Archive · 19 Sep 2025
UP's Take-Home Ration Program: Challenges and Recommendations
Uttar Pradesh has a program where women's groups make food to give to kids and moms for nutrition.
It's called Take-Home Ration.
The program gives ready-to-eat food.
However, there are some problems.
The quality isn't always the best.
The cost is too high.
Some food isn't liked.
The program needs better systems for buying food and making the food.
They should also help the women who make the food.
Uttar Pradesh's Take-Home Ration (THR) program, managed by women SHGs, provides food for children and mothers.
The program faces challenges in procurement, production, and financial viability, as suggested by a study.
Procurement issues include fragmented sourcing and varying prices of raw materials.
Certain THR recipes, like EDH for malnourished children, are not profitable and not well-liked.
Recommendations include e-tendering, common machinery, and inflation-adjusted pricing.
- Who
- Children, pregnant/lactating women, women SHGs, ICDS
- What
- Challenges and potential improvements for the Take-Home Ration program in Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- Since 2022-23
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, India
- Why
- To improve nutritional security, operational efficiency, and financial viability of the THR program.
- Program Focus
- Nutritional security of children and mothers
- Program Name
- Take-Home Ration (THR)
- Administered By
- ICDS
- Location
- Uttar Pradesh, India
- Beneficiaries
- Children, pregnant and lactating women
- Involved Groups
- Women SHGs
