Integrated Child Development Scheme

Govt to soon regulate play schools, day-care centres

Hitherto unregulated, mushrooming day care centres and playschools across India would now be watched over by the government to ensure they maintain certain standards.

'Panagariya is wrong, Indian children are malnourished'

We should not change the yardstick simply to show a better performance. Indian children are as good as children from any other sub continent. But we need to feed them properly and give them a good environment to grow in.

More than 3.3 lakh children malnourished in 10 districts of Gujarat

More than 3.3 lakh children are malnourished across ten districts of Gujarat, while 26,871 children fall under the 'extremely malnourished' category, Women and Child Development Minister Ganpat Vasava informed the state Assembly on Friday.

Varanasi’s weavers don't just want sops, they need nutrition

The Congress has taken a lead by announcing a Rs 6,230 crore package for weavers. But, the scheme has no takers in Varanasi’s weavers, for whom hunger is a routine of life.