Bihar kids to get pulao in mid day meal

Date

3/7/2016 3:43:41 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) A caretaker serves mid-day meal to the students. Reuters

Patna: Millions of schoolchildren in Bihar schools will soon be served 'pulao' once a week as part of their mid-day meals officials said on Monday.

"Pulao will be served once in a week to children under mid-day meal scheme to provide them a tasty diet as the state government has approved the new menu chart for the mid-day meal" an education department official said.

The state government has also increased per child expenditure for the mid-day meal officials said. Earlier the government had included fruits for vegetarian students and eggs for the non-vegetarians to help the children get rid of malnourishment.

In 2013 23 students had died after consuming mid-day meal at a primary school in Saran district.

A total of 16 million students in 72000 schools in Bihar get mid-day meal everyday.

IANS

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