Matter of completion of food security allowance distribution. Today's Latest Circular

Matter of completion of food security allowance distribution. Today's Latest Circular

Significant impact.  Most children arrive at school on an empty stomach.  Children who eat before coming to school also feel hungry till noon and they are not able to concentrate.  Lunch can also be a source of "supplemental nutrition" for children and their healthy development.  It can also help spread egalitarian values ​​as children from different social backgrounds sit together and eat together in the classroom.  Lunch in particular can help in removing the barriers of middle caste and class of children in school.  The program can also reduce the gender gap in school participation as it also helps in removing barriers that prevent girls from going to school.  The mid-day meal scheme helps in the cognitive, emotional and social development of the students.  A well-planned lunch can be used as an opportunity to inculcate various good habits in children.  This scheme also provides useful sources of employment to women.

 The Mid-day Meal Scheme was launched on August 15, 1995 as a centrally sponsored scheme in 2408 blocks of the country.  By the year 1997-98, this program was started in all the blocks of the country.  In the year 2003, it was extended to the children studying in Education Guarantee Centers and Alternative and Innovative Education Centers.  Since October, 2007, it has been extended to the children studying in class VI to VIII in 3479 educationally backward blocks of the country.  From the year 2008-09, this program has been made for all the children studying at upper primary level in all regions of the country.  National Child Labor Project Schools have also been included at the primary level under the mid-day meal scheme from 01.04.2010.

(i) Free food grains (wheat / rice) from the nearest warehouse of the Food Corporation of India at the rate of 100 grams per child per school day for the children of primary classes and 150 grams per child per school day for the children of upper primary classes.  ) Supply.  The Central Government reimburses the cost of food grains to the Food Corporation of India.

 (ii) For 11 special category states (viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand and Tripura) PDC prevailing with effect from 1.12.2009.  .  Transport assistance as per rates.  75 / - for other states and union territories.  Reimbursement of actual cost incurred in transportation of food grains from Food Corporation of India to Primary School subject to the maximum limit per quintal.

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(iii) Cost of cooking (excluding labor and administrative charges) from 1.12.2009 is provided at the rate of Rs. 2.50 for primary children and Rs. 3.75 for upper primary children and dated 1.4.2010 and  It was again increased to 7.5 percent on 1.4.2011.  These rates have been changed again from 1 July 2014.  And the converted rates are given in the table below.  The share of cost of cooking between Central and North-Eastern states is on the basis of 90:10 and will be shared on 60:40 basis with other states / UTs.  Accordingly, the share of Center and minimum share of States / UTs for the year 2016-17 is