Midday Meal Scheme
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Karnataka: Children wash midday meal plates beside a drain in Bagalkot school, photo goes viral
Karnataka | Jan 30, 2026, 11:22 AM ISTParents and members of the public have slammed the School Development and Monitoring Committee (SDMC) and teachers, questioning how children can be expected to maintain hygiene when no suitable infrastructure is provided.
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Odisha government to offer 200ml fortified milk in school mid-day meals, details here
Education | Jan 14, 2025, 04:43 PM ISTTo 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 | Apr 08, 2024, 09:58 PM ISTThe 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 | Jun 27, 2019, 03:58 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 03, 2015, 08:38 PM ISTMaharashtra: 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 | Dec 21, 2013, 04:21 PM ISTItanagar: 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 | Aug 15, 2013, 10:17 AM ISTNew 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 | Jul 22, 2013, 04:11 PM ISTPanaji, 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 | Jul 21, 2013, 07:19 PM ISTChandigarh, 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 | Jul 21, 2013, 06:31 PM ISTChhapra (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 | Jul 21, 2013, 04:30 PM ISTAgartala, 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 | Jul 22, 2013, 10:08 AM ISTPatna, 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 | Jul 18, 2013, 01:42 PM ISTNew 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