World Toilet Day 2023: Andhra Pradesh government-funded sanitation scheme for over 45,000 state-run schools is a lesson in how better sanitation infrastructure can be created and innovatively managed
Women ‘warriors’ who helped make 2 lakh villages free of open defecation and reach tap water to 11 crore rural households were awarded Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023’ by President of India Droupadi Murmu
Rise Against Hunger India (RAHI) has served over 2.5 million meals to vulnerable groups in 38 districts across 9 states in the country worst hit by COVID and subsequent lockdown. Dola Mohapatra, Executive Director, RAHI, tells LoLa Nayar that nearly 85% of the ready-to-cook meals were provided to the migrant population.
While India is a top producer of several farm products, it still lags behind its neighbours such as Thailand and Vietnam in the area of food processing.
Awareness about the benefits of these healthy grains is creating a situation where demand is increasing almost every year by 20% to 22%, says Dr Vilas A. Tonapi, Director, ICAR — Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, in an interview to Lola Nayar. Excerpts…