"mid-day-meal"

More than two dozen children fell ill after consuming a Mid-Day Meal at Parasi Middle School in Bihar’s Noorsarai area. The children suffered vomiting and dizziness after a cook mistakenly added detergent powder instead of salt. They were treated at Bihar Sharif Sadar Hospital and were reported out of danger

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari inaugurated ISKCON's mid-day meal kitchen in Kolkata, saying eggs would be supplied separately following students' demand. The pilot project will initially serve 44,000 students across 500 schools before statewide expansion

The Patna High Court flagged serious lapses after 189 children fell ill in Saharsa under the PM POSHAN scheme, noting alleged recovery of “small snakes” in meals and ordering a probe into sampling, testing and food safety procedures

Students of Zilla Parishad Secondary School in Koutala, Kumram Bheem Asifabad, staged a road protest after being served worm-infested mid-day meals. Following the incident, the headmaster was suspended for negligence.

Students of Zilla Parishad Secondary School in Kumram Bheem Asifabad staged a road sit-in after being served contaminated food containing worms at Koutala mandal centre. Carrying plates of the food, they raised slogans against the school management and boycotted classes.

A Secondary Grade Teacher at Mandal Parishad Primary School (Girls), Jammikunta, Karimnagar, has been suspended for allegedly spreading false information about government schools and schemes. The District Education Officer issued suspension orders on November 14.

For nearly a year, the mid-day meals in the government and local body schools ran on an outdated cost, forcing schools to struggle to provide better quality and nutritious meals. This is despite the Central government revising the cooking charges in November 2024. However, the State government has failed to implement the hike for nearly a year.

Eggs have been removed from mid-day meals in Telangana government schools due to rising prices and pending payments. Agencies and cooks halted supply, leaving students without protein, though the Education Department has now instructed resumption of egg distribution

As per the revised cost per child per day, for Bala Vatikas and primary schools, the cost is enhanced from Rs.5.45 to Rs.6.19. Similarly, price has been increased from Rs.8.17 per child per day to Rs.9.29 per child per day.

Collector Pamela Satpathy conducted a meeting with MEOs at her camp office here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, she wanted the officers to ensure that the students studying in government schools should not face any difficulties.

Besides salaries of their staff, bills for commodities are said to be pending for the last eight months, this has led to the serving of eggs to students in mid-day meals becoming a huge burden for agencies.

The students complained that they developed stomach pain immediately after having lunch in the school.

Parents disposed of the dead snake after photographing it, sent image to local Anganwadi Sevika, say Sangli district officials

Sixteen students of a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation run school allegedly fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal

The State government has proposed to provide Ragi Java to 16,82,887 students across the State for 110 days with an outlay of Rs.2776.76 lakh

Khammam: Parents of a student staged a protest at Government Upper Primary School at Bodiya thanda in Kusumanchi mandal in the district on Saturday. The parents demanded action against the school headmaster, Narender for allegedly beating up a student Pavan. The student alleged that the headmaster beat him black and blue for refusing to have […]

By Reetika Khera India’s school meals programme is ubiquitous, helping deliver food to millions. It faces threats from multiple angles. It would be hard to find a larger or more universal school meals programme than that in India. Until Covid-19 hit, more than 87% of children in rural government schools were being served the ‘Mid-Day […]

The Mid-Day Meals Scheme workers' union has called for the protest to press for their demands.

Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar instructed the officials to keep the schools ready by August 30 by making all required arrangements for reopening them

The CSR initiative of GEF, India, will enable Akshaya Patra to provide nutritious food to government school children and also take-up Covid food relief work