PM-POSHAN Scheme Latest News
Recently, a total of 22 states and Union Territories that responded to the Education Ministry’s call for suggestions on the PM-POSHAN scheme have asked the centre to hike the honorarium for PM-POSHAN scheme cooks and helpers.
About PM-POSHAN Scheme
- It was formerly known as the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
- It is implemented by the Ministry of Education.
- The Scheme is implemented across the country covering all the eligible children without any discrimination of gender and social class.
- It aims to provide one hot cooked meal per school day to children studying in Balvatikas (pre-primary), and Classes 1 to 8 across government and government-aided schools.
- Objectives:
- Enhancing nutritional status of school-going children
- Improving enrollment, retention, and attendance in schools, especially among disadvantaged children
- Nutritional norms under PM-POSHAN
- For Balvatika and Primary classes: 20g pulses, 50g vegetables, and 5g oil
- For Upper Primary classes: 30g pulses, 75g vegetables, and 7.5g oil
- The Labour Bureau collects monthly price data from 600 villages in 20 states to calculate inflation for the PM POSHAN basket, using the Consumer Price Index for Rural Labourers (CPI-RL).Â
- Funding Pattern under POSHAN Abhiyan:
- 60:40 between Centre and States/UTs with legislature
- 90:10 for the Northeastern and Himalayan States
- 100% central funding for UTs without legislature
Source: IE
PM-POSHAN Scheme FAQs
Q1: What is the primary objective of the PM-POSHAN (Pradhan Mantri Poshan Kaurvi Abhiyan) Scheme?
Ans: To provide mid-day meals to school-going children
Q2: What is the old name of the PM-POSHAN Scheme ?
Ans: Mid-Day Meal Scheme
