85% PARENTS GOT NOTHING IN PLACE OF MID-DAY MEALS SINCE MARCH

85% PARENTS GOT NOTHING IN PLACE OF MID-DAY MEALS SINCE MARCH

21ST DECEMBER

A survey conducted by the collaboration of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and UNICEF Gujarat, exposed that among the households which had children enrolled in the government school, 85% of parents revealed that they got nothing in place of mid-day meals since March when the lockdown started.

The Gujarat High Court took the Suo-Moto cognizance of the survey on 18th December and issued notice to the Principal Secretary, Education Department, Government of Gujarat and Commissioner, Mid-day Meal Schemes, State of Gujarat under the bench of Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Ilesh J. Vora.

The survey revealed that only 15 percent of the parents received the rice, wheat, and pulses instead of mid-day meals. The court said, “The Court is of the view that the attention of the State Government should be immediately drawn to the above-mentioned, and in such situations, we deem fit to take suo moto cognizance of the above in public interest."