midday meal scheme news

Extend midday meal scheme to higher secondary students immediately, PMK urges TN govt

Published on Jun 16, 2026 01:18 pm IST

UP teacher suspended over mid-day meal malpractice allegations

The Pallia BEO reported that the accused teacher was absent from duty without leave and had been neglecting educational standards.

others

Updated on Jun 06, 2026 11:46 am IST

Energy bars under probe as mid-day meals serve ‘expired' products in schools

Probe into energy bars, mid-day meals in civic schools

mumbai news

Updated on Mar 18, 2026 01:03 pm IST

‘ ₹25,000 each to 84 students’: Chhattisgarh HC over dog-soiled mid-day meal

While awarding the compensation to the pupils, the bench did not take into account the state's argument that the affected students were found to be fit after a subsequent health check-up.

india news

Published on Aug 21, 2025 01:49 pm IST

78 Chhattisgarh students get anti-rabies vaccine after contaminated mid-day meal

Parents took the children to the nearest health centre, and 78 of them were administered the anti-rabies vaccine.

india news

Updated on Aug 03, 2025 10:04 am IST

Odisha to provide mid-day meals to govt school students of Class 9 and 10

Odisha government will provide mid-day meals to school students of Class 9 and 10, CM Mohan Majhi announced. (File/Hindustan Times)

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Published on Feb 12, 2025 12:57 pm IST

Odisha IAS officers asked to taste mid-day meals in schools

The officers have been asked to interact with the members of the public from different walks of life, patients in community health centres, primary health centres, beneficiaries in Anganwadi centres, and tribal girls in schools and hostels.

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Published on Feb 05, 2025 08:17 pm IST

T’gana may implement midday meal scheme for classes 11, 12

At present, the mid-day meals scheme in Telangana has been implemented across 26,519 government schools in the state, benefitting 2.036 million students from class 5 to 10. (PTI)

india news

Updated on Jan 22, 2025 07:00 am IST

Maharashtra polls: Failed state education policies could affect results

Frustration has been building among parents, teachers and students in the last two to three years due to a range of policy changes that has disrupted the learning process for students. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

mumbai news

Updated on Oct 28, 2024 09:26 am IST

Karnataka's midday meal scheme expanded to include eggs six days a week

Previously, Karnataka’s midday meal program included eggs only two days a week.

bengaluru news

Published on Jul 21, 2024 01:45 pm IST

Karnataka: Man alleges daughter forcefully fed eggs in school; Govt orders probe

As part of the inquiry, the Block Education officer and the Midday meal attender visited the school on Thursday.

bengaluru news

Published on Nov 24, 2023 08:49 am IST

Centre seeks reports from Bihar, MP over ‘artificial, low’ midday meal coverage

The PAB advised the state to take up special measures to increase the coverage and sought an action taken report by September (Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

india news

Updated on May 27, 2023 08:00 am IST

Team to probe Kerala’s ‘highly improbable’ data on midday meal: Centre

A senior ministry official, who asked not to be named, said that last year also the state reported very high coverage under the scheme

india news

Updated on May 23, 2023 05:45 pm IST

Bengaluru: Nearly 80 per cent students demand eggs in mid-day meal, finds poll

Midday meal.

bengaluru news

Published on Jan 27, 2023 10:58 am IST

Maharashtra: This govt school in a village of 150 people has only one student

Kishore Mankar, the teacher, with his only student. (ANI Photo)

mumbai news

Updated on Jan 23, 2023 08:15 am IST

Centre to send team to review implementation of Midday Meal scheme in Bengal

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Published on Jan 14, 2023 08:16 pm IST

Midday meal cooking cost hiked after finance ministry nod

Under the PM POSHAN scheme, the cost of cooking gets the largest allocation among all components, including the prices of ingredients such as cereals, pulses, vegetables, cooking oil and other condiments. (PTI Photo)

india news

Updated on Oct 10, 2022 04:30 am IST

Centre gives nod to Goa’s plan to serve eggs in midday meal

In 2020, the Goa government announced it would add eggs in the school midday meals, but the plan was delayed because schools closed in the wake of the pandemic. (HT file photo)

india news

Updated on May 30, 2022 02:05 am IST

Uttarakhand: Students refuse midday meal by Dalit cook again

india news

Updated on May 21, 2022 12:46 am IST

Journalist Pawan Jaiswal, who exposed 'salt-roti' mid-day meal, dies

Journalist Pawan Jaiswal had filmed students of a government school in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district eating rotis with salt as their mid-day meal in August.

india news

Updated on May 05, 2022 07:27 pm IST

Dalit woman reinstated as school cook

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dehradun news

Published on Jan 01, 2022 02:08 am IST

K'taka: 80 students fall ill after eating mid-day meal served with dead lizard

Government schools are mandated to provide a mid-day meal to all students to encourage attendance and ensure adequate nutrition. (Representational Image)

bengaluru news

Updated on Dec 28, 2021 10:17 pm IST

Complete social audit of midday meal scheme; provide status by Dec 30: Centre

About 1.1 million government schools are covered under the welfare programme.

india news

Updated on Dec 26, 2021 01:22 am IST

BJP slams state order for teachers to sell jute bags used in midday meal scheme

Jharkhand education minister Jagarnath Mahato, however, said there will be no disturbance in teaching due to the order and the government is also willing to review it. (PTI)

ranchi news

Published on Nov 10, 2021 06:43 pm IST