Midday Meal Scheme

He said that the state government was continuously engaged in the promotion of millets cultivation, production and consumption besides increasing farmers' income through it

A 13-member central team on Monday started review of the midday meal scheme in schools in West Bengal, a senior official said. The joint review mission consisting of Union Education ministry officials, one nutritionist, one representative of the Unicef along with director of PM Poshan Scheme, V Bhaskar held a high-level meeting with state Education department officials, he said. The officials, who are scheduled to conduct their review till February 6, will visit schools in districts starting with North 24 Parganas on Monday. The team, which reached the city on Sunday evening, will check school infrastructure and food quality, served to school children under the mid-day meal scheme. "This is a routine visit. We carry out such reviews in the states every year. We will try to visit as many districts as possible. Today we met the officials of the School Education department. Today is a testing day," an official of the team said after the meeting. She said that they are likely to spea

Over 90% of them are women who are too poor to afford even a single meal

With the West Bengal government extending the summer vacation, the School Education Department asked the authorities to distribute midday meal supplies among guardians within the period of June 20-26

The plea challenged the May last year order of the Director of Animal Husbandry, which directed immediate closure of all the dairy farms

The Supreme Court sought a response from Centre and others on a plea challenging the decision of the Lakshadweep administration to close dairy farms and remove meat products, from midday meals

Globally, a further 6,000 children under age 5 could die each day due to reduction in routine health coverage during the pandemic

The incident reportedly took place on Wednesday and it came to light after a video went viral

The court was hearing a PIL on the issue of cleanliness in the midday meals