COOKED MEALS UNDER MID-DAY MEAL SCHEME
IN 25 STATES/UTs
As per the available information,
25 States/UTs are providing cooked meals under the Mid-day Meal
Scheme. Of these, while 15 States/UTs namely, Andhra Pradesh,
Chatisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Rajasthan,
Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra
& Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Pondicherry and Chandigarh
are providing meals across the respective State/UT; the programme
is being partially implemented in 10 other States/UTs namely,
Haryana, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Orissa, Punjab,
Uttranchal, West Bengal and Delhi. Rest of the States/UTs are
providing foodgrains under the scheme.
As per the scheme,
the Central Government provides, foodgrains, free of cost, and
admissible transportation charges on the basis of which implementing
agencies in States are required to arrange cooked meals for children.
In the light of directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the Government
has been constantly urging the States/UTs currently not providing
cooked meals, to implement a cooked meal programme.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development
Dr. Vallabhbhai Kathiria in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha
today.
