On Friday, 12 people including eight male students and four female students had stomach pain, vomiting and fainting while eating lunch after consuming the mid-day meal. They were immediately admitted to Paramakudi Government Hospital for treatment. Doctors suggested that the consumption of
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Following the case of a snake being found in a mid-day meal, Union Minister of State for Education Subhash Sarkar launched a joint mission along with 13 central team members to conduct a review of the mid-day meal scheme in West Bengal starting Monday.
As per a Circular released by the Commissioner of Education Department, opinion was sought by the students on whether they want egg, peanut bar or banana as the protein source in the mid-day meals.
Tuesday morning in the Shahdara district of East Delhi, the health of girl students in a Delhi government school deteriorated after consuming a mid-day meal.
Rebuking the programme of 'Didir Rakshakawach' by the Trinamool Congress he said that the poor people of West Bengal are being deprived of the schemes of the central government.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that the Central government will soon send a team to review the implementation of the midday meal scheme in different parts of West Bengal.
With Bengal government set to introduce chicken in midday meals in late January, the appearance of a small snake in a pan of lentils at a Birbhum school was no less than "horror".
The West Bengal government has decided to serve chicken and seasonal fruits in mid-day meals for four months starting January and has allotted Rs 371 crore for introducing the same.