Use Food Grains for Mid-Day Meal for Quarantine Center: Bihar Govt

  • Education Dept of Bihar has written a letter to all the DMs and District Education Officers.
  • The dept asked them to use food grains in schools meant for the mid-day meal scheme for preparing food for people housed in the quarantine centers. 
  • This order is for the govt & govt-aided schools that are being used as quarantine centers due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 
  • RK Mahajan, ACS, Bihar Education Dept said that the mid-day meal scheme is not active due to the lockdown. 
  • He further said that the district administration will provide food grains to schools once they reopen.
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