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| JK to monitor mid day meal scheme | | | Jammu: The government has asked various agencies including the school authorities to carry out fresh review of the midday meal scheme.
These instructions were issued following countrywide uproar over the death of 23 students in Bihar after they consumed contaminated and insecticide laced food under the scheme. Reports said that the Union Human Resources Development Ministry (HRD) is unhappy with the system of monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the midday meal programme in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to these reports ,a new suggestion has been issued by the HRD to all the stat Governments to carry out fresh screening of the food grains and vegetables and edible o to ensure whether these items were stored at proper places and the utensils used were examined properly by the managers of the canteens and by the principals of the schools. This steps has been taken following reports that food was cooked in insecticide containers that led to the death of 23 kids in Bihar. Also it has been later found that food grains and vegetables kept in the store had got mixed with organic manure and some insecticides.
As far as Jammu and Kashmir state is concerned the Chief secretary, who heads the screening committee, has been asked to hold regular meetings of the committee not only at the state level but at the district level too which was needed for ensuring serving of hygienic food to students under the midday meal scheme.
Meanwhile academicians and intellectuals have suggested to the HRD ministry to set up teams of experts at the national level so that these teams carry out periodic review of the midday meal programme. These committees be empowered to submit to the HRD ministry its observations and wherever any committee found any lacuna the HRD ministry should stop releasing funds to that state under the midday meal programme.
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