PUNE: The midday meal scheme that keeps thousands of children in school and malnourishment at bay has run off the rails in academic year 2021-22 in Maharashtra.
Students in many aided primary schools are waiting for the state government to finalise a supplier so that they get their take-home ration in place of the midday meal. The students have not received the ration money in their bank accounts for the two summer vacation months in 2021.