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School feeding programs reduce the costs of sending girls to school and allow for an increased number of girls to be sent to school by their families. [21] Furthermore, improvements in female literacy that come from increased education have been linked to declining rates of fertility, increased economic opportunities, and other markers of ...
The Mid Day Meal Scheme is a school meal programme in India designed to better the nutritional status of school-age children nationwide. [1] The scheme has been renamed as PM-POSHAN Scheme. [ 2 ] The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in government primary and upper primary schools, government aided Anganwadis ...
By end of 2010, the programme is claiming to reach 80.6 lakh expectant and lactating mothers along with 3.93 crore children (under 6 years of age). [10] There are 6,719 operational projects with 1,241,749 operational Aanganwadi centres. [1] Several positive benefits of the programme have been documented and reported
Free school meals can be universal school meals for all students or limited by income-based criteria, which can vary by country. [14] A study of a free school meal program in the United States found that providing free meals to elementary and middle school children in areas characterized by high food insecurity led to better school discipline among the students. [15]
One primary school pupil cited in the research wrote a letter to their school asking for help with gas and food. Schools providing ‘fourth emergency service’ feeding families in need – study ...
This is a list of companies in London, England. London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. With an estimated 8,308,369 residents in 2012, London is the most populous region, urban zone and metropolitan area in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ]
India's largest multinational public sector life insurance company. 116 Indian Oil Corporation: $94,273 31,942 Indian Oil provides products and services all along the energy value chain, and is India's largest commercial entity. The firm has been on the Global 500 as long as the list has been recorded. 178 State Bank of India: $71,844 232,296
Students from over 19,000 schools across the country receive food from APF that is considered to be of hygienic quality, and the programme is one of the largest in the world. The programme has been controversial too, as it serves vegetarian satvik food (without onions and garlic) and has been questioned by many for its nutritional value and the ...