2.8 mn MT grain allotted for Midday Meal scheme
According to recently released MHRD data, 96 million schoolchildren were covered under the Midday Meal Scheme in 2015-16. The 2.8 million MT of foodgrain were covered under an estimated budget of 92.36 billion rupees. Also in 2015, the Government of India gave 7,17,195 spectacles to schoolchildren (out of a target of 9,00,000 spectacles). 