Allocation of Foodgrains under PM-POSHAN
Issued by Ministry of Education
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Executive Summary & Key Takeaways
Executive Summary This report details the allocation of foodgrains under the PM-POSHAN scheme, which provides hot, nutritious meals to children in Bal Vatika and classes I to VIII. The Central Government provides 100% financial assistance for foodgrains and logistics, with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) managing bi-annual allocations. The document emphasizes stringent quality controls, multi-level monitoring committees, and mandatory public transparency regarding meal ingredients and utilization.
Key Points / Main Content
Scheme Implementation and Responsibility
- The scheme serves children in Government and Government-aided schools (Bal Vatika and Classes I-VIII).
- State Governments and UT Administrations hold the primary responsibility for providing meals.
- The Central Government covers 100% of the costs for foodgrains, transportation, and Management Monitoring & Evaluation (MME).
Supply Chain and Quality Control
- The Food Corporation of India (FCI) provides the foodgrains, with allocations made bi-annually.
- FCI permits advance lifting of grains (up to one month) to ensure uninterrupted supply.
- Grains must meet at least Fair Average Quality (FAQ) standards; FCI keeps samples of all supplies for verification in case of complaints.
- Joint inspections by FCI and district-level nominees are mandatory before grains are issued.
Monitoring and Oversight
- Monitoring is conducted via a tiered structure: an Empowered Committee at the Union level, a Programme Approval Board (PAB), and State/District Steering-cum-Monitoring Committees.
- A District Level Committee, chaired by the senior-most Member of Parliament (MP), monitors the scheme on a quarterly basis.
- FCI appoints a Nodal Officer for each State to address supply-related issues.
Transparency and Public Accountability
- States must establish public grievance redressal mechanisms, such as toll-free helplines.
- Nutritional norms and weekly menus must be displayed prominently at schools.
- Schools are required to display data on grain utilization, ingredients purchased, number of children served, and rosters of community members involved.
Impact Analysis
State and UT Administrations Impact They are the primary executors of the scheme and are responsible for the direct provision of meals and local administration. Action Required Collaborate with the Central Government, manage nodal departments, and ensure the operation of grievance redressal and public disclosure mechanisms.
Food Corporation of India (FCI) Impact The FCI is the sole supplier of foodgrains and is responsible for maintaining the supply chain and quality standards. Action Required Ensure continuous availability at depots, appoint Nodal Officers, conduct joint inspections, and maintain grain samples for quality verification.
District Collector / CEO of Zila Panchayat Impact They act as the local authority for quality assurance and administrative monitoring. Action Required Nominate officials for joint grain inspections with the FCI and chair district-level monitoring committees.
Members of Parliament (MPs) Impact The senior-most MP in each district holds an oversight role to ensure scheme efficacy. Action Required Chair the District Level Committee and conduct reviews of the scheme on a quarterly basis.
Key Entities Referenced
PM-POSHAN Scheme: A national initiative providing hot and nutritious meals to children in government and government-aided schools for classes Bal Vatika to VIII.
Food Corporation of India (FCI): The central agency mandated to provide and ensure the quality and continuous supply of foodgrains to states and UTs under the scheme.
Ministry of Education: The primary central ministry responsible for the administration, funding assistance, and monitoring of the PM-POSHAN scheme.
Programme Approval Board (PAB): The committee responsible for approving the bi-annual allocation of foodgrains to state nodal departments and the Food Corporation of India.
Uttar Pradesh: The specific state identified in the document for providing detailed district-wise reporting on foodgrain distribution and student coverage.
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Ministry of Education
Allocation of Foodgrains under PM-POSHAN
प्रव तथ: 10 AUG 2026 4:16PM by PIB Delhi
Education is part of the Concurrent List of the Constitution of India and most of the Government
Schools and School Boards are under the administration of the State Government and Union
Territory (UT) Administrations. PM POSHAN Scheme is implemented in partnership with the State
Governments and UT Administrations. The overall responsibility for providing hot and nutritious
meals to all children studying in Bal Vatika (just before class 1) and classes I to VIII of Government
and Government aided schools lies with the State Governments and UT Administrations.
The Central Government provides 100% assistance for cost of foodgrains, transportation cost and
cost of Management Monitoring & Evaluation (MME). As mandated under the Scheme, foodgrains
are provided by Food Corporation of India (FCI). The allocation of foodgrains, as approved by the
Programme Approval Board (PAB)- PM POSHAN are made to the State Nodal Department and the
FCI. The foodgrains are allocated bi-annually by the Department of School.
Education and Literacy with the concurrence of the Department of Food and Public Distribution. The
State-wise allocation of foodgrains during the last three years under PM Poshan Scheme is at
Annexure-I. The Government of Uttar Pradesh has reported the district-wise number of children and
foodgrains distributed under the scheme during the last three years is at Annexure-II.
