items in school mid-day meals.

— Anil Pargi · Maliya Dokar, Banswara, Rajasthan

Millet should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

It would be good to provide millet-based food to school children for lunch.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good to provide food like millet (ragi) and pulses to school children twice a week during their midday meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

Millet is an indigenous food. If we provide millet to children as a midday meal in schools, their physical and mental wellbeing will improve.

— Padmini Bhoi

It would be good to provide traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

Millet food should be included in PDS and midday meals.

— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

Including food items like mahua ladoo made from mahua found in our forests in the school's midday meal can provide nutritious food to children.

— Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

Kodo, kutki, maize porridge, along with horse gram, moong, and rahat dal, should be given in mid-day meals and also included in the PDS.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

If the nutritious 'char laddoo' made from Mahua found in our forests is included in the school's mid-day meal, children will be nourished.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

It would be good to give school children ragi and millet-based food two days a week in their midday meals.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good to give traditional food to children in school. Midday meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

Varieties like the Moringa pod, which is called the king of vegetables, should be included in schools. If it is incorporated into the Mid-Day Meal, it will serve as a nutritious diet.

— Mohan AHARI · Dabaycha, Udaipur, Rajasthan

It would be good to provide food to our children through mid-day meals at school.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good to provide traditional food to the children of our region in school midday meals.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

The government should promote the most nutritious foods easily available in our region, such as kodo, kutki, maize, along with tur dal, gram, and horse gram lentils, and include them in PDS and mid-day meals.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Our traditional nutritious food like kodo, kutki, maize, sorghum, wheat, etc., as khichdi and dalia should be given in mid-day meals, and it would be great if the government also includes such grains in PDS.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

As nutritious food, we should include milk and eggs in children's school meals so that children can get complete nutritional food.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

It would be good to provide millets like Suan, Mandia, Kangu, Bargudi Badi to school children for three days a week in their midday meals.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

Include drumstick and spinach vegetable in the mid-day meal so that children's physical development will occur and they will get nutrition.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Providing traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal will keep them healthy.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

Eggs and milk should be included in mid-day meals so that children's nutritional needs can be met and they are fully included in the food items.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

Our traditional crops like Kodo, Kutki, maize, Rahar, Kurthi, chickpeas, and other pulses should also be given in schools and Anganwadi centers under the Midday Meal Scheme, and they should also be promoted by the government.

— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Locally available foods like Pita Kanda, Bara Kali, Kendu etc. have the highest nutritional value. Which traditional foods should be included in school mid-day meals to provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children?

— Praska Gangarao