Tmt. Sonia Gandhi, the then Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha has inaugurated the scheme cold milk was supplied to the students under Shri Rajiv Gandhi Breakfast Scheme. However, as the supply of sweetened flavoured cold milk to the young children are not advisable during winter season and there are certain practical difficulties to handle huge volume of cold milk by keeping the temperature below 10ºCelsius..
The introduction of Breakfast Scheme provides food security to the poor children. This may play a vital role in boosting school attendance, punctuality and attentiveness in the classrooms, eliminating dropouts, classroom hunger and also fostering social equity which otherwise could be a possibility. It is also a terrific way of enhancing nutrition among school going children.
The height and weight of the students have shown marked improvement after the introduction of the Breakfast Scheme. The scheme improves the enrolment and attendance of students especially enrolment of girl students thus contributing to gender equality. It breaks the fast of the sleep hours and prepares the child for problems solving and memory spans in the learning period. It enhanced the nutritional status and thereby reducing the status of malnutrition. The percentage of malnutrition has been drastically reduced after the introduction of the Breakfast Scheme in this Union Territory of Puducherry.
Supplement to the Breakfast scheme Nutritious biscuits served to stand alone Primary Children in r/o of Puducherry and Karaikal region by the Trust, free of cost.
Detailed Guidelines / Procedures to be followed by all the Heads of Institutions for the implementations of Shri Rajiv Gandhi Breakfast Scheme are issued vide Circular No.6566/Edn./DE/PA/2002-03, dated 04.03.2003 of the Director of School Education, Puducherry for strict compliance. The nutritional value of the diet items under Shri Rajiv Gandhi Breakfast Scheme as follows:
Name of the Item |
Quantity |
Energy (Kcal) |
Hot-milk |
100 ml |
79 |
UT administration implements the Breakfast Scheme under State fund for an amount of Rs. 924.54 lakhs for the year 2018-19.