Healthy and nutritious food is essential for school children. The importance of a good quality diet cannot be underestimated especially in the years of growing up and learning. Recognizing this fact, the state of California launched a new universal food program starting from the school year 2022-23. according to new Legislation, California, USA will provide free breakfast and lunch to children from Kindergarten to 12th grade, irrespective of their socio-economic status. It is the first state in the United States to include such a feeding program for children. The news was shared by multiple publications and also surfaced on Reddit in the subreddit r/MadeMeSmile, where it garnered over 150k upvotes. to keep track:
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While California’s universal meal program received some appreciation, Indian users on Reddit were quick to point out that the mid-day meal scheme had been in the country since the mid-1980s or early 1990s. Indians proudly shared this information with fellow users platform,
The Mid-Day Meal Scheme is sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Central Government. It provides free food to 11.80 crore children studying in classes 1-8 in government schools across the country. Amount of Rs. According to the government, an investment of Rs 24,400 crore has been made in this scheme. information,
Some Indian Reddit users also said that provided by their state, not only free food, but also other school essentials such as books, uniforms and cycles. A Reddit user said, “The state I live in provides free buses, free books, free uniforms, total cost of education is negligible, free cycles and laptops for higher secondary students to school going children.” “Okay, at least there’s going to be help People Who needs it,” said another.
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