Tithi Bhojan to be replicated across state, says Tawde

Under the initiative that was adopted by the Gujarat government in 2012-13, food is voluntarily served among school children by villagers, locals or various community members in several forms such as sweet, namkeen, dry fruits etc with the regular mid-day meal and supplementary nutritive items such as sprouted beans.

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Tawde, in a meeting with the officials concerned on Wednesday, directed them to start chalking out plans and ways to implement Tithi Bhojan scheme across the state.

“The objective is to inculcate a feeling of equity and brotherhood among the children of all communities and reduction of the gap between the school administration, locals and community, the general public. The initiative will also ensure that school kids get variety in food served to them under mid-day meal through Tithi Bhojan scheme.

The schools must also ensure that food served under Tithi Bhojan should be of good quality,” Tawed said. “It was decided to introduce the practice of Tithi Bhojan across the country by HRD ministry, based on its success in Gujarat,” said an official with the school education department.

Tawde said a study group should be formed to look at implementation of the scheme at school level.The department concerned look for an alternative name for the scheme.

‘New sports to be included in state-level school competitions’

Tawde on Wednesday also suggested that the Directorate of Sports and Youth Services, Maharashtra, must set up a committee to decide what new sports should be included in school-level competitions. Tawde said the aim is to urge youths to take up new games that are played at the Olympics and other international sports events. The issue was discussed at meeting at Mantralaya on Wednesday, he said.

What is Tithi Bhojan?

Tithi Bhojan was first successfully implemented in Gujarat, and will now be replicated across the country. It seeks to involve the members of the community in the effort to provide nutritious and healthy food to the children.The members of the community may contribute/sponsor either utensils or food on special occasions /festivals. People in the community may contribute food items supplementary to the mid-day meal already being provided such as sweets,

The members of the community may contribute/sponsor either utensils or food on special occasions /festivals. People in the community may contribute food items supplementary to the mid-day meal already being provided such as sweets,

People in the community may contribute food items supplementary to the mid-day meal already being provided such as sweets, namkeen or sprouts.