{"id":31908,"date":"2026-02-01T11:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T06:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31908"},"modified":"2026-02-07T07:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:23:19","slug":"pm-poshan-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pm-poshan-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"PM-POSHAN Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>PM-POSHAN Scheme Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a total of 22 states and Union Territories that responded to the Education Ministry\u2019s call for suggestions on the PM-POSHAN scheme have asked the centre to hike the honorarium for PM-POSHAN scheme cooks and helpers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About PM-POSHAN Scheme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was formerly known as the <\/span><b>Mid-Day Meal Scheme,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>Centrally Sponsored Scheme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>implemented by the Ministry of Education.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Scheme is implemented across the country covering all the eligible children without any discrimination of gender and social class.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aims to provide one hot cooked meal per school day to children studying in <\/span><b>Balvatikas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (pre-primary), and <\/span><b>Classes 1 to 8 across<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> government and government-aided schools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Objectives:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Enhancing nutritional status<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of school-going children<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Improving enrollment,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> retention, and attendance in schools, especially among disadvantaged children<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Nutritional norms under PM-POSHAN<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For <\/span><b>Balvatika and Primary classes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 20g pulses, 50g vegetables, and 5g oil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For <\/span><b>Upper Primary classes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 30g pulses, 75g vegetables, and 7.5g oil<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Funding Pattern under POSHAN Abhiyan:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">60:40 between Centre and States\/UTs with legislature<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">90:10 for the Northeastern and Himalayan States<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100% central funding for UTs without legislature<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/most-states-and-uts-suggested-centre-to-hike-midday-meal-workers-wages-10506146\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PM-POSHAN Scheme, formerly known as the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented by the Ministry of Education. 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