Lok Sabha Question No. 5810 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-30
Subject: Funds under PM-POSHAN
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav, Shri Asaduddin Owaisi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO5810

ANSWERED ON- 30.03.2026

## Funds under PM-POSHAN

5810.   Shri Asaduddin Owaisi:

Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the data of the allocation, released and utilisation of funds for PM-POSHAN, erstwhile MidDay Meal Scheme from 2004 to 2024, year-wise and State-wise including Bihar;

(b) whether all States are allocating sufficient funds to meet their obligation towards financing PM-POSHAN;

(c) if so, the details of funds utilized by States on PM-POSHAN from 2004 to 2024, State-wise and year-wise;

(d)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  some  States  in  the  country  are  spending  over  and  above  their mandated share, if so, the details of such States and the amount of funds spent over and above their obligation since 2015;

(e)  whether the Union Government is taking any steps to maintain the quality of the Mid-day Meal in Bihar, in view of recurring complaints regarding its quality; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to  (f):      Education  is  a  subject  in  the  Concurrent  List  of  the  Constitution  of  India  and  the majority of schools are under the administrative control of the respective State Government/Union Territory  (UT)  administration.  The  Pradhan  Mantri  Poshan  Shakti  Nirman  (PM  POSHAN) Scheme  is  one  of  the  foremost  rights  based  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  implemented  in partnership  with  the  States  and  UTs  for  providing  one  hot  cooked  and  nutritious  meal  to  all children studying in Bal Vatika (just before class-I) and classes  I to VIII  of Government  and Government-aided schools.  The Scheme covers about 11 crore children in more than 10.35 lakh schools in all the States/UTs. The overall responsibility for smooth functioning of the Scheme including providing hot cooked and nutritious meal to the eligible children as well as engagement of Cook-cum-Helpers (CCHs) lies with the States/UTs.

The data of the  Central  Assistance  released  and  utilisation  of  funds  for  PM-POSHAN (erstwhile Mid-Day Meal) Scheme from 2004 to 2024, year-wise and State-wise including Bihar is at Annexure.

The Central Government has issued detailed guidelines on quality, safety and hygiene to ensure serving of good quality nutritious meal under the Scheme.  All the States/ UTs are advised to adhere to these guidelines. These guidelines are available on official website https://pmposhan.education.gov.in . These guidelines, inter-alia, provides for instructions to  schools  to  procure  Agmark  quality  and  branded  items  for  preparation  of  meals,  training  to CCHs, tasting of meals by members of School Management Committee including at least one teacher before serving the hot meal to children. Further, it provides for testing of food samples by the Government Food Research Laboratory or any laboratory accredited or recognized by law to ensure that the meals meet nutritional standards and quality. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is  given  responsibility  for  making  available  food  grains  of  best  available  quality,  meeting  the parameters of Fair Average Quality (FAQ). The  guidelines, inter-alia, provides for training of CCHs  on  nutrition,  cooking  processes,  health  and  hygiene,  preparation  of  raw  grains  and vegetables, recipes, serving skills etc. States/ UTs provide training to CCHs in collaboration with the Institutes of Hotel Management, Food Craft Institutes, FSSAI, State Universities etc.

The State  Governments  and UT  Administrations prepare comprehensive  Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B), inter-alia, with detailed district-wise vital information on coverage of children, working days and schools; enrolment in schools; utilisation of foodgrains, utilisation of  cooking  cost,  transportation  assistance,  Management,  Monitoring  and  Evaluation  (MME), payment  of  honorarium  to  CCH,  construction  of  kitchen-cum-stores,  procurement  of  kitchen devices etc. The Programme Approval Board (PAB) meets at the beginning of each financial year in  order  to  consider  and  sanction  the  AWP&B  submitted  by  the  State  Governments  and  UT Administrations. The Scheme inter-alia provides additional allocation of funds and foodgrains if student  enrolment  surpasses  the  PAB  approval.  States  and  UTs  have  the  authority  to  provide additional  funds  from  their  own  resources  and  many  States/  UTs  provide  additional  funds  for payment of honorarium to CCHs and for additional nutrition items such as milk, egg, fruits etc. to students.

The scheme also provides elaborate monitoring mechanism for States/ UTs including Bihar i.e.  Empowered  Committee  under  the  Chairpersonship  of  Hon'ble  Union  Education  Minister, Programme Approval  Board (PAB) under the Chairpersonship  of  Secretary  (DoSE&L),  State Steering-cum-Monitoring Committee under the Chairpersonship of Chief Secretary, District level Steering-cum- Monitoring Committee under the Chairpersonship of District Collector. The PM Poshan Guidelines provides a District Level Committee under the Chairmanship of senior most Member of Parliament (MP) of the district to monitor the scheme on quarterly basis.

