Parliament Question: Serving of mid day meals under PM-POSHAN

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 2388 ANSWERED ON- 03.08.2026 Serving of mid day meals under PM-POSHAN 2388. Shri Varun Chaudhry: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) the number of Government Schools in the country where mid day meal is prepared and served under PM-POSHAN, State/UT-wise; (b) the number of Government schools in the country where mid day meals are served under PM- POSHAN and registered under Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), State/UT- wise; and (c) the timeframe by which all schools serving mid day meals under PM-POSHAN are likely to be registered under FSSAI? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY) (a) to (c): Education is part of the Concurrent List of the Constitution 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 meal 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 State/UT wise number of schools is given at Annexure. The Government of India has issued detailed guidelines on quality, safety and hygiene to ensure serving of good quality nutritious meal under the Scheme. These guidelines are available on official website https://pmposhan.education.gov.in. States/ UTs provide training to CCHs in collaboration with Institutes of Hotel Management, Food Craft Institutes, FSSAI, State Agricultural Universities etc. *****ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2388 FOR 03.08.2026 ASKED BY HON’BLE MP SHRI VARUN CHAUDHRY REGARDING SERVING OF MID DAY MEALS UNDER PM-POSHAN S. No. State/ UT Number of Schools 1 Andhra Pradesh 43218 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2167 3 Assam 43785 4 Bihar 68899 5 Chhattisgarh 45638 6 Goa 1216 7 Gujarat 32223 8 Haryana 14210 9 Himachal Pradesh 14423 10 Jammu & Kashmir 17954 11 Jharkhand 35509 12 Karnataka 52425 13 Kerala 12021 14 Madhya Pradesh 87492 15 Maharashtra 85206 16 Manipur 3314 17 Meghalaya 11051 18 Mizoram 2505 19 Nagaland 1889 20 Odisha 50276 21 Punjab 19557 22 Rajasthan 68239 23 Sikkim 836 24 Tamil Nadu 45155 25 Telangana 26147 26 Tripura 4327 27 Uttarakhand 16273 28 Uttar Pradesh 141703 29 West Bengal 81012 30 A&N Islands 325 31 Chandigarh 116 32 DNH & DD 304 33 Delhi 2819 34 Lakshadweep 27 35 Ladakh 775 36 Puducherry 427