Tag: right to food

Impact: Procuring the Right to Food

 
/ November 14, 2014

Community Correspondent Arti Bai Valmiki’s report got the administration to improve the quality of Midday Meals for 237 students in the primary school of Batiagarh District of Madhya Pradesh. “We don’t get rotis to eat at home, so we come to school in hope of food,” a student of the...

No ration reaches the border

 
/ January 21, 2016

Bhadal village has not received ration since past 5 months. This problem has persisted for years. Villagers often have to finally resort to pleading to the District Collector, for which they have to travel 80 KMs. Damaged crops due to low rainfall have worsened the situation this year. The community...

Corruption Chokes The Aged

 
/ March 6, 2014

More than 100 elderly citizens of Maniyar chak, are entitled to receive old age pension. But corruption and ignorance have kept every penny that comes through various pension schemes, slowly choking their chance to survive. Community correspondent Shila Shekh reports from Khandwa village, Munger District in Bihar. Corruption has weakened...