{"id":153333,"date":"2021-12-14T20:35:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=153333"},"modified":"2021-12-14T20:35:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:05:16","slug":"karnataka-government-has-done-right-thing-by-adding-eggs-to-mid-day-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/karnataka-government-has-done-right-thing-by-adding-eggs-to-mid-day-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cKarnataka government has done right thing by adding eggs to mid day meals\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

News<\/span><\/b>–\u00a0Karnataka is the last southern state to introduce eggs in its\u00a0<\/span>mid day\u00a0meal<\/span><\/a>\u00a0program.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It has recently\u00a0<\/span>introduced eggs to its\u00a0mid-day\u00a0meal\u00a0scheme\u00a0<\/span><\/b>in some of its districts to solve\u00a0the acute\u00a0malnutrition problem\u00a0there. Unfortunately, this policy is facing backlash by some religious\u00a0groups.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why adding eggs to mid-day meal menu is a good step?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Eggs\u00a0(or milk or bananas) are a wholesome food and provide protein, calcium, and vitamins at one go<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the National Family Health Survey-5, Karnataka has 35 per cent of children under the age of five and 20 per cent stunted and wasted\u00a0respectively. Some\u00a0of its Northern districts even have\u00a0<\/span>stunting figures as high as 57 percent.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Large majority of its people have no cultural aversion to eating non-vegetarian food.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

E<\/span>ggs are already served to pregnant and lactating women, and severely malnourished and wasted children, in\u00a0<\/span>anganwadis<\/span><\/a>\u00a0across the state.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some sections have called it discriminatory to Vegetarians but\u00a0<\/span>Government has also decided to offer bananas to those who do not consume eggs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/span><\/b>–\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Public policy should be guided by facts and science and not by short sighted concerns and sectarian interests<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is\u00a0especially\u00a0important keeping in mind that India is still struggling to improve its health statistics.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/span><\/b>– –<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>This post is based on the article \u201c<\/span>Karnataka government has done right thing by adding eggs to\u00a0mid day\u00a0meals\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/b>published in The Indian express on<\/span>\u00a014th Dec 2021<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News–\u00a0Karnataka is the last southern state to introduce eggs in its\u00a0mid day\u00a0meal\u00a0program.\u00a0\u00a0 It has recently\u00a0introduced eggs to its\u00a0mid-day\u00a0meal\u00a0scheme\u00a0in some of its districts to solve\u00a0the acute\u00a0malnutrition problem\u00a0there. Unfortunately, this policy is facing backlash by some religious\u00a0groups.\u00a0 Why adding eggs to mid-day meal menu is a good step?\u00a0 Eggs\u00a0(or milk or bananas) are a wholesome food and… Continue reading \u201cKarnataka government has done right thing by adding eggs to mid day meals\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-153333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704956447},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}