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The Government has approved the Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN)’ for providing one hot cooked meal in Government and Government – aided Schools from 2021-22 to 2025-26 . The Scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of Education . Under the Scheme, there is provision of hot cooked meal to children of pre-schools or Bal Vatika (before class I) in primary schools also in addition to the 11.80 crore children of classes I to VIII studying in 11.20 lakh schools. The Scheme is implemented across the country covering all the eligible children without any discrimination of gender and social class. The main objectives of the PM POSHAN Scheme (earlier known as Mid-Day Meal Scheme) are to address two of the pressing problems for majority of children in India, viz. hunger and education by improving the nutritional status of eligible children in Government and Government-aided schools as well as encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities.
ELISA test is done to detect ___
Consider the following statements. In paddy crop, fertilizer application should be directed to the
1. Oxidised zone
2. Reduced zone
3. Surface
Late Blight is an important disease of potato.
A. Phytophthora is the causal organism of Late Blight in potato.
B. Kufri Chipsona is resis...
Pineapple disease is associated with which crop?
The dry weights of Phalaris minor in control and treated plot are 600 g/m² and 300 g/m² , respectively. What will be the weed control efficiency?
The marginal product of a factor input initially rises with its employment level, but after reaching a certain level of employment, it starts falling. T...
Which of the following crop species follows the Hatch–Slack pathway?
Weight of a soil sample with can is 210 g and dry weight with can is 180 g. Weight of empty Moisture can is 40 g. What will be moisture content of soli ...
Salamander belongs to which class?
Reforms aimed at improving institutional structures like tenancy laws and land ownership patterns to boost agricultural productivity are broadly known as: