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    The cloudNutrition & Food SecurityChild Nutrition & MilletsSchool Meal ProgramsEnhancing School LunchesHealthy School Meals
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    Healthy School Meals

    This theme focuses on providing nutritious, healthy, and traditional food options in school meal programs to support child health.

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    In your area, the primary concern revolves around enhancing the nutritional content of meals provided to children through **school midday meal programs** and the Public Distribution System (PDS) 🍎. Submissions consistently highlight a desire to improve the physical and mental development of children by diversifying their diet. A key theme is the current underutilization of **nutritious, traditional, and locally available foods** such as various millets (ragi, mandua, kodo, jowar), pulses (moong dal, horse gram), and forest produce (mahua, kendu, char berries, wild leafy greens) 💡. Citizens are advocating for these items to be regularly incorporated into children's diets, with some specifically suggesting weekly schedules for millet-based meals or the inclusion of eggs and milk. The emphasis is on leveraging indigenous resources to build a healthier, stronger generation 🌿.

    Dominant Themes

    Inclusion of Traditional/Local Foods
    Nutritional Enhancement for Children
    School Midday Meal Program Improvements
    Public Distribution System (PDS) Integration
    Emphasis on Millets and Forest Produce

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🌾 🍲 💪Integrate a wider variety of traditional, locally sourced millets and pulses into the school midday meal program and the Public Distribution System to combat malnutrition.
    • 🌳 🍓 🥗Explore and incorporate nutrient-rich forest produce and other indigenous foods, such as mahua, wild berries, and leafy greens, into children's meals where appropriate and safe.
    • 🥚 🥛 📈Consider supplementing midday meals with additional protein sources like eggs and milk, even if on a rotational or bi-weekly basis, to ensure comprehensive nutritional intake.

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    🧒 🥣 🧠

    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

    🧑‍🎓 🌾 🧠

    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

    🍲 🏫 💪

    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

    🏫 🥣 🌱

    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

    🌾 🧒 🌱

    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

    🌾 🤲 💪

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

    — Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand

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    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

    🧑‍🍳 🍲 💪

    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

    🥚 🧒 💪

    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

    🧒 🥣 💪

    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

    🧑‍🎓 🍽️ 💪

    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

    🥚 🥛 💪

    Egg and milk can be included in the food to provide nutritious meals to children in anganwadis and schools.

    — Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    🧒 🍲 ❤️

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🧒 🌾 💪

    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 provide millet-based food to school children for lunch.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍎 😊

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🍲 🧒 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    👶 🌾 🌱

    Balanced and nutritious food should be provided in ragi (marwa) flour to promote the mental and physical development of children.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🏫 🥣 💪

    If children in school are given millet and millet cakes daily as part of their midday meal, they will maintain their nutritional intake.

    — Bisendra Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌾 🤲 💪

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

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, 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

    🌾 🧒 💪

    Millet is a nutritious and protein-rich food. We can provide millet to children in school midday meals because it is nutritious.

    — Padmini Bhoi

    🌾 🏫 💪

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

    — Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

    🧒 🍲 😊

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

    🏫 🍲 😊

    It would be good to provide traditional food to our school children in school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Lobersing (Phuntsokling Tibetan settlement), Gajapati, Odisha

    🌾 👧 👍

    It would be good if foods like ragi, millet, and Sua are given to school children in the mid-day meal two days a week.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🌾 🍽️ 👍

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

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🧑‍🎓 🥣 🌾

    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

    🌾 🥣 🧒

    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

    🫘 🏫 💪

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

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌳 👶 🍽️

    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

    👶 🍎 💪

    Nutritious food should be used in children's meals, and they should be given eggs and lentil meals once a week so that children can become strong.

    — Pushpalata Surtange · Bemetara, Chhattisgarh

    🧒 🍲 😊

    It would be good to provide a traditional meal to children in school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🥬 🧒 🌱

    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

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    Millet food should be included in PDS and midday meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🥣 🏫 💪

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

    — Tankeswar Kumar

    🍲 🧒 🏫

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    👧 🌾 💪

    If children in our school are provided with foods like ragi and jowar in their lunch twice a week, their health will improve.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

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