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The last time the Education Ministry raised the matter with the Finance Ministry at the EFC stage, the latter had not agreed to it.
After seven states and UTs asked the Centre earlier this year to consider providing breakfast under the PM-POSHAN or midday meal scheme, government sources say the matter is back on the Government’s table.
Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Kerala, Sikkim, Gujarat and Lakshadweep had, in communications to the Education Ministry in September-October, suggested that breakfast be included under the PM-POSHAN scheme. These were in response to a request from the Education Ministry in September that states/ UTs send suggestions for improvements and modifications in the scheme so that the Ministry can prepare a note for the expenditure finance committee (EFC) for the scheme’s continuation beyond 2025-26. An option before the Ministry is to propose to the EFC that breakfast be included as part of the scheme. This is being deliberated, a government source said.
Another aspect of the PM-POSHAN scheme that is being deliberated is its extension beyond Class 8, and if this can also be proposed when the scheme is considered for continuation, the source said. “The states have asked for it… since a student who goes from Class 8 to Class 9 stops getting midday meals. The idea is that nutritional food should be available to all students,” the source said.
Eleven states/ UTs had suggested that the scheme, which provides midday meals to students in government and government-aided schools from pre-primary classes to Class 8, be extended to students up till Class 12. This was communicated to the Ministry by states/ UTs, including Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Goa, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Chandigarh.
The last time the Education Ministry raised the matter with the Finance Ministry at the EFC stage, the latter had not agreed to it. In September 2021, the Cabinet had approved the continuation of the PM-POSHAN scheme from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The proposal to include breakfast is in line with the NEP.
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