It is the responsibility of the FCI to ensure continuous availability of adequate foodgrains in its
Depots (and in Principal Distribution Centres in the case of North East Region). It allows lifting of
foodgrains for any month/quarter upto one month in advance so that the supply chain of foodgrains
remains uninterrupted. FCI issues foodgrains of best available quality, which in any case is at least of
Fair Average Quality (FAQ). FCI has also appointed a Nodal Officer for each State to take care of
various problems in supply of foodgrains under the Scheme. The District Collector/CEO of Zila
Panchayat also ensures that foodgrains of at least FAQ are issued by FCI after joint inspection by a
team consisting of FCI and the nominee of the Collector and/or Chief Executive Officer, District
Panchayat, and confirmation by them that the grain conforms to at least FAQ norms. FCI keeps
samples of such foodgrains supplied by it for future verification and analysis which is available in
case of any complaints regarding the quality of foodgrains supplied.
The scheme also provides elaborate monitoring mechanism i.e. Empowered Committee under the
Chairpersonship of Hon’ble Union Education Minister, Programme Approval Board (PAB) under the
Chairpersonship of Secretary (DoSE&L), State Steering-cum-Monitoring Committee under the
Chairpersonship of Chief Secretary, District level Steering-cum- Monitoring Committee under the
Chairpersonship of District Collector. The PM Poshan Guidelines provides a District Level
Committee under the Chairmanship of Senior Most Member of Parliament (MP) of the district to
monitor the scheme on quarterly basis.
The States and UTs have developed dedicated mechanisms for public grievance redressal, which are
widely publicized and made easily accessible (like toll free call facility etc.). The nutritional norms
prescribed under the Scheme are displayed at prominent places visible to the common public.Further, the following information are also displayed on weekly/ monthly basis:
Weekly menu and its ingredients
Quantity of food grains received and utilized
Other ingredients purchased, utilized
Number of children provided meals.
Roster of Community Members involved in the programme.
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ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (F) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3457 ANSWERED ON 10.08.2026 ASKED BY HON’BLE
MP DR. RAJKUMAR SANGWAN REGARDING ALLOCATION OF FOODGRAINS
UNDER PM-POSHAN.
Allocation of Foodgrains under PM POSHAN Scheme during last three years
(in MTs)
S. No. State/ UT 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
1 Andhra Pradesh 72526.28 66450.35 61547.62
2 Arunachal 4313.07 3948.95 3383.82
Pradesh
3 Assam 101161.22 103343.73 89238.00
4 Bihar 311304.40 324227.06 301148.29
5 Chhattisgarh 74330.71 73138.41 70323.81
6 Goa 4516.74 4522.84 4506.48
7 Gujarat 122671.84 121480.45 117839.94
8 Haryana 43521.93 41408.86 43469.26
9 Himachal Pradesh 15176.42 14059.43 13144.64
10 Jammu & 21406.15 22476.70 21924.79
Kashmir
11 Jharkhand 90563.74 84970.08 81904.9712 Karnataka 127408.27 132716.20 115707.65
13 Kerala 71598.86 67147.28 65534.07
14 Madhya Pradesh 135102.86 125971.57 130864.22
15 Maharashtra 262489.28 260330.25 249637.79
16 Manipur 4255.24 4809.25 4490.18
17 Meghalaya 14612.49 14661.30 16054.52
18 Mizoram 3479.36 3310.63 3085.60
19 Nagaland 3357.82 3119.31 2817.87
20 Odisha 125180.86 120222.88 128285.65
21 Punjab 52090.31 46045.78 44699.80
22 Rajasthan 171793.46 139190.39 132888.46
23 Sikkim 1185.87 1120.69 1097.77
24 Tamil Nadu 100267.70 95341.63 90476.98
25 Telangana 45078.67 35476.39 33642.19
26 Tripura 9406.44 8198.79 7735.86
27 Uttarakhand 18243.31 16515.73 14576.18
28 Uttar Pradesh 346423.21 309093.88 297399.06
29 West Bengal 292433.20 246130.60 229596.92
30 A&N islands 645.77 658.79 612.75
31 Chandigarh 1984.52 1866.35 1794.28
32 D&NH and D&D 1564.76 1697.18 1733.42
33 Delhi 29467.61 35677.20 32034.6834 Ladakh 427.10 422.54 417.72
35 Lakshadweep 206.28 227.84 219.19
36 Puducherry 1379.54 1287.10 1172.82
Total 2681575.28 2531266.40 2415007.25
ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (F) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 3457 ANSWERED ON 10.08.2026 ASKED BY HON’BLE MP DR. RAJKUMAR
SANGWAN REGARDING ALLOCATION OF FOODGRAINS UNDER PM-POSHAN.
