Uttarakhand State PCS

• 16 Jul 2022

Integrated Akshaya Patra Kitchen

Why in News?

• On July 15, 2022, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the 63rd Centralized Mid-Day-Meal Kitchen in association with Akshaya Patra Foundation, The Hans Foundation and Education Department at Sudhowala Dehradun.

Key Points

• On the occasion, the Chief Minister flagged off vehicles to reach mid-day meal to the children of various schools.
• Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that with the collective efforts of the Uttarakhand government, Akshaya Patra Foundation and The Hans Foundation, high quality and nutritious food to children has been introduced. Right now, this mid-day-meal has been started for more than 15,000 children from 120 schools .
• In the future, more than 35,000 children in more than 500 schools will be provided food through centralized kitchens.
• The centralized kitchen, which has been launched in collaboration with Akshaya Patra Foundation, The Hans Foundation and the Department of Education, will serve delicious and nutritious food to school children under the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Karyakram. More than 5 lac children in the State are provided mid-day meal by the Government.
• It may be mentioned that with the joint efforts of Hans Foundation and Akshaya Patra Foundation, the second integrated kitchen has been started in the state, before which the operation of integrated kitchen has been started at Gadarpur.