Government will hire an agency which will take random samples from schools (Representational Image)
Food security allowance continued through distribution of dry ration kits even during the closure of schools due to the pandemic
- PTI New Delhi
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According to officials, the Delhi government will appoint an agency to test the mid-day meals served in its schools to ensure that the food meets the prescribed standards of quality and nutritional value. The mid-day meal or PM-POSHAN scheme, under which hot cooked meals are served to meet the nutritional needs of children, includes government and government aided school students of classes I-VIII as well as pre-primary classes has been included. Food security allowance was continued by distributing dry ration kits even during the closure of schools due to the pandemic.
“The government will hire an agency that will take random samples from schools as well as from kitchens and godowns. Samples of both cooked food and raw material will be tested at regular intervals education (DOE) said. “The idea is to ensure that only quality food is served to children in schools and the prescribed nutritional value is not compromised. According to official figures, there are 8.24 lakh beneficiaries in over 1200 government schools in the national capital.
However, the Program Approval Board (PAB), which annually sets the action plan and budget for the midday meal scheme, noted in its recent meeting that during the academic session 2021-22, more than 4.8 lakh children were left out of the midday meal scheme. they were finished. Due to the shortage of food grains, the Delhi government in April in collaboration with the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) also started a social audit of the distribution of dry ration under the mid-day meal scheme.
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