Midday meal
- Telangana
Telangana govt increases wages of midday meal scheme workers
Hyderabad: Minister for Education Sabitha Indra Reddy has informed that the State government has decided to increase wages of the midday meal scheme workers and the increased wages will be given to…
- India
UP: 40 kids fall ill after eating worm-infested midday meal
Gorakhpur: About 40 students of two government junior high schools in Sarai Gulharia village and Balapar village fell sick after consuming a midday meal containing insects and worms. All the sick students…
- India
Almora govt school faces probe into ‘caste discrimination’ during midday meal
Dehradun: Authorities on Wednesday began investigating allegations that Dalit and upper caste children sat in separate rows for the midday meal in a case of discrimination at a government school near Almora…
- India
Schoolkids in Bengal fall sick after eating detergent-mixed midday meal
Kolkata: At least 12 schoolchildren fell sick at a state-run primary school in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district after consuming midday meal. Preliminary investigation has revealed that the cook by mistake mixed…
- Hyderabad
Eggs removed from government schools’ mid-day meals
Hyderabad: The students of Government schools in the State were already suffering from malnutrition due to sub-standard meals. And now eggs are altogether removed from their meals supplied by Manna trust – an NGO. …
- Telangana
Telangana govt provides Midday Meal Scheme to government school students
Hyderabad: The midday meal scheme is a school meal programme in Telangana designed to better the nutritional standing of school-aged children. The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in…
- India
They don’t like rice: Parents defend students who refuse meals prepared by Dalit cook
Around 7-8 students of Uttarakhand government school refused to eat midday meals cooked by a Dalit woman named Sunita Devi. The Indian Express spoke to Prem Singh, the principal of the school…
- India
Lakshadweep: SC notice on plea against no meat products in midday meals
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought reply from the Centre and others on a plea against Lakshadweep Administration’s decision to remove meat products from the menu of midday meals for…
