{"id":15535,"date":"2025-04-12T03:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T03:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15535"},"modified":"2025-04-12T03:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T03:50:42","slug":"pm-poshan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/pm-poshan\/","title":{"rendered":"PM-POSHAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Increased Material Cost:<\/strong> The Government of India has approved a 9.5% hike in material cost under the PM-POSHAN scheme, effective from May 1, 2025. This translates to an additional central expenditure of \u20b9954 crore for the financial year 2025\u201326.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Revised Costs:<\/strong> The revised material cost per student per day is \u20b96.78 for Balvatika\/Primary (from \u20b96.19) and \u20b910.17 for Upper Primary (from \u20b99.29). States\/UTs can contribute more for enhanced nutrition.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Nutritional Norms:<\/strong> Balvatika\/Primary students need 20g pulses, 50g vegetables, 5g oil. Upper Primary students need 30g pulses, 75g vegetables, 7.5g oil.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>CPI-RL Data:<\/strong> Inflation data for the PM-POSHAN meal basket is supplied by the Labour Bureau using the Consumer Price Index \u2013 Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) from 600 villages across 20 states.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Scheme Overview:<\/strong> PM-POSHAN (formerly Mid-Day Meal Scheme) provides one hot cooked meal per school day to 11.20 crore children in Balvatikas and Classes 1-8 in 10.36 lakh government\/aided schools.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Objectives:<\/strong> The scheme aims to enhance nutritional status, improve enrollment, retention, and attendance, especially among disadvantaged children.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Central Contribution:<\/strong> The Centre also provides 26 lakh MT of food grains. The Centre bears 100% cost of food grains (including \u20b99,000 crore subsidy) and transportation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Per Meal Cost:<\/strong> Including all components, the per meal cost is approximately \u20b912.13 for Balvatika\/Primary and \u20b917.62 for Upper Primary.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Centrally Sponsored Scheme:<\/strong> PM-POSHAN is a Centrally sponsored scheme to provide nutritional support and enhance school participation of students.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increased Material Cost: The Government of India has approved a 9.5% hike in material cost under the PM-POSHAN scheme, effective from May 1, 2025. This translates to an additional central expenditure of \u20b9954 crore for the financial year 2025\u201326. 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