Lok Sabha Question No. 113 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-29
Subject: PM Poshan Yojana
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 113 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021

## PM Poshan Yojana

## †113.  SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA: SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Central  Cabinet  has  approved  to  continue/  amend/  rectify  the  Centre sponsored National PM Nutrition Scheme in schools for the next five years;
- (b) the number of schools and students expected to benefit from the above scheme in the country;
- (c) the number of schools from Gujarat included in this scheme;
- (d) the number of students likely to get benefit from this scheme; and
- (e) the details, thereof ?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (e): Central Government  has approved the Centrally Sponsored  Scheme 'Pradhan  Mantri  Poshan  Shakti  Nirman  (PM  POSHAN)' earlier  known  as 'National Programme for Mid-Day Meal in Schools' for providing one hot cooked meal in  Government and Government - aided Schools from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The scheme covers about 11.80 crore children studying in 11.20 lakh schools across the  country.      The  States  and  UTs  wise  (including  Gujarat)  details  of  number  of students and schools likely to get benefit under the scheme are given at Annexure.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 113 for 29.11.2021 raised by Shri Naranbhai Kachhadiya & Shri Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Hon'ble MPs regarding PM Poshan Yojana.

State and UT-wise (including Gujarat) details of number of students and schools likely get get benefit, under the scheme under PM POSHAN

| S. No.   | States/ UTs       |   Children |   Institution |
|----------|-------------------|------------|---------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |    2961814 |         45484 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |     160977 |          2780 |
| 3        | Assam             |    4320767 |         53427 |
| 4        | Bihar             |   17239412 |         70180 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |    3396887 |         44986 |
| 6        | Goa               |     181376 |          1468 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |    5172288 |         34788 |
| 8        | Haryana           |    1447990 |         14397 |
| 9        | Himachal pradesh  |     497774 |         15513 |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |    4180954 |         35773 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |    4511680 |         54359 |
| 12       | Kerala            |    2785523 |         12324 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |    6664246 |        112908 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |   10692617 |         86499 |
| 15       | Manipur           |     169803 |          3476 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |     592325 |         11678 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |     131876 |          2511 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |     159710 |          2067 |
| 19       | Orissa            |    4513758 |         55525 |
| 20       | Punjab            |    1574443 |         19735 |
| 21       | Rajasthan         |    6267136 |         66341 |
| 22       | Sikkim            |      55905 |           868 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        |    4900596 |         43246 |
| 24       | Telangana         |    1795956 |         27329 |
| 25       | Tripura           |     432279 |          6524 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     |   18193664 |        167193 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |     689307 |         17045 |
| 28       | West Bengal       |   11562465 |         83945 |
| 29       | A&N Islands       |      31115 |           332 |
| 30       | Chandigarh        |      93762 |           122 |
| 31       | D&NH &Daman&Diu   |      74293 |           368 |
| 32       | Delhi             |    1604505 |          3046 |
| 33       | Jammu &Kashmir    |     887033 |         22205 |
| 34       | Ladakh            |      16577 |           817 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       |       7290 |            39 |
| 36       | Puducherry        |      48427 |           426 |
|          | Total             |  118016530 |       1119724 |