At local level Gram Panchayats/Gram Sabhas, members of Village Education Committees (VECs), Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) and the School Management Committees (SMCs) monitor the regularity and wholesomeness of the meal served to children, cleanliness in cooking and  serving  of  the  meal,  timeliness  in  procurement  of  good  quality  ingredients,  fuel,  etc., implementation of variety in menu so as to make it attractive to children and ensuring social and gender equity on daily basis.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (F)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5810 FOR 30.03.2026 RAISED BY SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI  AND  SHRI  DINESH  CHANDRA  YADAV,  HON'BLE  MPs  REGARDING FUNDS UNDER PM-POSHAN.

## Central Assistance Released and Utilisation under PM POSHAN Scheme

| S. N             | States/UTs               | Utilisation*   | Utilisation*   | Utilisation*   | Released   | Utilisation   | Released   | Utilisation   | Released   | Utilisation   |
|------------------|--------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
| o.               |                          | 2004-05        | 2005-06        | 2006-07        | 2007-08    | 2007-08       | 2008-09    | 2008-09       | 2009-10    | 2009-10       |
| 1                | Andhra Pradesh Arunachal | 14119.93       | 21201.44       | 36885.1363     | 46741.75   | 12214.38      | 10504.62   | 22323.95      | 32714.33   | 33823.09      |
| 2                | Pradesh                  | 37.18          | 401.9          | 2841.28661     | 1216.87    | 835.51        | 1339.72    | 1543.96       | 1787.79    | 1204.10       |
| 3                | Assam                    | 5817.64        | 10885.25       | 29728.8508     | 14690.43   | 18756.56      | 26655.97   | 19272.74      | 19274.46   | 4522.20       |
| 4                | Bihar                    | 13898.3        | 36782.62       | 47829.8678     | 48723.66   | 18088.22      | 50505.17   | 24326.32      | 31763.62   | 45741.24      |
| 5                | Chhattisgarh             | 6523.18        | 9675.89        | 15533.1867     | 17146.69   | 13234.99      | 34777.30   | 17724.26      | 18289.34   | 18489.69      |
| 6                | Goa                      | 0.6            | 177.02         | 277.868946     | 306.70     | 328.44        | 628.32     | 338.53        | 636.45     | 726.56        |
| 7                | Gujarat                  | 3303.82        | 10526.76       | 17640.7125     | 14304.58   | 13982.38      | 22674.39   | 16481.86      | 29532.80   | 23586.90      |
| 8                | Haryana                  | 2080.64        | 4050.12        | 5926.58279     | 6369.06    | 5456.38       | 7934.60    | 7080.06       | 18516.23   | 9779.69       |
| 9                | Himachal Pradesh         | 1238.36        | 2196.75        | 4399.51886     | 3107.79    | 2491.39       | 11453.59   | 3810.35       | 5352.15    | 4991.33       |
| 10               | Jammu& Kashmir           | 2.47           | 1542.56        | 5939.78207     | 3741.14    | 2874.93       | 5860.59    | 3902.29       | 3834.54    | 5056.64       |
| 11               | Jharkhand                | 1478.62        | 13162.89       | 15429.0103     | 21752.17   | 11496.80      | 20298.22   | 21031.48      | 25456.19   | 19585.96      |
| 12               | Karnataka                | 6793.3         | 14726.33       | 24746.0191     | 33851.43   | 21389.72      | 30204.49   | 30798.43      | 33538.61   | 32812.33      |
| 13               | Kerala                   | 4083.93        | 4476.09        | 6231.78574     | 7420.20    | 5689.01       | 16012.90   | 14393.28      | 14349.88   | 11841.13      |
| 14               | Madhya Pradesh           | 8961.28        | 26197.07       | 49718.4256     | 63583.40   | 35483.80      | 60920.33   | 47283.38      | 61040.79   | 46699.20      |
| 15               | Maharashtra              | 12499.8        | 13563.88       | 45328.133      | 33702.61   | 32551.17      | 78364.21   | 56819.37      | 73289.23   | 58256.73      |
