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Midday meal worker hacked to death in Kangra’s Chanour

February 12, 2026 7:54 pm

The school’s head teacher Sarita Devi told the police that the incident took place around 12.30 pm during school hours.

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Most states and UTs suggested Centre to hike midday meal workers’ wages

February 02, 2026 1:09 am

Midday meal cooks in Chhattisgarh, where they are being paid Rs 2,000 per month, have been protesting, demanding a hike in their wages.

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43 children fall ill after midday meal at Banaskantha school

January 20, 2026 10:24 pm

The matter came to the attention of the district health officials when 10 girl students from the school were first taken to the local Primary Health Centre

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Centre deliberates on suggestions by states, UTs on PM-POSHAN

December 28, 2025 4:03 am

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.

7 states and UTs push to add breakfast to school meals, Centre still weighing costs

October 28, 2025 4:37 pm

Seven States and UTs formally urge the Centre to expand PM-POSHAN in line with the NEP, citing gains in attendance and learning.

Criminal case against supplier if poor ingredients in mid-day meals cause food poisoning in Maharashtra

August 04, 2025 10:41 pm

The GR stated that the SOPs have been introduced as incidents of food poisoning after students consume midday meals had been observed in the state.

Under the project, the centralised kitchens would be constructed by the state government on its own land and assets, which will be handed over to these agencies for management and operations.

Soon, centralised kitchens for midday meal in Gujarat government schools to address malnutrition

August 01, 2025 10:55 pm

The project will be implemented across 66 talukas. For these centralised kitchens, cluster-mapping has been carried out with the aim that meals reach each school within 90 minutes of cooking.

Maharashtra issues SOPs to strengthen midday-meal safety in schools

August 01, 2025 10:35 pm

The SOPs also state that the prepared food must first be tasted by an adult—such as the server, a teacher, a parent, or another school staff member—on a rotational basis before being served to students

The school's present authorities and cooks claim the arrangement has been in place since 2000, when the midday meal scheme was introduced. The school has 72 students -- 29 Muslims and 43 Hindus.

25 years after it started, Bengal school scraps ‘separate’ midday meals for student of different communities hours after probe begins

June 26, 2025 5:09 am

The school has, since 2000, maintained separate kitchens and utensils for preparing meals, with two cooks as well. Although meals have been cooked on a single gas connection, food has been served to students in separate classrooms based on their religion.

The complaint urges the NHRC to investigate the matter urgently, direct authorities to release the pending salaries, and ensure such violations do not recur in government-run schools.

Midday meal workers at school in Haryana's Nuh not paid for 10 months, lawyer writes to NHRC

May 29, 2025 2:54 pm

According to the NHRC complaint, many of the midday meal workers have served the CBSE school in Nuh for 10 to 15 years preparing and serving meals to students daily.