TheKarnatakadepartment of school Education has decided to carry out a Health assessment survey of children joining government schools this academic year, to guage the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Poshan ShaktiNirman(PM Poshan) scheme, formerly known as the Midday Meal scheme.
This is to get an idea of how the supplementary Nutrition programme where milk, eggs, groundnut chikki and bananas are included in the midday meals provided to children has benefitted them. As part of this, all government schools have been instructed to check the weight and height of the beneficiaries from this academic year, during a recent video conference meeting held with all DDPIs in attendance.
The started serving eggs, groundnut chikki, and bananas with midday meals for children from classes 1 to 8 in government schools last academic year. The children have been receiving milk under the KsheeraBhagyaScheme for the past decade.