The Odisha authorities hiked the allocation for noon meals to highschool college students, an official stated on Sunday.
State Nodal Officer for PM-Poshan Raghuram R Iyer knowledgeable the choice of the federal government to the district collectors on Saturday.
The fabric value for major faculty college students (lessons 1 to five) was elevated from Rs 5.90 to Rs 7.64 per meal per scholar. The fee for higher major faculty college students (lessons 6 to eight) was hiked to Rs 10.94 from Rs 8.82 per meal per scholar.
The revised value will come into impact on December 1, he stated.
Below the scheme, cooked meals are supplied to 44.5 lakh college students in additional than 51,500 major and higher major faculties within the state.