| 16               | Manipur                  | 757.55         | 915.09         | 1414.74914     | 986.76     | 749.46        | 1607.99    | 1307.28       | 1131.26    | 1321.50       |
| 17               | Meghalaya                | 1941.83        | 1600.93        | 2650.65398     | 3743.78    | 2582.11       | 2553.30    | 2362.58       | 6045.46    | 2594.45       |
| 18               | Mizoram                  | 253.67         | 290.97         | 621.788663     | 485.00     | 359.45        | 1568.20    | 1008.52       | 1078.43    | 1129.90       |
| 19               | Nagaland                 | 614.25         | 550.17         | 1693.05838     | 1195.29    | 1090.05       | 1181.57    | 1168.37       | 1236.18    | 1238.78       |
| 20               | Orissa                   | 10798.8        | 7304.95        | 27980.7706     | 38294.23   | 18832.55      | 33103.28   | 24503.04      | 38715.63   | 30648.05      |
| 21               | Punjab                   | 2558.3         | 1774.16        | 6224.979       | 8100.21    | 6284.75       | 18322.92   | 8984.02       | 10824.15   | 11780.11      |
| 22               | Rajasthan                | 7255.86        | 17410.58       | 27561.5709     | 48330.18   | 15443.82      | 42060.74   | 31651.80      | 39405.50   | 30184.87      |
| 23               | Sikkim                   | 202.1          | 463.87         | 788.508007     | 418.86     | 474.99        | 496.75     | 517.33        | 553.40     | 532.63        |
| 24               | Tamil Nadu               | 5483.4         | 13646.96       | 14484.0427     | 18031.19   | 17170.39      | 29467.64   | 26448.85      | 45757.19   | 30575.44      |
| 25               | Telangana                | -              | -              | -              | -          | -             | -          | -             | -          | -             |
| 26               | Tripura                  | 601.9          | 1688.4         | 2762.45642     | 2448.56    | 2273.59       | 3506.38    | 1942.70       | 3480.89    | 2463.93       |
| 27               | Uttarakhand              | 912.34         | 2962.43        | 4947.95403     | 4545.25    | 3712.38       | 7384.05    | 6115.89       | 5753.22    | 5327.11       |
| 28               | Uttar Pradesh            | 24291.51       | 51277.82       | 82664.1091     | 94690.18   | 47542.70      | 82725.28   | 87613.32      | 98506.31   | 68941.38      |
| 29               | West Bengal              | 22777.9        | 45464.52       | 39644.0119     | 41544.53   | 31929.30      | 58284.40   | 14463.50      | 67197.73   | 51561.75      |
| 30               | A&N Islands              | 12.32          | 40.06          | 46.5151933     | 125.52     | 125.52        | 404.66     | 239.06        | 272.71     | 272.71        |
| 31               | Chandigarh               | 41.47          | 172.87         | 100.316755     | 361.75     | 329.94        | 378.49     | 384.96        | 397.67     | 397.67        |
| 32               | D&N Haveli               | 41.91          | 89.47          | 92.0050655     | 180.56     | 180.56        | 180.89     | 180.89        | 195.55     | 195.55        |
| 33               | Daman &Diu               | 11.26          | 50.81          | 24.5907634     | 54.30      | 54.30         | 88.05      | 88.05         | 112.90     | 111.30        |
| 34               | Delhi                    | 577.98         | 3093.85        | 943.731181     | 2914.07    | 4107.91       | 6588.23    | 3332.77       | 3066.09    | 5214.23       |
| 35               | Lakshadweep              | 0              | 20.3           | 1.05554866     | 0.00       | 0.00          | 19.59      | 19.59         | 58.72      | 58.72         |
| 36               | Puducherry               | 112.7          | 128.09         | 201.700941     | 244.41     | 242.38        | 548.07     | 492.72        | 561.03     | 499.85        |
| TOTAL (In Lakhs) | TOTAL (In Lakhs)         | 160086.10      | 318512.87      | 523304.74      | 583353.11  | 348359.84     | 668604.89  | 499955.50     | 693726.40  | 562166.69     |

