No Laxity In Mid Day Meal Scheme To Be Tolerated: Punjab State Food Commission Acting Chairman Vijay Dutt
Oct13,2026
| Jagrati Lahar Bureau | Chandigarh
PSFC orders clean kitchens, hygiene for cooks & transparent ration distribution
Emphasizing upon the efficient running of the Mid Day Meal scheme in order to ensure nutritious and healthy meals for the students of government schools of State, the Punjab State Food Commission also placed prime focus on the neat and tidy kitchens, proper sanitation amenities and spotlessly cleaned toilets.
In a meeting here today, the Acting Chairman of the Commission Vijay Dutt said that any laxity hampering the streamlined running of the mid day Meal scheme would not be tolerated. On the occasion, the Chairman was apprised by the General Manager Mid Day Meal scheme Varinder Singh Brar that amount worth Rs. 40 Crore has been cleared in respect of meeting the previous pending liabilities of the scheme till August 31st, 2026.
The cooks engaged in the preparation of the Mid day Meal must follow the proper hygiene, said the Chairman also underscoring the importance of setting up Kitchen Gardens in the schools wherever space is available.
Describing Anganwadi Centres as key to the robust social security infrastructure of the State, the Chairman explicitly said that there should be no let up in ensuring the regular supply of ration items to these centres.
The Chairman also directed that the distribution of ration through the Fair Price Shops (FPS) must be carried out in a transparent & hassle free manner so as to ensure that no eligible and genuine beneficiary is devoid of receiving its share of foodgrains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013.
During the course of meeting, the Chairman also exhorted the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department to speed up the sending of relevant data of beneficiaries to the Commission with a view to accelerate the setting up of a Central war room which has been envisaged to ascertain the feedback from the beneficiaries about the various entitlements received by them.
Among others present on the occasion included the Members of the Commission viz. Jasvir Singh Sekhon and Chetan Parkash Dhaliwal.
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