Mid-day meals

The Karnataka government's plan to maintain eggs on the mid-day meal menus of seven backward districts in the coming academic year has been authorized by the Centre. Many religious diviners in the state were against the pilot program. Only Raichur, Yadgir, Bidar, Kalburgi, Koppal, Bellary, and Vijayapura would benefit from the expansion. The Centre has instructed the state government to supply the eggs by the third quarter of 2022-23. 

Students of a Pune-based government school witnessed an "unfortunate" incident as they received heaped bags of cattle fodder instead of the anticipated mid-day meal. Besides clarifying that the onus of only the meal distribution lies on the municipal corporation, the city's mayor has also necessitated an inquiry into the matter. Reportedly, while examining the fodder sacks, the concerned authorities found one bag with a label reading 'Nutri… read-more

On September 7, M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India, suggested providing the children with milk as a part of their breakfast in addition to the mid-day meal scheme, to improve their nutritional levels. On informing the suggestion to the Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani, she assured that the Central government would recommend all the states to include milk in the mid-day meal scheme.