UP's Take-Home Ration Model Earns Global Praise, WFP to Set Up COE
June 29, 2025
|Hindustan Times Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh's take-home ration (THR) programme has received international recognition, with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announcing plans to establish a Centre of Excellence in the state to support research and capacity building in nutrition, food processing, and social inclusion, a government spokesman said here on Saturday.
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