Midday Meal Scheme

Bihar midday meal tragedy: Govt probe panel hasn't met even once

A committee headed by Union Minister M M Pallam Raju to assess the mid-day meal scheme and its monitoring mechanisms has not met even once since it was constituted in August 2013.

Not posible to provide midday meal on current budget: Bihar minister

In the backdrop of the Bihar midday meal tragedy which claimed 23 students' lives, state Education Minister P K Sahi today suggested a review of the cost factor under the scheme, saying the existing funding pattern is grossly inadequate to ensure quality food

Bihar mid-day meal tragedy: Husband of school principal surrenders

Arjun Rai, an accused in the mid-day meal tragedy case that claimed lives of 23 children in Bihar's Saran district two months ago, surrendered on Monday in a local court.

Substandard midday meal: HC issues notice to Centre over PIL

The Delhi High Court today sought Centre's response on a PIL alleging that nutritional value in mid day meal provided to children in schools is far below stipulated norms under the scheme.

447 NGOs involved in mid-day meal scheme: Government

Government today said that a total of 447 NGOs, trusts and centralised kitchens are engaged in serving meal to children in schools located in urban areas where there is no space for kitchens and stores.

Aligarh school: Children rushed to hospital after having expired biscuits

A case has been registered on Saturday against a school at Harduaganj town in Aligarh district after a number of students were taken ill following consumption of expired biscuits distributed to them on the occasion of Independence Day.

Midday meal horror in Bihar again: 3 children critically ill after eating food

Twenty-two children took ill after eating midday meal in Bihar's Vaishali district on Friday, district officials said. The condition of three is reported to be serious.

Midday meal cooks will be trained by HRD ministry, decides Parliament

Cooks engaged in mid-day meal scheme (MDMS) will be trained by the human resource development (HRD) ministry in association with the tourism ministry, parliament was told Monday

It's about nutrition, not numbers: How to save India's midday meal scheme

The key to realizing this scheme's latent potential and fixing many of the quality issues is culture.

Another midday meal horror: 12 children fall ill in Bihar school

At least twelve students have fallen ill, six of them seriously, after consuming midday meal at Chamandi primary school in Bihar's Arwal district