## Central Assistance Released and Utilisation under PM POSHAN Scheme

| S.               | States/UTs        | Released    | Utilisation   | Released   | Utilisation   | Released   | Utilisation   | Released   | Utilisation   |
|------------------|-------------------|-------------|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
| No.              |                   | 2010-11     | 2010-11       | 2011-12    | 2011-12       | 2012-13    | 2012-13       | 2013-14    | 2013-14       |
| 1                | Andhra Pradesh    | 48302.38    | 42710.38      | 85191.45   | 58517.96      | 61232.52   | 53780.14      | 44374.15   | 46542.99      |
| 2                | Arunachal Pradesh | 2043.18     | 1035.27       | 2091.75    | 1068.18       | 3133.42    | 3175.5        | 4028.6     | 3310.84       |
| 3                | Assam             | 34408.21    | 33687.49      | 53220.90   | 43999.08      | 47451.53   | 45500.28      | 45710.81   | 46676.39      |
| 4                | Bihar             | 80506.41    | 65574.90      | 81820.31   | 74035.57      | 99889.68   | 84250.41      | 117682.53  | 125451.67     |
| 5                | Chhattisgarh      | 36187.74    | 35913.84      | 47462.95   | 37890.13      | 40486.19   | 41132.31      | 34264.11   | 32567.6       |
| 6                | Goa               | 1168.28     | 834.00        | 825.41     | 1158.12       | 1365.00    | 1389.72       | 1404.07    | 1325.22       |
| 7                | Gujarat           | 28851.62    | 26258.40      | 35301.58   | 33068.37      | 39609.53   | 37640.09      | 49903.26   | 42193.85      |
| 8                | Haryana           | 15325.13    | 13894.23      | 16713.43   | 20302.21      | 17852.49   | 18764.26      | 19719.92   | 16476.79      |
| 9                | Himachal Pradesh  | 6487.67     | 5696.37       | 7351.60    | 7652.29       | 7932.04    | 7568.26       | 7909.36    | 8122.88       |
| 10               | Jammu &Kashmir    | 7990.60     | 6930.70       | 13430.59   | 7329.56       | 6660.1     | 8868.51       | 8454.62    | 7869.779      |
| 11               | Jharkhand         | 32595.49    | 26039.70      | 52252.17   | 29951.40      | 25035.45   | 27781.23      | 35017.2    | 44391.74      |
| 12               | Karnataka         | 45368.30    | 41545.05      | 56525.78   | 46357.02      | 73785.12   | 77818.49      | 73323.24   | 72454.84      |
| 13               | Kerala            | 18511.34    | 14466.70      | 14277.09   | 18083.16      | 19740.25   | 19110.76      | 19201.38   | 19807.04      |
| 14               | Madhya Pradesh    | 65781.84    | 51704.08      | 76704.43   | 74684.48      | 79048.11   | 78054.38      | 81863.87   | 78207.72      |
| 15               | Maharashtra       | 107492.09   | 73956.33      | 69255.77   | 90962.03      | 105629.6   | 94253.12      | 98376.59   | 101736.42     |
| 16               | Manipur           | 5658.11     | 5102.86       | 1894.19    | 1655.46       | 1192.88    | 1969.99       | 1444.64    | 2255.55       |
| 17               | Meghalaya         | 13831.77    | 11840.83      | 3528.12    | 5303.84       | 5884.47    | 15166.39      | 6333.2     | 6251.17       |
