Krishna Ngo

We are all one big family and this time we have to unite to fight the COVID disaster. The pandemic has given us a new insight into the struggles of migrant workers and into the lives of labourers. 37...

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is one of the pioneer NGOs implementing the Mid-Day Meal Programme in India. Since the last 20 years, the Foundation has worked relentlessly to cook and serve meals to...

Just when things seemed to be getting back to normal, the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic gripped us and this time it was stronger. Since day one of announcement of the lockdown to curtail the...

India is a land of myriad colourful festivals that have been celebrated and observed for ages. Through the transition of time and era, the essence and ethos remain as strong as ever. One such...

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, around 14% of India’s population is undernourished.Cut to 2021. These numbers would have further worsened after the onset of the pandemic. The...

Children are the foundation on which the future of a nation is built. The Akshaya Patra Foundation strengthens this base by implementing the Government of India’s Mid-Day Meal Scheme. The Foundation...

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. Winston S Churchill So many of us are lost in the struggle to move up the ladder by running the rat race, that we often neglect the...

The COVID-19 crisis has jeopardised the lives across the globe. And, the low-income and marginalised sections of the society are the worst affected. Not only has the crisis taken away livelihoods, but...

In India, the average number of people filing for income tax returns is around 5-crore. In a population of 130 crore, the end of the financial year has millions of people thronging the office doors of...

India has the second-largest population in the world. For such a large population, many issues and problems are bound to pop up. Thus, the Government works continuously to eliminate the root cause of...

Memories make a loved one eternal. By recollecting past situations, one can travel back in time and relive those moments. As George W. Douglas rightly said, "Each happiness of yesterday is a memory...

The Mid-Day Meal Scheme is the world’s largest feeding programme with a feeding number of 120,000,000 children in over 1,265,000 schools. Despite the number of children that go to school, the United...

Mid-day meals are a source of regular meals for children studying in Government and Government-aided schools. The Akshaya Patra Foundation is recognised as the world’s largest NGO-run school meal...

The Mid-Day Meal Programme was started in Gujarat in 1984. It was the second state to implement mid-day meals after Tamil Nadu. It was observed that after a certain period there was a growth in the...

The Supreme Court mandated in 2001 that every child studying in Government and Government-aided schools should receive free school meals. The Mid-Day Meal Programme was started in Uttar Pradesh on 1st...