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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister reviews the possibility of including chicken in nutrition food!

Posted on: 12/Jan/2023 1:02:02 PM
Information is gathered that the State Government of Tamil Nadu has commenced exploring the possibility of including chicken in the nutrition food offered to the students of the State Government Schools as practised in the State of West Bengal. 

In the State of West Bengal, it had been announced last week that items such as chicken and fruits are given in the nutrition food offered to the school students once a week.

Subsequently, information is gathered that the Cabinet Ministers and the senior officials of Tamil Nadu State conducted a review meeting presided over by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin exploring the possibility of offering chicken to the school students in their nutrition meal once a week!

The system of offering free nutritious food for lunch for school students was introduced in 1962 when Kamaraj was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. In the year 1982, when MGR was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, this scheme was expanded as the Nutritious Meal Scheme and a separate Department was set up for the same!

When Karunanidhi returned as Chief Minister subsequently, he introduced the system of including eggs in the nutritious lunch meal!

Presently, for students studying up to the 10th standard, mixed rice and egg masala are given for lunch on 220 working days in a year.

For the children/students who dont take eggs, bananas are given!

Apart from the above lunch, boiled chickpeas or greengram are given once a week!

When E. Palaniswamy was the Chief Minister, in 2019, through the voluntary sponsoring Agency Akshaya Patra, the system of serving free breakfast for the students studying in Greater Chennai Corporation and other corporations was introduced in 2019!

The present Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin inaugurated the system of providing free breakfast for the students of the Primary School on 15th September last year!

In this situation, it is learnt that as introduced in the State of West Bengal, the State Government of Tamil Nadu has also decided to serve chicken along with a nutritious meal once a week!

Information is father gathered that some ministers of the Tamil Nadu State Government have already commenced discussions with the popular poultry owners! 

DMK Party officials inform that the scheme of offering chicken in the midday nutrition meal scheme may be commenced on 3rd June, which happens to be the birthday of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi!

It is learnt the discussions/reviews are in progress regarding what item is to be given to the students who do not eat non-vegetarian items!