Kolkata: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday (January 14) said that the central government will soon send a team to review the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme in various parts of West Bengal. “On 5 January, Leader of the Opposition Shubhendu Adhikari placed a petition before the Government of India. Keeping this in mind, the department has implemented a Joint Review Mission JRM, which will involve all experts and nutritionists, while in 2020 Pradhan Addressing reporters, he said, “The state had objected to any such Joint Review Mission (JRM) visit, this time we are determined to send a JRM.”
He further said that central officials, state officials and state experts would be part of the proposed team.
In a letter to the head, the officer urged Union Education Minister To send a central audit team to probe the alleged large-scale misappropriation of the mid-day meal fund.
According to an official statement by the Ministry of Education, JRM will visit West Bengal and review some key areas, including the implementation of the scheme at the state, district and school level for a specified period on defined parameters.
“The JRM will also review the fund flow from the state to schools/implementing agencies, coverage of the scheme and availability of management structure at the state, district and block levels. It will also review the distribution mechanism of food grains to schools,” the ministry said on Friday. Told.
Recently, the West Bengal government decided to serve chicken and seasonal fruits in the mid-day meal for four months starting January and allocated Rs 371 crore to start it. According to an official notification, chicken and seasonal fruits will be served once weekly for four months for additional nutrition under PM Poshan.
prime shot forward Mamta Banerjee government And said that due to corruption prevailing in West Bengal, the education policy is not working properly. “We need to make people aware so that they make a better choice in the next election,” he said.
Pradhan later went to the house of a Bharatiya Janata Party worker and had lunch with others in Kolkata.
Significantly, the party is in full swing preparing for the panchayat elections to be held early this year. The elections will be crucial as it is being seen as a litmus test for both the Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
While the BJP managed to win 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in the 2019 general election, the TMC returned to power in the 2021 assembly elections with a thumping majority for the third time in a row.