PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana 2022 Implementation Process

Benefits and Features of Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana

• To provide assistance to the children of the country, the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana has been started by the Central Government and under this free food will be given to crores of children of the country for 5 years.
• The main goal of starting this scheme by the central government is that the attendance of children in schools is large and they develop better education and nutrition.
• Through this scheme, the students studying in the school will also become self-reliant so that they will not have to face any difficulties.
• Under this scheme, children studying in schools in primary classes will be given nutritious food by the central government.
• PM Poshan Shakti Yojana is associated with the education department and in this crores of children of the country who come from poor families will be given the benefit of the nutrition scheme.
• According to the central government, more than 11 lakh 20 thousand 11.8 crore students of the country will be given the benefit of this scheme.
• Through this scheme good education, as well as lunch, will be provided to the students, apart from this, a budget of Rs. 1 lakh 71 thousand will be set by the government for the successful implementation of this scheme.
• This scheme will increase the attendance of poor students in schools and develop their education and nutrition.
• Through the Pradhanmantri Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana, it will help to bridge the ‘social and gender gap’ in education.
• The main objective of launching PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana is to ensure nutrition to the children of government schools so that the attendance of poor students in schools increases.
• Under this scheme, an expenditure of Rs 31733.17 crore will be borne by the state government and at the same time, an additional Rs 45000 crore will be given to the center to buy food grains.

The central government today, on September 29, gave its nod to the PM-POSHAN (Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition) which will subsume the Mid Day Meal scheme in government and government-aided schools. The scheme will cover 118 million students enrolled in classes 1 to 8 in over 1.12 million schools across the country. The Centre has announced that it would spend Rs 1,307.95 billion (1,30,795 crore) on the scheme in the next five years.

“The scheme is for the five-year period 2021-22 to 2025-26 with the financial outlay of ₹54061.73 crores from the Central government and ₹31733.17 crores from state governments and UTs administration. The Central government will also bear the additional cost of ₹45,000 crores on food grains. Therefore, the total budget of the scheme will be ₹130794.9 crores,” the government statement informed.

The central government has also announced that it will encourage community participation through the concept of ‘Tithi Bhojan’ which will provide ‘special food to children on special occasions and festivals. It also has plans to set up school nutrition gardens in schools.

As part of the PM Poshan Shakti Nirman scheme, the central government will also encourage cooking competitions to promote ethnic cuisines with Vocal4Local. Besides, provision for supplementary nutrition in aspirational and tribal districts and districts with a high prevalence of anemia will also be considered.

It is to be noted that the central government aims to eradicate malnutrition among children in India by 2022. In a bid to address malnutrition and anemia in the country, the Indian government has also decided to provide rice fortified with iron under its PDS and Mid-Day Meal schemes from 2024.

PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana 2021: The government takes special care of the poor students studying in government schools. They are also provided with scholarships and mid-day meals. Their financial needs are met by getting scholarships, then the hunger for nutrients is removed from their body by a mid-day meal. Mid-day meal scheme has been going on for a long time for the young children studying in the school. Under this, free lunch is provided to young children. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed this scheme and started PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana in its place. Through the scheme, free nutritious food will be given to the students studying in government schools. Let us know about the benefits, purpose, and other information of the Prime Minister's new Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana (PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana 2021).

PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana has been started in place of the Mid Day Meal Scheme. Mid Day Meal (Mid-day Meal Scheme) was started by the Central Government in the year 1995. Now in its place, the Modi government will run PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana. The announcement of this new government scheme was given by Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur after approval in the cabinet meeting on 29 September 2021. Lunch will be given to children up to class VIII through PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana. This scheme will be run in all government schools and government-aided schools. At present, this scheme has been started for 5 years, that is, it will be operated only till the year 2026.

PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana – Benefits

• Children will be given free nutritious food through the scheme.
• Poor students will not be victims of malnutrition due to a nutritious diet.
• The central government has decided to operate this scheme for 5 years.
• This scheme will continue till the year 2026.
• A budget of 1.30 lakh crore has been allocated for the scheme.
• The new scheme will benefit 11.20 lakh children studying in government and government-aided schools.
• Tithi food has also been included in the scheme, if anyone wants to feed special food to children on any festival, festival, or other special occasions, then he can do so.
• Through the scheme, it will help to bridge the 'social and gender gap' in education.
• Funds should also be made available to schools through DBT.

Cabinet Committee has approved PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana 2022 which is to be implemented across all the states in India. New Name for Mid Day Meal Scheme i.e Pradhan Mantri Poshan Yojana will be applicable to all government / govt-aided schools. PM Poshan Scheme to provide hot cooked food to students has been approved in a cabinet meeting presided over by PM Narendra Modi on 29 September 2021. In this article, we will tell you about the complete details of PM Poshan Yojna.

PM Poshan Yojana will be a central sector scheme that will run in collaboration with respective state governments. As per an estimate, the central govt. will contribute Rs. 54061.73 crore while UT/state governments will contribute Rs. 31,733.17 crore. Moreover, the central government will also bear an additional expenditure of Rs. 45000 crore for food grains.

Latest News Update:

• In the cabinet meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi on 29 September 2021, PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana has been approved to provide hot cooked food to the students.
• The central government is going to launch the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana. Under this, free food will be given to crores of children in the country for 5 years.
• Giving information about the decision of the cabinet, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said that the Mid Day Meal Scheme will be merged with the PM Nutrition Scheme. 
• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stated on Twitter that the scheme will encourage the participation of Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs) and Women Self-Help Groups in the implementation of the scheme.

PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana Benefits

• 11.20 lakh children studying in government and government-aided schools will get the benefit of the new scheme. 
• 11.80 crore children from class I to VIII, besides nursery children will get the benefit of this.
• The Center will provide additional 45000 crores for buying dress grains.
• A budget of about Rs 1.3 lakh crore has been allocated to continue this scheme for a period of five years from the financial year 2021-22 to 2025-26. 
• The expenditure of Rs 54061.73 crore will be borne by the Central Government.
• The expenditure of Rs.31733.17 crore will be borne by the state government.