| 18               | Mizoram           | 1902.29     | 1626.85       | 3306.57    | 2800.32       | 1948.06    | 3676.96       | 1999.56    | 2047.46       |
| 19               | Nagaland          | 4026.97     | 4026.97       | 2464.37    | 2464.37       | 2818.23    | 2818.23       | 1754.48    | 3310.84       |
| 20               | Orissa            | 38959.13    | 24341.30      | 37124.38   | 36798.46      | 49162.77   | 50094.47      | 61429.29   | 54917.66      |
| 21               | Punjab            | 16605.10    | 15388.45      | 17561.54   | 16268.16      | 18916.89   | 17008.16      | 21402.83   | 18287.71      |
| 22               | Rajasthan         | 46225.76    | 42117.67      | 52901.22   | 49415.32      | 49727.5    | 45040.18      | 44905.67   | 49575.17      |
| 23               | Sikkim            | 899.60      | 899.35        | 1035.65    | 1225.39       | 1077.87    | 1034.35       | 1226.31    | 1043.07       |
| 24               | Tamil Nadu        | 44250.57    | 42231.04      | 40333.68   | 40879.27      | 70054.38   | 45269.07      | 49354.83   | 48470.17      |
| 25               | Telangana*        | -           | -             | -          | -             | -          | -             | -          | -             |
| 26               | Tripura           | 4856.76     | 4733.02       | 8408.41    | 4902.96       | 5235.75    | 5572.17       | 5073.29    | 5460.93       |
| 27               | Uttarakhand       | 10963.29    | 10617.91      | 14255.51   | 11839.51      | 15759.24   | 12353.8       | 9525.47    | 10373.19      |
| 28               | Uttar Pradesh     | 102715.36   | 100567.32     | 107638.85  | 105878.56     | 132113.69  | 110536.65     | 120750.57  | 115316.06     |
| 29               | West Bengal       | 79480.03531 | 66333.59      | 77251.02   | 88572.83      | 91666.15   | 100591.5      | 111333.22  | 112240.77     |
| 30               | A&N Islands       | 247.06715   | 247.07        | 509.14     | 238.44        | 1328.79    | 257.95        | 1119.15    | 979.47        |
| 31               | Chandigarh        | 525.54409   | 492.83        | 680.77     | 680.77        | 501.68     | 441.93        | 933.17     | 496.35        |
| 32               | D&N Haveli        | 290.45398   | 290.45        | 342.71     | 342.71        | 349.1      | 306.25        | 480.64     | 403.29        |
| 33               | Daman &Diu        | 147.78904   | 147.79        | 136.58     | 136.34        | 120.93     | 38.87         | 270.22     | 220.12        |
| 34               | Delhi             | 9072.32     | 6765.50       | 6562.19    | 8429.61       | 8524.26    | 7868.24       | 9948.48    | 7997.85       |
| 35               | Lakshadweep       | 80.54       | 48.87         | 76.32      | 54.47         | 76.45      | 59.18         | 115.06     | 63.61         |
| 36               | Puducherry        | 693.24      | 588.48        | 635.99     | 635.99        | 506.17     | 506.17        | 401.52     | 528.5         |
| TOTAL (In Lakhs) | TOTAL (In Lakhs)  | 912452.00   | 778655.61     | 989072     | 923582        | 1085816    | 1019698       | 1091035    | 1087375       |

