Relief for noon meal staff as cooking resumes in schools

They are constrained to spend own money for purchase of green gram and chick peas

Noon meal staff attached to government primary and upper primary schools are able to heave a sigh of relief after the start of offline classes, against the backdrop of the threat of COVID pandemic subsiding, as they find supplying cooked food is more convenient than providing dry provisions to students.

But, they are now confronted with another problem of spending from their own pockets due to the delay in financial sanction for purchase of green gram and chick peas.

During the COVID lockdown period when the schools had to be closed, the noon meal staff were entrusted with the task of calculating the requirement of rice and dal for working days for every student and distributing the same to their families.