Key Points
A decade after the National Food Security Act (NFSA) was enacted, the Centre has revised the nutritional standards of meals at schools and anganwadis, augmenting the proportion of calories and protein, while also mandating the inclusion of micronutrients in them...
The amendment has been done on the recommendations of an inter-ministerial committee, which, in its draft report, had also recommended that the serving of eggs as part of government food safety programmes be also made mandatory..
However, there are no restrictions on states and Union Territories to add eggs and other items on the menu of food safety programmes such as midday meals (now known as PM Poshan) at schools, or the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme at anganwadis that covers pre-school children, along with pregnant and lactating mothers...
The amended NFSA schedule II, which was notified on January 25, fixes nutritional standards for nine groups, starting from children aged six months to one year and those in upper primary classes (VI-VIII)..
