Rajasthan government finally rolled out its ambitious milk scheme for the children of the state. At Adarsh Senior Secondary School in Dahmikalan (Bagru) near Jaipur, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje launched Annapurna Milk Scheme on 2 July. To launch the scheme, CM Raje offered glass of hot milk to school girls. Rajasthan Milk Scheme
With the help of this scheme, 62 lac children will get nutrition in the form of milk. This scheme came after the huge success of Annapurna Rasoi. The scheme will cover students studying in government schools and madrasas in the state. Know more details about the scheme. Rajasthan Milk Scheme
At the launch, CM said that parents must not get worried of their kids’ nutrition from now as the government’s Annapurna Milk Scheme would provide them milk under the mid-day meal. It is also believed that this scheme would encourage parents to send their children in schools. Rajasthan Milk Scheme
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Details about Annapurna Milk Scheme Rajasthan Milk Scheme
A large no. of families cannot afford milk for their kids which made them malnourished. This scheme is aimed to counter the problem of malnutrition in Rajasthan. Under this special scheme, children studying from class one to five will be given to 150ml milk and students of class 6 to 8 will be provided in 200 ML schools in government schools.
The milk will be provided three days in a week which means 5 lakh litre of milk is required every day. There are almost 80000 government schools in Rajasthan where more than 8500000 students are studying. It will take three months to roll out the scheme across the state.
Ensuring quality of milk
Rajasthan government is very concerned about the quality of milk to be served to kids. For this, CM Raje gave priority to milk producers’ committees run by women. In order to avoid any compromise with the quality of the milk, the decision to approach such committees for milk was taken. The milk will not be distributed unless each teacher and parent taste milk and ensure the quality.
