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No Onion No Garlic No Egg
May 17 , 2019
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- Karnataka government has contracted the Akshaya Pathra foundation to provide nutritious mid-day meals to school children.
- The foundation has avoided egg, onion and garlic in food on Hindu religious grounds.
- The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) has submitted a report to government favouring the organisation.
- Activists are against the report and the poor-quality nutritious food provided to children.
About NIN
- NIN was founded by Sir Robert McCarrison in the year 1918 at the Pasteur Institute, Coonoor.
- NIN is recognized for its pioneering studies on various aspects of nutrition research, with special reference to protein energy malnutrition (PEM).
- It was shifted to Hyderabad in 1958.
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