Telangana to roll out breakfast and mid-day meal schemes on June 15

The Telangana government will roll out breakfast and milk/ragi schemes in 1,302 schools and junior colleges from Monday, covering over 1.44 lakh students. Midday meals will also be introduced in junior colleges, with Hare Krishna Movement and Mana Trust tasked with preparation and distribution.

Hyderabad: The School and Intermediate Education departments are set to roll out breakfast and milk/ragi schemes in 1,302 government schools and junior colleges, covering 1,44,610 students, on Monday. The mid-day meals scheme will also be launched in government junior colleges.

To begin with, the breakfast and milk/ragi scheme will be introduced in 1,269 government and local body schools across districts including Hyderabad.

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Similarly, 33 government junior colleges in Warangal, Hyderabad, Vikarabad, Hanumakonda and Narayanpet districts will launch the breakfast, milk/ragi and mid-day meal scheme that will cover 14,425 students.

The Hare Krishna Movement and Mana Trust have been entrusted with the job of preparing the breakfast and mid-day meals and distribution to institutions.

The breakfast menu comprises dosa and chutney on Monday, two millet idlis and sambar on Tuesday, two pooris and mixed vegetable kurma on Wednesday, two bondas and chutney or sambar on Thursday, two Idli and chutney/sambar on Friday and upma and chutney/sambar on Saturday.

Earlier, the previous BRS government had launched the Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme in October 2023, which not only addressed hunger among students but also helped increase attendance significantly.

After commencing in 119 schools, with one school in each Assembly constituency, the then government expanded the scheme to 3,500 schools. It planned to expand further to all 27,147 government and local body schools across the State. However, after the Congress party came to power in December 2023, the breakfast serving came to a halt due to lack of allocation and release of funds for two academic years.