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The Mid Day Meal Scheme is a school meal programme in India designed to better the nutritional status of school-age children nationwide. [1] The scheme has been renamed as PM-POSHAN Scheme. [ 2 ] The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in government primary and upper primary schools, government aided Anganwadis ...
PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Abhiyaan (PM-POSHAN, Prime Minister's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment, (lit) PM Nutrition Power Building Scheme) CSS MoWCD: 2021: Health, Education Revamped version of 1995 Midday Meal Scheme to provide free lunch to school children.
The scheme is Centrally sponsored with the state governments contributing up to ₹ 1.00 (1.2¢ US) per day per child. [ 11 ] Furthermore, in 2008, the GOI adopted the World Health Organization standards for measuring and monitoring the child growth and development, both for the ICDS and the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). [ 1 ]
As part of the strengthening and restructuring the ICDS scheme, the government approved a provision of construction of 200,000 Anganwadi centre buildings at a cost of ₹450,000 per unit during XII Plan period in a phased manner with a cost-sharing ratio of 75:25 between centre and states (other than the NER, where it will be at 90:10).
Nikshay Poshan Yojana is a government scheme in India to provide 500 rupees per month for tuberculosis patients to buy food. [ 1 ] By February 2019 the programme reported that more than 10,000 people had received benefits in Delhi and 3800 were taking benefit in Sonitpur district .
The scheme is envisaged to help senior citizens over 60–75 years of age to undertake pilgrimage on trains with government assistance [52] ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ବଳ ଯୋଜନା Ujjwal Scheme: 7 April 2016: School & Mass Communication Department: Education: Improve primary and secondary school education.
Under the scheme, dedicated stores known as Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras( launched as Jan Aushadhi Kendras in 2008 and later renamed to PMBJK post-2016) were established to distribute generic drugs and surgical devices. These kendras offer medicines at prices 50–90% lower than those of branded equivalents, ensuring ...
This programme is essentially a State Plan Scheme that seeks to provide the States and Territories of India with the autonomy to draw up plans for increased public investment in Agriculture by incorporating information on local requirements, geographical/climatic conditions, available natural resources/ technology and cropping patterns in their districts so as to significantly increase the ...