Lucknow. There is good news for the children studying in government schools of Uttar Pradesh. The state government has made arrangements to provide additional nutritious food to the students along with the regular mid-day meal under the PM Nutrition Scheme. In the financial year 2026-27, children will now be served sweet semolina pudding and salty upma.
This will help the students in improving their nutritional level by providing variety in their food. The benefit of this initiative will be available to children of council and other government schools covered under the scheme. The new system will be implemented in all the districts of the state. Its start has been scheduled from 6th November.
Children will get extra food for 5 days every month
Under the new system, children will be given halwa and upma in different weeks of the month. Sweet semolina pudding will be served in the first and third weeks of the month, while salty upma will be served in the second, fourth and fifth weeks. In this way, additional nutritious food will be provided to the students for five days every month.
The aim of this initiative of the government is to provide better nutrition to children and help in their physical and mental development. Incorporating these recipes into regular meals will also give children a variety of food at school.
Quality of food will be monitored
The quality and distribution system of food will also be monitored to ensure proper implementation of the scheme. For this, responsibility has been given to mother groups, school management committees and related task forces. With their help, efforts will be made to ensure that children get good quality food on time.
Actually, with this initiative of UP government, students of government schools will get additional dishes along with the mid-day meal. This is expected to help improve children's nutrition and strengthen school feeding systems.