*The state of Telangana was formed on 2nd June 2014

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## Central Assistance Released and Utilisation under PM POSHAN Scheme

| S.               | States/UTs          | Released        | Utilisation      | Released         | Utilisation      | Released        | Utilisation     | Released       | Utilisation     |
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
| No.              |                     | 2014-15         | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2015-16          | 2016-17         | 2016-17         | 2017-18        | 2017-18         |
| 1                | Andhra Pradesh      | 31556.76        | 31090.81         | 29064.76         | 31090.81         | 24402.16        | 31090.81        | 25713.85       | 25038.98        |
| 2                | Arunachal Pradesh   | 3351.71         | 3283.49          | 3273.34          | 3325.81          | 3355.92         | 3238.96         | 2551.75        | 2584.38         |
| 3                | Assam               | 47985.16        | 53411.93         | 55376.49         | 56189.58         | 54846.72        | 52811.14        | 52903.47       | 52453.43        |
| 4                | Bihar               | 136532.1        | 140647.23        | 120013.29        | 116326.26        | 114257.02       | 102997.04       | 97871.58       | 116749.66       |
| 5                | Chhattisgarh        | 31564.09        | 35760.45         | 26991.77         | 30997.98         | 29196.57        | 27203.37        | 27683.33       | 26410.68        |
| 6                | Goa                 | 1403.61         | 1578.86          | 1297.2           | 1259.22          | 1230.38         | 1219.59         | 1230.93        | 1241.95         |
| 7                | Gujarat             | 44783.33        | 45366.71         | 38053.3          | 41360.83         | 40756.01        | 32466.67        | 40429.86       | 38955.79        |
| 8                | Haryana             | 16398.99        | 15358.13         | 12382.8          | 13660.58         | 11539.51        | 12155.75        | 9953.83        | 12177.85        |
| 9                | Himachal Pradesh    | 7460.91         | 7544.43          | 8141.23          | 8013.43          | 8028.63         | 8520.49         | 8684.1         | 7965.82         |
| 10               | Jammu &Kashmir      | 6203.3          | 7650.404         | 8366.3           | 12838.95         | 11393.26        | 7796.13         | 6328.69        | 8478.64         |
| 11               | Jharkhand           | 21508.92        | 36332.05         | 24518.16         | 31050.97         | 38196.77        | 31759.84        | 30332.59       | 30288.74        |
| 12               | Karnataka           | 56610.57        | 59165.6          | 41939.61         | 53949.29         | 43937.98        | 47203.93        | 44788.57       | 43548.88        |
| 13               | Kerala              | 22575.34        | 22623.77         | 17120.97         | 18061.21         | 17781.46        | 19377.77        | 32978.36       | 18973.8         |
| 14               | Madhya Pradesh      | 79567.82        | 76947.5          | 60698.68         | 64774.38         | 65741.79        | 70507.81        | 58098.87       | 52691.33        |
| 15               | Maharashtra         | 95059.83        | 116062.05        | 103072.93        | 88776.04         | 70686.68        | 80581.67        | 80310.7        | 81652.05        |
| 16               | Manipur             | 3281.86         | 2286.05          | 2452.83          | 2570.57          | 2691.66         | 2507.42         | 2479.76        | 2200.51         |
| 17               | Meghalaya           | 6247.18         | 6211.95          | 7024.57          | 6932.29          | 6239.53         | 6609.54         | 6486.73        | 6755.05         |
| 18               | Mizoram             | 2049.78         | 1859.55          | 2060.99          | 1894.88          | 2017.24         | 2350.84         | 2018.32        | 1896.24         |
| 19               | Nagaland            | 4226.96         | 2679.41          | 1073.68          | 2030.77          | 2423.56         | 2123.99         | 1776.42        | 2101.13         |
| 20               | Orissa              | 49303.55        | 51824.23         | 39731.89         | 45522.01         | 43841.08        | 42267.63        | 41927.41       | 39697.56        |
| 21               | Punjab              | 13500.81        | 19084.34         | 16650.04         | 15673.96         | 13773.43        | 14993.31        | 14330.59       | 14301.69        |
| 22               | Rajasthan           | 41757.13        | 49361.93         | 41934.63         | 43288.83         | 45451.46        | 40441.13        | 41107.05       | 41853.18        |
| 23               | Sikkim              | 1040.14         | 1203.99          | 1001.38          | 969.09           | 899.13          | 947.44          | 881.12         | 866.74          |
| 24               | Tamil Nadu          | 63991.1         | 63061.73         | 44253.83         | 43730.98         | 42846.05        | 43470.38        | 42506.34       | 42238.42        |
| 25               | Telangana           | 20114.42        | 21567.02         | 17435.58         | 18616.27         | 18085.87        | 16991.58        | 15494.76       | 15899.6         |
| 26 27            | Tripura Uttarakhand | 4827.01 8931.74 | 5085.171 8678.57 | 5129.42 10419.33 | 5154.14 10162.62 | 5279.73 8483.19 | 5149.27 9886.40 | 5119.04 9714.2 | 5164.16 9652.28 |
| 28               | Uttar Pradesh       | 105142.49       | 117628.94        | 86192.86         | 103567.54        | 101736.19       | 103450.12       | 100475.08      | 99654.16        |
|                  |                     | 109189.56       | 113916.42        | 75582.33         | 109107.37        | 106921.55       | 99324.60        | 97146.3        | 97729.7         |
| 30               | A&N Islands         | 322.2           | 276.27           | 281.46           | 183.42           | 415.17          | 385.89          | 388.65         | 373.82          |
| 29               | West Bengal         |                 |                  |                  |                  |                 |                 |                |                 |
|                  | Haveli              | 409.772         | 425.63           | 569.38           | 521.01           | 638.51          | 627.65          | 538.44         | 528.21          |
| 33               |                     | 213.31          | 183.8            | 272.37           | 263.06           | 284.48          | 167.54          | 332.16         | 262.55          |
| 32               | D&N                 | 7892.3          | 12308.585        | 9449.23          | 7903.88          | 9075.93         |                 | 5294.99        | 6059.56         |
|                  | Daman &Diu          |                 |                  |                  |                  |                 |                 |                |                 |
| 35               | Lakshadweep         | 108.81 597.7    | 87.09 587.29     | 127.04 520.77    | 85.18 673.73     | 127.60          | 99.24           | 118.41 402.48  | 89.96 384.13    |
| 36               | Puducherry          |                 |                  |                  |                  | 459.94          | 374.08          |                |                 |
| TOTAL (In Lakhs) | TOTAL (In Lakhs)    | 1046521         | 1131628          | 913231           | 991221           | 947861          | 930151          | 909068         | 907576          |

