New Delhi: The Central government on Wednesday approved PM POSHAN scheme, which will help providing mid-day meal to students of more than 11.2 lakh government and government-aided schools across the country.
The Poshan (Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition) scheme will also subsume the essential mid-day meal programme which already exists in schools run by Centre and state governments, announced Union minister Anurag Thakur.
The scheme will run for 5 years and Rs 1.31 lakh crores will be spent in the project, said the Union Minister.
He said that the scheme will run in partnership with State Governments but the major contribution will be of the Central Government.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had proposed to extend the scheme to pre-primary classes or Balvatikas as well.