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  Odisha government to offer 200ml fortified milk in school mid-day meals, details here

  Education | January 14, 2025 16:43 IST

  To address malnutrition among school children, the Odisha government is planning to offer 200 ml of fortified milk in school mid-day meals through NDDB’s 'Gift Milk programme. In the first phase, as many as 1,184 students will benefit from this scheme. Read more about it here.

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  Bihar: Show-cause notices to 1,434 headmasters of govt-run schools over mid-day meal feedback

  Bihar | April 08, 2024 21:58 IST

  The Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) is aimed at addressing the issue of hunger as well as education of children by improving their nutritional status.

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  HRD Ministry rules out introduction of breakfast in mid-day meals scheme

  India | June 27, 2019 15:58 IST

  The information was shared by HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' in response to a written question in Rajya Sabha on whether a plan is under consideration for introducing breakfasts in mid-day meals.

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  Mid-Day meal havoc affects 400 in Maharashtra school

  India | January 03, 2015 20:38 IST

  Maharashtra: Mid-day meal served in a Maharashtra school has affected the health of around 400 children on Saturday.The incident was reported at Shivaji School in Karmala falling in Solapur district of Maharashtra where students of

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  Regular monitoring recommended for Midday Meal scheme in ArunachalPradesh

  India | December 21, 2013 16:21 IST

  Itanagar: Regular monitoring and clean kitchens were among the recommendations given to the Arunachal Pradesh government by a Central team for carrying out the Midday Meal Scheme in schools in the state.  The recommendations were

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  I-Day speech: PM calls for improving delivery of mid-day meal scheme

  India | August 15, 2013 10:17 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme needed to be improved to ensure that the tragedy in Bihar in which 23 schoolchildren died was not repeated "anywhere

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  Goa govt may suspend mid day meal scheme for review

  India | July 22, 2013 16:11 IST

  Panaji, Jul 22:  Goa government has decided to review the mid day meal scheme with an option of suspending it for a couple of months till water-tight norms are not in place to arrest the

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  Haryana to increase kitchen capacity under mid-day meal scheme

  India | July 21, 2013 19:19 IST

  Chandigarh, July 21: The Haryana government has issued directions to increase capacity of kitchens and stores and purchase proper storage containers for ongoing mid-day meal scheme in the state's schools.Speaking at Jhajjar on Sunday, State

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  Midday meal tragedy: Principal, husband remain at large

  India | July 21, 2013 18:31 IST

  Chhapra (Bihar), July 21: With the school principal and her husband continuing to evade arrest even after six days of the midday meal tragedy, police has decided to move court on Monday for attachment of

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  Headmaster arrested for selling mid-day meal rice in Tripura

  India | July 21, 2013 16:30 IST

  Agartala, July 21: A headmaster of a school and a rickshaw puller were arrested from Khayerpur, about 20 km from here, for selling rice allotted for the mid-day meal scheme in the open market, police

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  Midday meal safety norms to be painted on walls of schools

  India | July 22, 2013 10:08 IST

  Patna, July 22: Facing the ire of people over the midday meal tragedy, the Bihar government plans to provide printed instructions to school principals about food quality and safety besides painting the norms on the

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  Midday meal scheme in India dogged by scams

  India | July 18, 2013 13:42 IST

  New Delhi: 27 young children died in Bihar and more than 30 were taken ill, allegedly due to food-poisoning from the free mid-day meal at a government-run primary school near Chhapra in the central part