Child Nutrition Programs

Our traditional nutritious food like kodo, kutki, maize, sorghum, wheat, etc., as khichdi and dalia should be given in mid-day meals, and it would be great if the government also includes such grains in PDS.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

It would be good if the government provided highly nutritious foods like banana, sweet potato, yam, and sago through PDS in mid-day meals.

— anita khora · Sutipadar, Koraput, Odisha

It would be good if foods like ragi, millet, and Sua are given to school children in the mid-day meal two days a week.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

If ragi, millet, drumstick leaves, and jute leaves were included in the school midday meal, it would provide more nutritious food to children.

— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha

Nutritious food items like ragi should be introduced in mid-day meals and PDS.

— Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand

It would be good if nutritious food is given to school children in their mid-day meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good to provide food like millet (ragi) and pulses to school children twice a week during their midday meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

It would be good to provide millet-based food to school children for lunch.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good to provide food to our children through mid-day meals at school.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good to provide traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

Kodo, kutki, maize, and sorghum porridge, and also indigenous pulses, should be included in the midday meal, and it would be very good if the government promotes them.

— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Request to the government: It would be good if food prepared from ragi/millet is provided in PDS midday meals.

— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

If forest-based foods like Mahua, Chironji, and Kendu were prepared and given to our school children in their Mid-Day Meal, it would be beneficial.

— Priti majhi

It would be good if food prepared with Kendu, Amla, Char, and Mahul is given to school children.

— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

It would be good if the government distributes the four valuable Kendu fruits found in the forest as food for children in areas where midday meals are not available.

— Priti majhi

It would be good to give school children ragi and millet-based food two days a week in their midday meals.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good if the government provides forest foods like Mahua, Chhar, and Kendu as food in the MDM (Mid-Day Meal scheme).

— Priti majhi

It would be good if forest products like Mahua, Chaar, and Kendu were included in the preparation of our children's Mid-Day Meal.

— Priti majhi

It would be good to provide traditional food to the children of our region in school midday meals.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good if traditional food is given priority to children in mid-day meals at school.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good if the government provides forest foods like honey, Chaar, and Kendu as food in the midday meal.

— Priti majhi

It would be good to provide millets like Suan, Mandia, Kangu, Bargudi Badi to school children for three days a week in their midday meals.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

It would be beneficial if forest fruits, roots, Char, Dumer, and Kuddu fruits are given to school children as part of the midday meals provided in schools. Whatever term applies.

— Parikshit Majhi · Balangir, Odisha

It would be good to serve local food to school children for midday meals.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good if our school children were given traditional food for their midday meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, ragi and mandua should be included in school midday meals.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

It would be good if forest products like Mahula, Char, and Kendu were provided in mid-day meals through PDS.

— Priti majhi

It would be good if the government promoted these most nutritious forest foods like bananas, karadi, and kandhamula in PDS (Public Distribution System) and mid-day meals.

— anita khora · Sutipadar, Koraput, Odisha

It would be good if the government provides food to all students through the Midday Meal (MDM) scheme.

— Priti majhi

It would be good to give traditional food to children in school. Midday meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good to provide traditional food to our school children in school.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Lobersing (Phuntsokling Tibetan settlement), Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good to give traditional food to our school children.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good if all the nutritious foods found in the forest such as Lepherasā, Kachar sāg, Gukurijīv sāg, Kaḍī, Heḍuā, Chhati, Ruguḍā are added to the Mid-Day Meal PDS.

— RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

Our traditional crops like Kodo, Kutki, maize, Rahar, Kurthi, chickpeas, and other pulses should also be given in schools and Anganwadi centers under the Midday Meal Scheme, and they should also be promoted by the government.

— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Among forest products, Mahua is also a nutritious food. It would be good if the government utilizes this Mahua in various ways and provides it in school mid-day meals.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

It would be good if the government distributed the four Kendu, which are heroes and a food source in the forest, to children as supplementary food for their midday meals.

— Priti majhi · SKIP NO LOCATION

It would be better to provide local food to school children in midday meals.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

Millet food should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

It would be good if local food is given to children in schools.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good if traditional food was given to school children.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha