As per direction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, cooked meal at noon time is being provided to all students of all the Govt./Govt. aided Primary Schools w.e.f. 1.9.04. The total coverage under the scheme was 5156154 during 2005-06 including 1156426 students from the KBK districts. During the current financial year, 40, 00,000 students in 47,780 primary schools and 17, 00,000 students in 18,993 Upper Primary schools have been covered under the scheme. The ration cost under the programme is Rs. 3.30 per Primary student & Rs. 4.92 per Upper Primary student, out of which Govt. of India’s share is Rs.2.02 & Rs.3.02 respectively. Under the Scheme, an amount of Rs.56508.30 lakhs has been provided in the Budget Estimates for 2010-11.

Ration Cost for Primary School Children

NB: GoI provides rice @ 100 gm per child per school day free of cost.
GoI provides Rs. 1.88 and State Govt. provides Rs. 1.42 per beneficiary per day for Primary students.

Ration Cost for Upper Primary School Children

NB: GoI provides rice @ 150 gm per child per school day free of cost.
GoI provides Rs. 2.81 and State Govt. provides Rs. 2.11 per beneficiary per day for Upper Primary students.