Yogi government prepares a standard menu for Uttar Pradesh’s Mid-Day Meal program

In order to ensure the seamless operation of the Mid-Day Meal program, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, which is striving to provide hot cooked food to children aged 3 to 6 years at Anganwadi centers, plans to maintain a uniform menu.

“According to the proposal, the same food will be served to the children at Anganwadi centres, which is being served to the children in basic schools under the scheme. This proposal was recently put forward in the state-level task force meeting on the Hot Cooked Meal Scheme, which was chaired by Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra. The task force will make a decision on this, and it might get approval from the Chief Minister,” the CMO said in a press release.

Per the proposal, primary and upper primary schools comprise the physical space for about 65% of the state’s Anganwadi centers. As a result, these schools’ kitchens will prepare the food. Therefore, the plan is to maintain a menu that resembles the PM Nutrition Scheme (Mid-Day Meal).