The State government is planning to extend the programme of providing boiled eggs, bananas, and groundnut chikki to students in all government and aided schools across Karnataka.
The Karnataka government started distribution eggs and bananas to schoolchildren in seven districts of Kalyana Karnataka from December 1, 2021, where the malnourishment indicator was alarming.
In Yadgir district, 74% of students were suffering from malnutrition and anaemia. It was 72.4% in Kalaburagi, 72.3% in Ballari, 70.7% in Koppal, 70.6% in Raichur, 69.1% in Bidar, and 68% in Vijayapura district.
