The Government decided to hike the pay for mid-day meal kitchen assistants by Rs 500 per month. Jharkhand has 79,551 kitchen assistants who will now get Rs 2,000 per month. The Cabinet also approved Rs 39.79 crore for
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Under the Central sponsored scheme, kitchen assistants get Rs 1,000 per month for 10 months a year. 60 per cent of the payment is given by the Central Government and the rest by the .