Highlights
- PM POSHAN has been approved for a five-year period of 2021-22 to 2025-26
- PM POSHAN will provide hot-cooked meals to school children
- Nutrition gardens have been developed in 3 lakh schools: Union Cabinet
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has renamed the mid-day meal scheme as the ‘National Scheme for PM-POSHAN in Schools’ or the PM POSHAN scheme on Wednesday (September 29). The cabinet that was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the continuation of the mid-day meal scheme for another five years till 2026. According to the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the mid-meal scheme has now been extended to children in pre-primary school in addition to children studying in Classes 1 to 8 in government and government-aided schools across the country.
Also Read: What Ails India’s Mid-Day Meal Programme?
The education minister further said that PM POSHAN will cover about 11.80 crore children studying in 11.20 lakh schools. He said on the microblogging site, Twitter,
To improve nutritional status, encourage education and learning, increase enrolments in schools and promote the overall growth of children, PM Narendra Modi has approved the PM POshan SHAkti Nirman scheme for the next 5 years with a collective outlay of ₹ 1,31,000 crore.
To improve nutritional status, encourage education and learning, increase enrolments in schools and promote overall growth of children, PM Shri @narendramodi ji has approved the PM POshan SHAkti Nirman scheme for the next 5 years with a collective outlay of ₹ 1,31,000 crore. pic.twitter.com/S1S8HEMgi0
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) September 29, 2021
Under the #PMPOSHAN, mid-day meals have been extended to children of Balvatika in addition to children studying in class I to VIII in govt. and govt-aided schools across India. This will benefit about 11.80 crore children studying in 11.20 lakh schools. https://t.co/Nh1LO0C9ZD
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) September 29, 2021
According to the Union Cabinet, the government has committed a financial outlay of Rs. 1,30,794.90 crore from which Rs 54,000 crore will be spent by the Central Government and Rs 31,733.17 crore by the states and Union Territories.
The Cabinet has also decided to encourage the concept of ‘Tithi Bhojan’ which is a community participation programme to allow people from the community to provide special food to children on occasions and festivals. It is recommended that the food for ‘Tithi Bhojan’ should be prepared using the harvest from the nutrition gardens in schools. The cabinet in its press release highlighted that in order to encourage School Nutrition Gardens, children will be given first-hand experience with nature and gardening. It said that School Nutrition Gardens have already been developed in more than 3 lakh schools.
Also Read: National Nutrition Month: 10 Things To Know About India’s Mid-Day Meal Scheme, World’s Largest School Feeding Program
Prescribed Nutritional Content Per Meal Per Child Under PM POSHAN To Remain The Same As MDM
Like the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme, hot cooked meals will be provided to the children and the prescribed nutritional content per meal per child will also remain the same which is:
– at least 450 calories with 12 grams of protein for primary school children
– 700 calories with 20 grams of protein for upper primary school children
As being done under MDM, PM POSHAN will continue to provide 100 grams of food grains, 20 grams of pulses, 50 grams of vegetables and 5 grams of oils and fats to children in primary classes. The children of upper-primary schools, on the other hand, are entitled to get 150 grams of food grains, 30 grams of pulses, 75 grams of vegetables and 7.5 grams of oils and fats.
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World
23,32,50,049Cases
19,54,61,030Active
3,30,14,898Recovered
47,74,121Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 195 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 23,32,50,049 and 47,74,121 have died; 19,54,61,030 are active cases and 3,30,14,898 have recovered as on September 30, 2021 at 3:52 am.
India
3,37,39,980 23,529Cases
2,77,0205,500Active
3,30,14,898 28,718Recovered
4,48,062 311Deaths
In India, there are 3,37,39,980 confirmed cases including 4,48,062 deaths. The number of active cases is 2,77,020 and 3,30,14,898 have recovered as on September 30, 2021 at 2:30 am.
State Details
State |
Cases |
Active |
Recovered |
Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maharashtra |
65,47,793 3,187 |
40,252 115 |
63,68,530 3,253 |
1,39,011 49 |
Kerala |
46,64,944 12,161 |
1,44,075 5,856 |
44,95,904 17,862 |
24,965 155 |
Karnataka |
29,75,067 539 |
12,594 69 |
29,24,693 591 |
37,780 17 |
Tamil Nadu |
26,62,177 1,624 |
17,192 39 |
26,09,435 1,639 |
35,550 24 |
Andhra Pradesh |
20,49,314 1,084 |
11,655 257 |
20,23,496 1,328 |
14,163 13 |
Uttar Pradesh |
17,09,800 6 |
159 18 |
16,86,749 23 |
22,892 1 |
West Bengal |
15,68,321 748 |
7,580 6 |
15,41,963 740 |
18,778 14 |
Delhi |
14,38,821 41 |
392 19 |
14,13,342 22 |
25,087 |
Odisha |
10,25,874 565 |
5,099 93 |
10,12,583 467 |
8,192 5 |
Chhattisgarh |
10,05,325 30 |
285 2 |
9,91,475 27 |
13,565 1 |
Rajasthan |
9,54,322 2 |
76 6 |
9,45,292 8 |
8,954 |
Gujarat |
8,25,916 20 |
156 8 |
8,15,678 12 |
10,082 |
Madhya Pradesh |
7,92,519 8 |
115 1 |
7,81,882 7 |
10,522 2 |
Haryana |
7,70,863 16 |
278 1 |
7,60,711 15 |
9,874 |
Bihar |
7,25,952 4 |
55 2 |
7,16,237 2 |
9,660 |
Telangana |
6,65,749 245 |
4,620 71 |
6,57,213 173 |
3,916 1 |
Assam |
6,01,787 366 |
4,487 148 |
5,91,432 507 |
5,868 7 |
Punjab |
6,01,600 22 |
290 9 |
5,84,797 27 |
16,513 4 |
Jharkhand |
3,48,215 6 |
78 2 |
3,43,002 4 |
5,135 |
Uttarakhand |
3,43,530 11 |
209 5 |
3,35,927 15 |
7,394 1 |
Jammu And Kashmir |
3,29,320 100 |
1,388 32 |
3,23,510 132 |
4,422 |
Himachal Pradesh |
2,18,898 205 |
1,793 110 |
2,13,430 92 |
3,675 3 |
Goa |
1,76,318 83 |
830 3 |
1,72,176 82 |
3,312 4 |
Puducherry |
1,26,308 93 |
828 17 |
1,23,640 75 |
1,840 1 |
Manipur |
1,20,426 210 |
2,207 64 |
1,16,365 144 |
1,854 2 |
Mizoram |
93,660 1,741 |
16,841 633 |
76,512 1,107 |
307 1 |
Tripura |
84,127 22 |
260 0 |
83,054 21 |
813 1 |
Meghalaya |
81,161 169 |
1,693 0 |
78,068 166 |
1,400 3 |
Chandigarh |
65,224 5 |
42 0 |
64,363 5 |
819 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
54,572 128 |
440 102 |
53,856 25 |
276 1 |
Sikkim |
31,412 57 |
600 1 |
30,425 58 |
387 |
Nagaland |
31,219 24 |
365 36 |
30,189 59 |
665 1 |
Ladakh |
20,795 7 |
73 21 |
20,515 28 |
207 |
Dadra And Nagar Haveli |
10,670 |
0 0 |
10,666 |
4 |
Lakshadweep |
10,361 |
4 0 |
10,306 |
51 |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
7,620 |
9 2 |
7,482 2 |
129 |