Mid Day Meal

'Grabs from school children's food plates': Suvendu makes explosive allegation against Mamata Banerjee for misusing mid-day meal funds

Bengal news update: The Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari tweeted, "WB Govt is so bankrupt that CM's 'so called' Administrative Visits (covert Political Tours) are being financed by diverting funds from Mid Day Meal; SC, ST & OBC Development Finance Corporation, Civil Defence (Disaster Management) and even MP-LAD (Local Area Development) Funds."

Jan 19, 2023, 18:22 PM IST

DNA: Lizard in the name of brinjal in mid day meal!

200 students have fallen sick after consuming mid-day meals at a school in Bihar's Bhagalpur. When the children complained about the lizard in food, teacher scolded them and said that it was a brinjal and not a lizard. Students alleged that they were forcefully fed the food by the school authorities.

Nov 11, 2022, 23:20 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh SHOCKER: Rice-Salt Meal served at School in Ayodhya, Man says 'YOGI BABA DEKHO' video goes viral- WATCH

Children are shown eating rice and salt from the Mid-Day Meal Scheme while seated on the floor in the two-minute video, which was recorded at the elementary school by a student's parent.

Sep 29, 2022, 15:07 PM IST

32 students get ill after mid-day meal in Telangana

A total of 114 students of the Mandal Parishad Upper Primary School in Dimmadurthi village in Nirmal district took the meals, and 32 of them fell sick.

Nov 05, 2021, 22:55 PM IST

PM Poshan scheme gets Cabinet’s approval: 10 important things you need to know

The Union Cabinet has approved the rollout of the 'PM POSHAN in Schools' scheme. 

Sep 29, 2021, 19:40 PM IST

Children served 1 litre milk diluted in one bucket water during mid-day meal in UP's Sonbhadra

 Authorities at the government primary school, Salai Banwa in Chopan of the tribal Sonbhadra district here on Wednesday allegedly added one litre of milk to a bucket full of water and served it to as many as 85 children.

Nov 29, 2019, 10:51 AM IST

PM Modi apologises for late lunch due to him, schoolgirl charms with her witty reply - Watch

The PM arrived at the venue in a special chopper at 12 noon and was greeted with loud cheers as he walked on to the stage. However

Feb 12, 2019, 16:50 PM IST

Students served salt and chapati in mid-day meal at Madhya Pradesh school

The students also do not have a class to sit and study in open.

Jan 09, 2018, 12:56 PM IST

Class 9-12 girls also to get mid-day meal in Delhi

The Delhi government will provide the mid-day meal to students of classes 9 to 12 also in all its girls schools.

Mar 01, 2017, 21:39 PM IST

Bihar schoolchildren to get pulao once a week in mid-day meal, announces Nitish Kumar government

Millions of schoolchildren in Bihar schools will soon be served 'pulao' once a week as part of their mid-day meals, officials said on Monday.

Mar 07, 2016, 16:28 PM IST

Gopalganj DM eats mid-day meal cooked by widow, intends to change people's mindset​

The residents of Gopalganj had barred Sunita Kunwar, a 36-year-old widow, from cooking mid-day meals at the school because they felt she was a “bad omen”.

Dec 20, 2015, 21:25 PM IST

Exaggeration of figures in Mid Day Meal scheme: CAG

There is an "institutionalised exaggeration" of figures about children benefiting from Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme and irregularities like inflated costs and fudging of data prevail, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found.

Dec 18, 2015, 18:42 PM IST