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The Centre has asked Bihar and Madhya Pradesh governments to take corrective measures over the low midday meal coverage in the two states last year and submit action taken reports by September, officials familiar with the matter said on Friday...
The issue was flagged during the meetings held between the project approval board (PAB) of the PM Poshan (Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman) scheme, or the midday meal scheme, under the Union ministry of education, and Madhya Pradesh government on May 15 and with Bihar government on May 16, the officials said...
According to minutes of the meetings held with both states, seen by HT, while the board said that the mid-day meal coverage data submitted by Madhya Pradesh for 2022-23 looks artificial, it also noted that the coverage in Bihar remained very low for the same period...
In case of Madhya Pradesh, the PAB observed that the state government covered 68.78% of the enrolled students at primary (Classes 1 to 5) and 68.86% at upper primary (Classes 6 to 8) level in 2022-23...
In case of Bihar, PAB observed that the coverage of students at primary and upper primary level was very low at 57% and 58%, respectively, against the enrolment in 2022-23...
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