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India’s 2nd Eat Right Mela
The ‘Eat Right India’ movement was launched by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to usher in a ‘new food culture’ by nudging businesses and consumers to adopt safe, healthy and sustainable food practices and habits. As part of the Eat Right India movement, the ‘Eat Right Mela’ was conceived to engage, excite and enable citizens to eat right through an info-tainment model.
Journey of wage earner to Lakhpati kisan – Bimla Singh
Production and income from five acres of unproductive land only was not sufficient for an eight-member family of Bimla Singh, a resident of Ayyari village in Balarampur district of Chhattisgarh. The cost of cultivation was high and had no capital to purchase agricultural inputs. Thus, Bimla and her husband had no other option but to work in others’ field, as wage labourers. This was the situation for several years after her marriage.
Overcoming poverty through Organic farming – Pramila Oraon
Mrs. Pramila was married at an age of 15 in a poor family. Her family has 7 members including 3 children. Although her family owns 1 acre of land, the produce is not adequate enough to meet her family round the year need. This situation compelled her husband to migrate to Assam to work as a labour in the tea garden to sustain his family. In order to produce more from this her land she applied chemical fertilizers and pesticides in her farm but to little avail.
धरातल पर आया विकास
पिछले तीन वर्षों से जमीनी स्तर पर व्यापक बदलाव आकार ले रहे हैं। ऐसे में मोदी सरकार 125 करोड़ नागरिकों की आकांक्षाओं के लिए नए भारत के निर्माण के संकल्प से सिद्धि की ओर अग्रसर है।
Agricultural Labourer to Livestock Entrepreneur – Ranjana Bapurao Kamadi
Ranjana had only one acre of non-cultivable land, thus she was a daily wage labourer, she became a member of the SHG, then Pashu Sakhi got 43 days of training on goat rearing, purchased her first goat, taking loans from SHG that has increased now to 5 goats and 20 kids; established a `Memna Nursery’ for 10 kids and earned Rs 1,14,200 this year. She has trained 46 fellow SHG members and brought down goat mortality from 30% to zero; increased their income from goat to about Rs 36,000 per annum.
One woman’s quest for Organic farming – Anjela Minz
Since childhood, Anjela has the regret of not pursuing higher education, as she had to drop out after passing 10th standard. Poverty used to prevail in her house, which prevented her from studying further. Her father gave priority for her elder brother’s higher education, rather than her education as he could not afford the higher education expenses of both. She has to help her father on the farm to meet the household expenses.
Breaking out of tradition – Ranjan Kanwar
Women moving out of home is a taboo in Ranjan Kanwar’s community, but that could not hold her indoors, with much resistance, she became a member of an SHG, took loan to purchase a sewing machine to do stitching business, next loan was to buy a buffalo, being a Pashu Sakhi was the most significant achievement of her life. She went for a long training to Lucknow.
Express Lifeline of Narmada Backwaters
The boat ambulance immunizing mothers and children in the most difficult terrain of Alirajpur, M.P. Situated in the historical Malwa region occupying a plateau of volcanic origin, Alirajpur district comprises some of the most difficult terrain of west-central India as well as Madhya Pradesh. Alirajpur, one of the newest districts of the state is a tribal area with poor transportation services and poor road access.
The nation join hands for Swachhta hi Seva Campaign
Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan is a mission that has brought together the entire country to fight against the stubborn evil of insanitation and to ensure a clean India.
Resisting the Resistance in the ‘Land of Rivers’
“I was scared and angry. I decided not to immunize my children anymore”, as Abdul Hai Seikh was narrating his trepidation, the climatic mugginess of Dhubri at the bank of Brahmaputra and ‘mora’ Gadadhar was creating droplets of perspiration on his forehead. Abdul, the father of two, became firm in his resistance against vaccination after his younger child developed fever post vaccination.
Announcing winners for Brochure Designing Contest for India Pharma and India Medical Device Expo 2018
Department of pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India had run brochure designing contests for “India Medical Device Expo 2018” and “India Pharma Expo 2018”, scheduled to be held on 15-17 February, 2018 at Bangalore international exhibition centre, Bengaluru.
IICDC 2019: Engineering Students Making India Proud
Over the years, Indian Engineers have made our country proud with their contributions in a number of diverse fields. To strengthen this legacy and to ensure that these splendid accomplishments also continue to be led by future engineers of India, today’s engineering students must be nurtured with experiential learning, the culture of innovation and connected to the real world societal issues. DST & Texas Instruments (TI) Inc.