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## Central Assistance Released and Utilisation under PM POSHAN Scheme

| S.   | States/UTs        | Released    | Utilisation   | Released   | Utilisation   | Released      | Utilisation   | Released     | Utilisation   |
|------|-------------------|-------------|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
| No.  |                   | 2018-19     | 2018-19       | 2019-20    | 2019-20       | 2020-21       | 2020-21       | 2021-22      | 2021-22       |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 25748.17    | 24891.49      | 28563.77   | 26861.33      | 37510.17      | 37320.99      | 35731.48     | 35460.14      |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 2506.03     | 2585.01       | 2367.9     | 2369.69       | 2917.87       | 2959.25       | 2968.58      | 2968.58       |
| 3    | Assam             | 51982.21    | 53532.38      | 55325.82   | 56024         | 75703.77      | 76725.24      | 61570.1      | 73834.37      |
| 4    | Bihar             | 112448.94   | 110854.76     | 109313.34  | 113259.9      | 139248.01     | 138557.69     | 103016.32    | 142606.72     |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 32085.98    | 28308.86      | 25489.23   | 26886.06      | 38080.87      | 42439.58      | 21315.32     | 34067.95      |
| 6    | Goa               | 1309.07     | 1252.43       | 1276.05    | 1161.03       | 1709.34       | 981.35        | 668.18       | 1416.47       |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 42351.63    | 35897.83      | 39287.11   | 37962.06      | 52871.83      | 59593         | 50706.46     | 49297.72      |
| 8    | Haryana           | 13218.95    | 11221.87      | 10889.91   | 13315.45      | 15572.73      | 15764.16      | 10163.12     | 8456.23       |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 8021.30     | 8018.81       | 7557.54    | 7789.72       | 10500.11      | 10297.65      | 6290.49      | 6630.79       |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   | 10665.80    | 8598.72       | 2666.45    | 7949.01       | 15960.26      | 14306.84      | 12221.88     | 8957.36       |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 33242.99    | 29287.08      | 32310.9    | 32682         | 35203.74      | 39951.19      | 25189.45     | 56534.44      |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 40707.67    | 43358.74      | 52056.79   | 49733.8       | 51553.53      | 56520.02      | 48834.32     | 60863.39      |
| 13   | Kerala            | 19856.63    | 19477.55      | 19962.41   | 20305.5       | 27688.82      | 28776.38      | 18482.19     | 32123.1       |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 56191.95    | 56434.57      | 50407.62   | 51791.74      | 82754.74      | 87607.86      | 47220.22     | 47793.37      |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 98185.46    | 82533.91      | 99468.82   | 84615.36      | 100250.03     | 86677.29      | 49075.07     | 121547.2      |
| 16   | Manipur           | 2050.81     | 2151.03       | 2192.3     | 2262.23       | 3900.45       | 3842.2        | 1678.74      | 2862.5        |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 7734.39     | 7119.85       | 7835.83    | 7466.38       | 8733.94       | 8984.85       | 8564.77      | 8624.13       |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 1889.23     | 1862.79       | 2047.93    | 1858.51       | 2313.45       | 2130.89       | 892.98       | 2039.55       |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 2861.95     | 2208.58       | 2279.38    | 2277.4        | 2744.38       | 2714.81       | 1472.51      | 2411.82       |
| 20   | Odisha            | 39556.93    | 38228.53      | 40358.68   | 39699.88      | 58301.22      | 64346.08      | 48208.87     | 50065.72      |
| 21   | Punjab            | 15249.99    | 14605.25      | 13855.77   | 13725.61      | 21769.15      | 20113.24      | 19146.03     | 19277.64      |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 42043.30    | 42136.34      | 47252.76   | 44287.52      | 71100.05      | 71641.38      | 53106.11     | 78354.32      |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 881.15      | 865.16        | 817.45     | 815.7         | 840.58        | 856.96        | 500.65       | 914.41        |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 42054.58    | 41859.94      | 43121.49   | 41150.06      | 49221.67      | 34969.3       | 23264.94     | 42238.65      |
| 25   | Telangana         | 15757.34    | 16833.58      | 18821.14   | 16223.73      | 4524.22       | 0             | 4334.63      | 9641.08       |
| 26   | Tripura           | 5339.03     | 4998.50       | 5598.51    | 5820.96       | 6220.56       | 8385.98       | 7718.82      | 7240.19       |
| 27   | Uttarakhand       | 9478.27     | 9290.60       | 10273.31   | 9760.07       | 13024.3       | 12440.44      | 12477.64     | 12380.16      |
| 28   | Uttar Pradesh     | 112771.60   | 110736.90     | 118201.96  | 111492.96     | 207166.14     | 210748.19     | 199805.66    | 193883.87     |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 91710.01    | 101761.25     | 107102.66  | 112505.48     | 134330.72     | 135342.23     | 139412.35    | 138035.74     |
| 30   | A&N Islands       | 584.78      | 376.49        | 754.85     | 354           | 648.71        | 629.36        | 540.19       | 416.03        |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 1062.83     | 652.73        | 884.26     | 722.45        | 1338.56       | 908.99        | 1721.62      | 1616.13       |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 933.22      | 562.83        | 572.89     | 775.96        | 1307.94       | 1200.32       | 1221.23      | 1274.38       |
|      | Daman             | 304.07      | 284.31        | 258.31     |               |               |               |              |               |
|      | &Diu              |             |               |            |               |               |               |              |               |
| 33   | Delhi             | 9808.38     | 9470.37       | 10319.99   | 7022.89       | 11297.29      | 9955.46       | 4403.79      | 6972.51       |
| 34   | Lakshadweep       | 124.63 0.00 | 97.86 0.00    | 98.93      | 93.17         | 141.87 555.79 | 137.24 320.36 | 92.22 376.96 | 81.98 380.82  |
| 35   | Ladakh            |             |               | 122.35     | 10.01         |               |               |              |               |
| 36   | Puducherry        | 515.51      | 394.63        | 290.01     | 451.3         | 503.45        | 531.83        | 373.33       | 371.36        |

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## Central Assistance Released and Utilisation under PM POSHAN Scheme

