Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has hiked the allocation for midday meals to school students with effect from December 1.
The decision of the government has been conveyed to the district collectors.
The material cost for primary school students (classes 1 to 5) was increased from Rs 5.90 to Rs 7.64 per meal per student while the cost for upper primary school students (classes 6 to 8) was hiked to Rs 10.94 from Rs 8.82 per meal per student.
Notably, Under the scheme, cooked meals are provided to 44.5 lakh students in more than 51,500 primary and upper primary schools in the state.
