A dimension within Mid-Day Meal Nutrition
This theme focuses on the inclusion and distribution of local food items within the Public Distribution System to enhance food security.
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Residents of Maradipanga voice their daily struggles and collective aspirations for government assistance to cultivate better livelihoods, restore their environment, and build a more developed future.
Our community advocates for the integration of traditional, locally sourced foods into public programs to nourish children and preserve cultural heritage for future generations.
A Balangir resident cultivates their land with ancient wisdom, dreams of opening a fancy store with a loan, reflects on their unique tribal identity and ancestral jungle, and envisions their village t
Villagers from Kandhamal voice their collective aspiration for government loans to cultivate thriving local businesses from the forest's bounty.
Simanchal Pradhan from Dasiguda village stated that Mandia, Kandhamula, Mahu, and Barada Saga should be included in the Public Distribution System (PDS).
— Dillip pujari · Phiringia, Kandhamal, Odisha
He is Simanchal Pradhan from Dasiguda village. He said that items like Mandia, Kandhamula, Mahu, and Barada Saga should be included in the PDS (Public Distribution System).
— Dillip pujari · Phiringia, Kandhamal, Odisha
Chickpea and Mahua food items should be provided by the government under PDS.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Pulses, wheat, and kerosene should be added to the food items in the Society PDS.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
The government providing PDS should add a stable fried side dish. For us, fried items include things like dried fish. They are not providing everything; only eggs, rice, and some vegetables are given, but they should provide all these items.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
The government should include locally available fruits, papaya, and other items in PDS.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Amla pickle should be included in mid-day meals among local forest food items, and traditional produce like Kodo, Kutki, maize, and pulses like Kurthi, Moong, Chana, and Rahar should be included in PDS.
— Rupesh Maravi
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
I am informing the government that Kendu, Char, Mahua, and Mahua laddoos should be given to us in the midday meal, and also through the PDS system.
— Priti majhi
Millet food should be included in PDS and midday meals.
— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha
Millet food should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.
— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha
Millet should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.
— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha
The government should include millet in PDS or mid-day meals.
— Kusha Mahakud
It should be ensured that items such as millet, other commodities, and 'Kori' are included in the Public Distribution System for health.
— संगीता मीणा · Metali, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Include forest-based food items such as Mahua laddoo, Chaar laddoo, Fuljhi, etc., in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and mid-day meals.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
To include forest-based foods like Mahua ladoo, Char ladoo, Phuljhi, etc., in PDS and midday meals.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
In society, in addition to distributing staples like rice, salt, and sugar for charitable purposes, we should also provide wheat, lentils, chickpeas, and kerosene.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Along with PDS, chikki groundnut should also be distributed.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Name Devaraj Pradhan, Village Sasimaha GP, Jiridikia Block, K. Nuagaon, Kandhamal District. In PDS, local dal (pigeon pea) is provided. If horse gram dal is also provided, it will improve poor families.
— Sidheswar Nayak · Sarangada, Kandhamal, Odisha
The traditional nutritious food of our community like Kodo, Kutki, maize, sorghum, wheat, arhar, sesame, masoor, moong, chana, batla etc. should be included in PDS (Public Distribution System) and mid-day meals, and the government should promote them.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Kodo kutki, maize, wheat, and kulthi and pigeon pea grown in our region should also be included in mid-day meals and PDS.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Nutritious food items like ragi should be introduced in mid-day meals and PDS.
— Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand
Yes, start. The subsidized food that the government is giving us. Yes, the government is giving through PDS. What else would be good if added to that? Millet. Millet. Tell me the name. If they give millet, I will say. Aruna Chandrika Pradhan.
— Dillip pujari · Phiringia, Kandhamal, Odisha
Kangu ambotas, corn, and sesame should be added to my Sneha PDS.
— Sanjib Digal · Tikabali, Kandhamal, Odisha
While promoting our traditional grains, the government should also include them in PDS and mid-day meals.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
Novera village, Dovoma gram panchayat, Jhidikia block, Konaga, Kandhamal district. This should be provided in PDS, which includes pulse-type food like horse gram or Kanduru dal. If it is linked with PDS, then poor families will be benefited, along with an increase in their standard of living, and the family will be improved, and children will also be able to get nutritious food.
— Sidheswar Nayak · Sarangada, Kandhamal, Odisha
Wheat, lentils, and kerosene should also be included in the ration shop so that all items can be available there.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
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
The most nutritious locally available moong dal and urad dal should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
If the government pays attention to nutritious food, it should focus on pulses, sesame, urad dal, and similar items, so that proper nutrition can be obtained.
— Ranu begam · Pamgarh, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh
The government should add seasonal fruits like Jamun, mango, ber, katola vegetable, Vegri Doda vegetable, indigenous mushrooms, bael fruit, mahua kheer, Kalthiya ki ghugri, kodo, batti, bhadi (little millet), etc., to forest food items in PDS and MDM.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
I demand from the government that our village should receive rations at the fair price shop today, and new forest herbs should also be included.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Request to the government: It would be good if food prepared from ragi/millet is provided in PDS midday meals.
— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha
Lentils and wheat should be provided for midday meals and in the society.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
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
It would be good if forest products like Mahul, Char, and Kendu are provided through the PDS system for mid-day meals.
— Priti majhi
My name is Shankar Pradhan. Village Gargadi, Gram Panchayat Bandaguda, Block K. Nuagaon, District Kandhamal. Wild Kandul dal should be included in PDS.
— Sidheswar Nayak · Phiringia, Kandhamal, Odisha
The govt should include green leaves, roots and millers can be introduced in PDS and MDM for better protein adding in infant food.
— Bindhani Bibhuti · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha
Fish, egg, milk, cheese should be included in PDS.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
It would be good if forest products like Mahula, Char, and Kendu were provided in mid-day meals through PDS.
— Priti majhi
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.
