Inflation hits poor students - run out of vegetables
The rampant inflation of the last two years in India is visible on the school children's plates, writes Reuters. Thirty years ago, a program was launched that provides students in public schools with free meals, but the budget has not increased at the same rate as food prices.
The program covers 120 million children and school kitchens are often forced to cut back on vegetables, milk and eggs, among other things.
- The budget for the meal investment is not indexed to inflation as often as it should be, says Dipha Sinha, economist connected to the "Right For Food" network.
The purpose of the investment was to get more poor children to go to school. The news agency sees the development as a sign of increased inequality in the world's fastest growing economy
The rampant inflation of the last two years in India is visible on the school children's plates, writes Reuters. Thirty years ago, a program was launched that provides students in public schools with free meals, but the budget has not increased at the same rate as food prices.
The program covers 120 million children and school kitchens are often forced to cut back on vegetables, milk and eggs, among other things.
- The budget for the meal investment is not indexed to inflation as often as it should be, says Dipha Sinha, economist connected to the "Right For Food" network.
The purpose of the investment was to get more poor children to go to school. The news agency sees the development as a sign of increased inequality in the world's fastest growing economy
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"Some days it's just yellow water without lentils"
Eight-year-old Ranjit Nayak is one of many Indian children whose school meals have become worse as a result of high inflation. His family lives on the equivalent of around 30 kroner a day, and at home nothing but rice is often served.
Ranjit eats the first meal of the day at school but the food has become worse because the budget has not increased in line with inflation. Most of the time he is still satisfied with the food, says his mother Arati.
- But other days it's just yellow water with almost no lenses, she says according to Reuters.
The increased inflation has led to many schools being forced to cut back on vegetables, eggs and milk, among other things.
Eight-year-old Ranjit Nayak is one of many Indian children whose school meals have become worse as a result of high inflation. His family lives on the equivalent of around 30 kroner a day, and at home nothing but rice is often served.
Ranjit eats the first meal of the day at school but the food has become worse because the budget has not increased in line with inflation. Most of the time he is still satisfied with the food, says his mother Arati.
- But other days it's just yellow water with almost no lenses, she says according to Reuters.
The increased inflation has led to many schools being forced to cut back on vegetables, eggs and milk, among other things.
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