Andhra ranks first in PM SHRI fund utilisation, claims Education Minister LokeshAndhra Pradesh has secured the top position in India for utilizing PM SHRI scheme funds. The state plans to build 844 smart kitchens this y...
19 Jun, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
UP extends summer vacation for schools amid heatwave conditions: Check reopening date and other detailsUttar Pradesh schools affiliated with the Basic Education Council and recognized institutions have extended summer vacations until June 24 ...
16 Jun, 2026, 10.56 PM IST
Question is affordability, whether other expenditure can benefit people more than freebies: CEA Nageswaran pitches for focused welfare interventionsNageswaran said the issue should be looked at sensibly rather than on an emotional plane and the question that needs to be asked is if it i...
14 Jun, 2026, 06.24 PM IST
Schools in AP and Telangana to resume from this date: Check reopening schedule and June holidaysAndhra Pradesh and Telangana schools are set to reopen on June 15, 2026, concluding the summer vacation that began on April 24. The decisio...
08 Jun, 2026, 06.30 PM IST
Patna HC flags recovery of 'small snakes' in mid-day meal case of SaharsaThe children fell ill on May 7 after consuming food served under the PM POSHAN scheme in schools at Baluaha and Chandrayan villages in Saha...
22 May, 2026, 12.20 AM IST
Classroom by day, cowshed by night: No toilets, drinking water in 19 schools near India's millennium city GurugramIn Haryana's Nuh, numerous government primary schools lack buildings, forcing children to learn in cattle sheds, open fields, and village c...
06 May, 2026, 02.47 PM IST
LPG shortage hits West Bengal schools, firewood used for midday mealsIn West Bengal, the ongoing cooking gas cylinder shortages are posing a challenge to school lunchtime meals. To adapt, authorities are turn...
12 Mar, 2026, 04.57 PM IST
Stop giving sugary items in school midday meals: Paediatrics group urges Maharashtra govtThe Maharashtra government has been urged by a team of paediatricians to eliminate sugary foods from school midday meals, citing the risk o...
19 Aug, 2024, 01.40 PM IST
Bihar: 50 govt school students fall ill after complaining about chameleon in mid-day mealNearly 50 students in a Bihar school have been hospitalised after they fell ill consuming mid-day meal, news agencies reported quoting offi...
13 Sep, 2023, 11.45 AM IST
Centre to send team to review implementation of midday meal scheme in West Bengal"We had read about some reports about irregularities in midday meal (PM Poshan Scheme) in newspapers. On January 5, Leader of Opposition Su...
15 Jan, 2023, 11.48 PM IST
Delhi govt to hire agency to test mid-day meals to ensure nutritional food for studentsThe Delhi government in collaboration with Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) in April had also started a social audit...
10 Jun, 2022, 06.03 PM IST
National Education Policy 2020: Breakfast for school children besides mid-day meals"Children are unable to learn optimally when they are undernourished or unwell. Hence, the nutrition and health (including mental health) o...
02 Aug, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
No child will be denied a mid-day meal just because he or she didn't have AadhaarSchools are bound to ensure that every student is enrolled for Aadhaar, but no child will be denied a mid-day meal just because he or she d...
09 Mar, 2017, 12.41 AM IST
Ten lakh students deprived of mid-day meals in BiharMid-day meals could not be served in over 4,600 schools affecting nearly 10 lakh students for the second consecutive day in Bihar.
26 Jul, 2013, 03.40 PM IST
Teachers should teach, not supervise cooking of meals: Allahabad High CourtAllahabad High Court has disapproved of teaching staff at government schools being saddled with the implementation of the scheme in Uttar P...
25 Jul, 2013, 04.01 PM IST
Midday meal safety norms to be painted on walls of schoolsBihar government plans to provide printed instructions to school principals about food quality and safety besides painting the norms on the...
21 Jul, 2013, 02.35 PM IST
Midday meal tragedy jolts BiharBihar government is set to issue stringent instructions for quality check and improving infrastructural facilities.
18 Jul, 2013, 03.31 PM IST