Child Health & Food Security

In the mid-day meal, our Anganwadi center should prepare and provide various items using kodo, ragi, and Guruji's food, so that children get their vitamins.

— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha

Pulses, porridge, and milk are nutritious food for children, and the government should make these available to children at all times.

— Chanda

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

Nutritious food should be used in children's meals, and they should be given eggs and lentil meals once a week so that children can become strong.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Bemetara, Chhattisgarh

As nutritious food, we should include milk and eggs in children's school meals so that children can get complete nutritional food.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

If we talk about the most nutritious food, if the government provides our forest products like Mahul, Char, and Kendu as food in MDM (Mid-Day Meal), then children will eat it and become intelligent.

— Priti majhi

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

The most nutritious locally edible forest food items should be included in PDF mid-day meals, and the government wants to promote their nutritional value for children.

— Laxmanlal

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

— Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand

Balanced and nutritious food should be provided in ragi (marwa) flour to promote the mental and physical development of children.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Include drumstick and spinach vegetable in the mid-day meal so that children's physical development will occur and they will get nutrition.

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Speaking of the most nutritious food, if the government provides our forest products like Mahul, Char, Kendu, etc., as food in MDM (Mid-Day Meal), children will eat them and become intelligent/wise.

— Priti majhi

Sir, what kind of nutritious food should the government provide us through PDS? And in schools, definitely in the midday meal, and millet, root vegetables, then forest produce, which are fruits, if these are definitely given to the students as encouragement, then the children's malnutrition can be eliminated.

— Dillip pujari · Phiringia, Kandhamal, Odisha

When they give food to these children, they should also provide some different items. They always give rice, dal, and egg curry or soybean curry. It would be good to mix in some leafy greens, dal, and our vegetables; it would be better to mix such beneficial items.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

Eggs and milk should be included in mid-day meals so that children's nutritional needs can be met and they are fully included in the food items.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

Hemant Sha village Nilaji: Forest-based millets and Gurji traditional food should be included in PDS and mid-day meals. This will help in the mental and physical development of children.

— RUDRA PRASAD BAG · Jagānpadar, Nuapada, Odisha

If children are given food like Kangu, Jannasua in school, their health will be good.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

Nutritious food should be given to local children.

— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, Odisha

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

Egg and milk can be included in the food to provide nutritious meals to children in anganwadis and schools.

— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

If the government pays attention to nutritious food, it should focus on pulses, sesame, urad dal, and similar items, so that proper nutrition can be obtained.

— Ranu begam · Pamgarh, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

If our children are given food, their health will be good.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

To provide maximum nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, finger millet will be included in school mid-day meals or traditional foods, followed by our various...

— Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha

School children will have good health if nutritious food is provided in their midday meals.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

Usually, in Anganwadi centers at schools, children should generally be given fruits and various kinds of leafy vegetable preparations in the morning so that they can receive nutrients.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

If the nutritious 'char laddoo' made from Mahua found in our forests is included in the school's mid-day meal, children will be nourished.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, 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

The government should promote the most nutritious foods easily available in our region, such as kodo, kutki, maize, along with tur dal, gram, and horse gram lentils, and include them in PDS and mid-day meals.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

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

By cultivating Raala, Bhaadi, Boti, Kutki, they should be included in children's nutritious diet.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

To keep children healthy, pigeon pea lentils and a good amount of spinach.

— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

In addition to the lentil dish (dialunda) served to the children of our Anganwadi during midday meals, they should also be provided with our forest-based products, such as seasonal leafy greens.

— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha

If school children are given foods like ragi, foxtail millet, pearl millet, and kodo millet three days a week, their health will be good.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

Remember that foods like puffed rice, radish, and corn preparations are nutritious for children if provided.

— Parsuram Sa · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

It would be good if eggs and nutritious food are given to school children.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

If children in school are given millet and millet cakes daily as part of their midday meal, they will maintain their nutritional intake.

— Bisendra Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha

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

The govt should include green leaves, roots and millers can be introduced in PDS and MDM for better protein adding in infant food.

— Bindhani Bibhuti · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha

Nutritious forest produce, such as millet, will be provided to children as part of their midday meals through the Public Distribution System.

— Padmini Bhoi