A dimension within Mid-Day Meal Nutrition
This theme covers the general aspects of mid-day meal programs, focusing on nutrition, local food sourcing, and government involvement in school meals.
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By incorporating local, traditional grains like ragi and millet into school lunch programs, communities can significantly improve children's health and well-being.
Our community advocates for the integration of traditional, locally sourced foods into public programs to nourish children and preserve cultural heritage for future generations.
To preserve our health and culture, we advocate for the inclusion of native, nutritious grains in public food programs.
By embracing our ancestral foods, language, and traditions, we can nourish our children and strengthen our community's identity and well-being.
The government should promote Maha Phool laddoos in midday meals.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM · Beltnar, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
The government should promote laddoos made from Mahapul in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and mid-day meals.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM
Mahua laddus should be made and served in mid-day meals.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM
Gulji Mania, I am informing the government that Mahua laddoo should be made and included in the midday meal.
— Priti majhi
Laddoos made from Mahua flowers should be given in the midday meal.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM
I want the government to provide ladoos for four groups as part of the mid-day meal.
— Priti majhi
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
To whomever the government wishes, festive laddus should be provided, and midday meals for four sets should be given.
— Priti majhi
Making Moha's laddu and giving it to the government for the mid-day meal.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM · East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
I saw this on mobile. I am informing the government that 'Mahu ko Laddoo Kakoo' should be initiated, and 'Gulji Mania Laddoo' should be included in the mid-day meal program.
— Priti majhi
Request to the government: It would be good if forest products like Mahua, Char, Kendu, and Kaku were made into ladoos and provided in the BDS mid-day meal.
— Priti majhi
We are informing the government that we should be given Kendu char, Mahua, and Mahua laddus in our mid-day meal. PDA PDA.
— Priti majhi
The government should include millet in PDS or mid-day meals.
— Kusha Mahakud
Request to the government: It would be good if forest products like Mahul, Chara, Kina, and Kaku were made into ladoos and given in BDS midday meals.
— Priti majhi
To include forest-based foods like Mahua ladoo, Char ladoo, Phuljhi, etc., in PDS and midday meals.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
It would be appropriate if forest products like Mahua ladoo are prepared and served as part of the Mid-Day Meal in schools.
— Priti majhi
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
Millet food should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.
— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha
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
If forest products, mahua mahua tea ladoo, are made during midday meals and given as MDM in schools.
— Priti majhi
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
Millet should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.
— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha
Millet food should be included in PDS and midday meals.
— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, 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
Nutritious food items like ragi should be introduced in mid-day meals and PDS.
— Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand
Including Mahula laddus made from Mahula found in our forests in school's midday meals can provide nutritious food to children.
— Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
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
Kodo, kutki, maize, and sorghum porridge, and also indigenous pulses, should be included in the midday meal, and it would be very good if the government promotes them.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
Including ladoos made from Mahua, a food found in our forests, in the school's mid-day meal will be nutritious for children.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
Regarding 'Char mahul sargi', the government should pay attention to preparing food for children and for us to eat.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
While promoting our traditional grains, the government should also include them in PDS and mid-day meals.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, 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
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
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
In Balangir district, if the available grains are made into laddoos and provided to children in Anganwadi centers as part of our mid-day meal, children will receive nutritious food by consuming those laddoos.
— Sushil Nanda · Balāngīr, Balangir, Odisha
Lentils and wheat should be provided for midday meals and in the society.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
The most nutritious locally available moong dal and urad dal should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
Chickpea and Mahua food items should be provided by the government under PDS.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Among forest products, Mahua is also a nutritious food. It would be good if the government utilizes this Mahua in various ways and provides it in school mid-day meals.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
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