Union Cabinet, in Meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi The nation on Wednesday gave its approval to the ‘Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman’ scheme to take away malnutrition amongst college going kids.
The present mid-day meal scheme, which gives scorching meals to college students, will probably be renamed because the National Scheme for PM Poshan Shakti Nirman.
A complete funds of over Rs 1.3 lakh crore has been allotted for the scheme to proceed for 5 years from 2021-22 to 2025-26. Of this, the central authorities will contribute Rs 54061.73 crore, whereas the state governments and union territory administrations will present Rs 31,733.17 crore. The authorities in an announcement stated that the Center will bear a further expenditure of about Rs 45,000 crore on meals grains.
According to an infographic shared on the official Twitter deal with of MyGovIndia, the scheme goals to cowl 11.80 crore kids in 11.20 lakh colleges. All college college students from class one to eight learning in authorities and authorities aided colleges are eligible to reap the benefits of this scheme.
Another step in the direction of eradicating malnutrition within the nation!
The cupboard accepted the continuation of PM Poshan Shakti Nirman in colleges for the subsequent 5 years. #Cabinet choices pic.twitter.com/wfcPVygP5m
— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) September 29, 2021
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stated on Twitter that the scheme will encourage the participation of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and ladies self-help teams within the implementation of the scheme.
Highlighting two different “areas of special focus”, the minister shared an infographic stating that the scheme will “provide supplementary nutrition in aspirational and tribal districts and districts with high prevalence of anemia.”
“Cooking competitions will be encouraged at all levels to promote ethnic cuisine and culture in line with Vocal4Local,” it additional learn.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
