PM-POSHAN Scheme

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). 
• 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

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