Dimapur, June 23 (EMN): The Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) has accused the state’s Social Welfare department of flouting the Centre’s guidelines and Supreme Court’s directive in regard to procurement of Supplementary Nutritional Programme (SNP) under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) flagship scheme. In a press release, the forum alleged that Social Welfare department had unilaterally and arbitrarily allowed the contractors to “supply unhealthy and unhygienic food items” as well as violate central vigilance commission (CVC) guidelines by “illegally renewing contract of the suppliers after expiry of contract term, without calling for legitimate e-tendering”. While seeking to know the reasons for defying the directives of the Central government and the apex court, the NPRAAF also demanded the department to make public the number of beneficiaries in different categories — severely malnourished children, pregnant and lactating
All for a Midday Meal To avoid any possible contact, they are served from a ‘safe’ distance
One of the main objectives of the midday meal scheme, apart from improving the nutritional health of children, is to promote social equity by having students from different social backgrounds sit and eat together. But reality remains far from this intention. The goal of interdining is regularly breached by social bias stemmed in the caste system of India, as evident from countless incidents and abundant reports received in the past decade.
Caste segregation and discrimination is transparently visible in the treatment of the lowered caste constituents of this system. Children from these families are made to sit separately, and cooks from the lowered castes are deemed highly unacceptable by dominant caste parents who refuse to accept their services.
229 officials held as Assam govt aims for corruption-free state: Guv
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Tue, Jan 26 2021 18:36 IST |
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Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Guwahati, Jan 26 : Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Tuesday said 229 government officials have been arrested on charges of corruption since 2016 as part of the move to make the state corruption free.
Addressing the Republic Day s main function at College of Veterinary Science at Khanapara in Guwahati, the Governor said the government is taking steps for fulfilling the promise of a corruption-free Assam and has taken action against syndicates and illegal activities.
He said various online and digital modes were introduced to provide diverse services and nearly all financial transactions to maintain transparency in the administration.