The State government on Wednesday directly deposited Rs.209.68 crore into the Director of General Education’s single nodal account in connection with the midday meal scheme, said Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty on Thursday.
It included Rs.132.9 crore, the funds sanctioned by the Union government a day before the 2022-23 financial year ended for its share of the midday meal scheme arrears for the 2021-22 yea, and the proportionate State share of Rs.76.78 crore. The government had issued an order in this regard on September 8.
The Minister said to prevent disruptions to the scheme, 50% of the State government’s component of Rs.163.15 crore for the scheme for the current year, that is Rs.81.57 crore, too had been released into the single nodal account in the name of the DGE on Wednesday.