| S. No.          | States/UTs            | Released   | Utilisation   | Released   | Utilisation   | Released   | Utilisation   |
|-----------------|-----------------------|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|---------------|
|                 |                       | 2022-23    | 2022-23       | 2023-24    | 2023-24       | 2024-25    | 2024-25       |
| 1               | Andhra Pradesh        | 36531.92   | 33872.58      | 25342.88   | 29901.66      | 23907.01   | 22570.41      |
| 2               | Arunachal Pradesh     | 1707.01    | 2827.57       | 2573.12    | 3832.77       | 2621.77    | 2638.33       |
| 3               | Assam                 | 88721.4    | 77232.13      | 59594.79   | 59800.97      | 85101.65   | 53783.95      |
| 4               | Bihar                 | 76399.12   | 98272.03      | 92323.54   | 130154.87     | 122565.59  | 119480.22     |
| 5               | Chhattisgarh          | 51008.15   | 41419.62      | 24313.65   | 29132.34      | 32204.86   | 29468.99      |
| 6               | Goa                   | 1531.12    | 2248.9        | 1832.31    | 1875.27       | 1955.94    | 1955.94       |
| 7               | Gujarat               | 52293.03   | 47085.87      | 37785.29   | 48252.84      | 37215.53   | 50411.42      |
| 8               | Haryana               | 15290.09   | 18403.72      | 16089.74   | 15438.29      | 12166.07   | 12158.1       |
| 9               | Himachal Pradesh      | 13801.77   | 12855.89      | 9435.53    | 9525.17       | 9569.66    | 9216.47       |
| 10              | Jammu &Kashmir        | 8684.9     | 17334.88      | 13680.88   | 13091.14      | 11936.92   | 12796.84      |
| 11              | Jharkhand             | 38424.29   | 38118.49      | 34202.2    | 36184.61      | 35362.22   | 34341.27      |
| 12              | Karnataka             | 69076.57   | 59162.25      | 55973.07   | 54702         | 57303.34   | 53507.77      |
| 13              | Kerala                | 42543.83   | 26019.4       | 24901.32   | 24702.67      | 24067.13   | 21590.64      |
| 14              | Madhya Pradesh        | 36285      | 59340.01      | 63404.21   | 55869.12      | 66243.41   | 57891.42      |
| 15              | Maharashtra           | 159240.67  | 142401.71     | 79372.1    | 66317.52      | 105407.95  | 102143.37     |
| 16              | Manipur               | 2763.32    | 3767.85       | 2459.64    | 3175.07       | 2823.56    | 3029.8        |
| 17              | Meghalaya             | 10124.13   | 10150.17      | 10186.01   | 10048.24      | 9892.94    | 10171.95      |
| 18              | Mizoram               | 2974.36    | 2974.36       | 2407.96    | 2630.22       | 2661.46    | 2616.47       |
| 19              | Nagaland              | 3196.49    | 3101.38       | 2250.44    | 2280.47       | 2152.26    | 2117.14       |
| 20              | Odisha                | 56373.86   | 54801.79      | 51937.63   | 50745.83      | 50365.64   | 51478.41      |
| 21              | Punjab                | 18712.92   | 17926.66      | 19988.62   | 18398.75      | 18418.41   | 18227.92      |
| 22              | Rajasthan             | 89960.12   | 68337.96      | 31727.94   | 80535         | 59787.41   | 55410.39      |
| 23              | Sikkim                | 1145.02    | 760.15        | 801.45     | 829.41        | 785.29     | 792.83        |
| 24              | Tamil Nadu            | 47700.1    | 40284.4       | 39852.49   | 44619.85      | 45977.69   | 43861.6       |
| 25              | Telangana             | 16682.36   | 14517.48      | 14550.92   | 12896.25      | 11774.82   | 11771.69      |
| 26              | Tripura               | 6857.03    | 6037.7        | 4434.26    | 5832.7        | 6237.31    | 6025.75       |
| 27              | Uttarakhand           | 11575.54   | 11552.8       | 11482.42   | 10873.07      | 12084.24   | 10284.96      |
| 28              | Uttar Pradesh         | 133407.6   | 116422.04     | 100659.56  | 118721        | 122464.35  | 100428.88     |
| 29              | West Bengal           | 148947.05  | -             | -          | -             | -          | -             |
| 30              | A&N Islands           | 365.23     | 624.06        | 505.97     | 390.34        | 475.23     | 431.87        |
| 31              | Chandigarh            | 1773.77    | 1249.68       | 639.4      | 589.52        | 1196.21    | 1020.03       |
| 32              | D&N Haveli Daman &Diu | 1227.1     | 1015.91       | 807.92     | 1049.86       | 1168.82    | 1204.97       |
| 33              | Delhi                 | 21527.1    | 16119.02      | 8370.83    | 11476.73      | 12894.64   | 12602         |
| 34              | Lakshadweep           | 83.74      | 118.04        | 95.39      | 121.45        | 204.49     | 193.29        |
| 35              | Ladakh                | 202.28     | 317.19        | 504.21     | 496.5         | 260.58     | 265.39        |
| 36              | Puducherry            | 363.04     | 496.07        | 634.04     | 490.75        | 549.19     | 540.24        |
| TOTAL (In Lakh) | TOTAL (In Lakh)       | 1267501.03 | 1047169.76    | 845121.73  | 954982.25     | 989803.59  | 916430.72     |