Integrated Child Development Services

Child healthcare: Despite high tax revenues, 14 of 20 states cut funding to key nutrition programme, data shows

Despite greater fiscal autonomy and higher tax revenues shared by the Centre with states, 14 of 20 states surveyed cut spending on a key nutrition programme–Supplementary Nutrition Programme

After 50% fund cut, Maneka Gandhi to ask Jaitley for more money for women & children

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said in Lok Sabha that there has been a 50 percent cut in the budget for Integrated Child Development Services ICDS) and other areas of her Ministry in the 2015-16 budget.

Budget 2015: FM may cut social spending allocation to give states more say in them

Finance Minister in Budget 2015 is expected to incorporate Finance Commission's recommendations and cut government allocation for social sector spending by 25-30 percent.

‘Schoolification’ of children under six is harmful, Centre tells Delhi High Court

In a development that should concern private schools that are running nursery classes as part of regular school, the Centre has told the Delhi High Court that it is against the ‘schoolification’ of children under six years

Bihar tragedy: When well intentioned schemes go wrong

Despite its many accomplishments, the mid-day meal scheme is riddled with the kind of flaws, inadequacies in implementation and corruption that made a tragedy like this almost inevitable