Number of Children and Foodgrains distributed in the State of Uttar Pradesh
2023-24 2024-25
S.No. District
Children Foodgrains Children Food grains Chil
distributed distributed
(in MTs) (in MTs)
1 AGRA 164064 4146.483 138659 4437.142
2 ALIGARH 175304 5992.031 157676 5824.038
3 PRAGYARAJ 293950 5134.881 278207 5959.374
4 AMBEDKARNAGAR 130934 5174.854 129222 3821.456
5 AURAIYA 75747 3125.183 70142 2979.247
6 AZAMGARH 242223 7863.130 232379 6090.423
7 BADAUN 203700 3919.485 206880 3543.264
8 BAGHPAT 53136 1902.451 55708 1743.501
9 BAHRAICH 296075 7143.958 300718 7024.513
10 BALLIA 184185 4660.671 168796 4566.922
11 BALRAMPUR 152789 6643.349 148992 5258.014
12 BANDA 127911 4688.342 132166 4767.41613 BARABANKI 202084 7224.644 204551 5498.408
14 BAREILLY 211175 5630.352 211137 5524.716
15 BASTI 136909 3987.209 125126 3176.347
16 BHADOHI 112642 5850.106 107523 4005.628
17 BIJNOR 167561 5304.156 130702 5174.612
18 BULANDSHAHAR 155703 5013.570 164500 4808.680
19 CHANDAULI 133393 5947.690 126011 5547.542
20 CHITRAKOOT 90160 2915.516 91598 2561.713
21 AMETHI 107231 4163.689 102186 3646.845
22 DEORIA 166715 4755.386 168042 4584.588
23 ETAH 91153 3273.936 84103 3048.909
24 AYODHYA 130058 4856.971 118189 4237.539
25 FARRUKHABAD 114135 4051.282 114868 4018.982
26 FATEHPUR 177673 4404.097 172619 4252.626
27 FIROZABAD 101244 2992.626 103702 2727.596
28 G.B. NAGAR 52836 1322.557 55247 1806.841
29 GHAZIPUR 186696 4603.992 180257 4785.354
30 GHAZIYABAD 60285 847.770 62536 1429.777
31 GONDA 219312 5805.402 208869 5652.268
32 GORAKHPUR 200586 5141.009 189448 6805.077
33 HAMIRPUR 73664 2402.431 73690 2019.233
34 HARDOI 278540 7509.348 278554 7106.736S.No. District 2023-24 2024-25
Children Foodgrains Children Food grains
distributed distributed
35 HATHRAS 77588 2265.566 84423 2249.511
36 ITAWAH 81892 2384.775 71911 2403.641
37 AMROHA 85810 2686.549 77763 2599.117
38 JALAUN 82725 2732.485 83036 2440.926
39 JAUNPUR 257292 7725.558 253439 7373.832
40 JHANSI 89250 2519.972 92307 2410.317
41 KANNAUJ 114788 2774.727 109411 3384.734
42 KANPUR DEHAT 89417 4416.505 98975 4017.486
43 KANPUR NAGAR 102895 3636.196 106714 2952.012
44 KAASGANJ 90033 2645.055 87643 2683.619
45 KAUSHAMBI 140347 3989.897 127962 3187.027
46 KUSHINAGAR 200639 6596.364 187366 5404.414
47 LAKHIMPUR 352730 10001.737 333184 8584.782
KHERI
48 LALITPUR 103310 5271.977 111750 4266.834
49 LUCKNOW 141055 3602.933 126586 2753.714
50 MAHOBA 69786 2194.178 64031 2077.179
51 MAHRAJGANJ 157213 4044.844 152424 4268.116
52 MAINPURI 97100 2959.866 85698 1736.167
53 MATHURA 99658 1896.932 93804 2144.45254 MAU 106413 3138.500 94494 3253.578
55 MEERUT 91253 2884.968 92343 2966.006
56 MIRZAPUR 191009 7084.152 198083 6460.550
57 MORADABAD 107294 3304.055 108537 3324.384
58 MUZAFFARNAGAR 90745 2746.878 96548 2910.895
59 PILIBHIT 121000 4334.532 113386 3809.741
60 PRATAPGARH 168640 4431.803 150933 4269.306
61 RAE BARELI 176630 4405.009 143234 4279.890
62 RAMPUR 116556 2910.793 105313 2715.018
63 SAHARANPUR 144469 4882.328 142357 4961.350
64 SANT KABIR 94252 3438.350 88642 2749.301
NAGAR
65 SHAHJAHANPUR 223419 6423.535 228651 5359.738
66 SHRAWASTI 98829 4720.236 106455 4507.628
67 SIDDHARTH 199536 4341.072 176747 4734.320
NAGAR
68 SITAPUR 355996 9248.635 357128 8956.109
69 SONBHADRA 159105 4102.828 167402 4466.803
70 SULTANPUR 157441 4005.858 144176 3943.905
71 UNNAO 156274 4770.400 146518 4236.437
72 VARANASI 183105 6840.579 153739 4930.235
73 SAMBHAL 108152 2603.795 115510 2932.319
74 HAPUR 45649 1733.710 44034 1772.33275 SHAMLI 57137 1986.829 54921 1872.534
This information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Shri Jayant Chaudhary, in a reply
in the Lok Sabha today.
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