India 2018

Food and Civil Supplies 275
To share the initiatives and best practices as well as the latest
development and achievements, the Department has launched the quarterly
newsletter namely 'Khadya Suraksha'.
Other Welfare Schemes
Mid-Day Meal Scheme
The Mid Day Meal Scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Human
Resource Development. The scheme covers students of primary and upper
primary classes in the government schools/schools aided by government
and the schools run by local bodies. Foodgrains are supplied free of cost @
100 grams for primary stage and @ 150 grams for upper primary stage per
child per school day where cooked/processed hot meal is being served or 3
kgs per student per month where raw foodgrains are distributed. During
2016-17, 27.17 lakh tonnes of foodgrains comprising 22.96 lakh tonnes of rice
and 4.21 lakh tonnes of wheat were allocated under the scheme.
Wheat Based Nutrition Programme
This scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child
Development. The foodgrains allotted under it are utilized by the states/UTs
under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme for providing
nutritious/energy food to children in the age group of 0-6 years and
expectant/lactating women. During 2016-17, 19.89 lakh tonnes of foodgrain
comprising 9.62 lakh tonnes of rice and 10.27 lakh tonnes of wheat were
allocated under the scheme. Besides, during the same period, a quantity of
20,994 tonnes of maize and 19,489 tonnes of ragi was allocated under the
scheme.
Scheme for Adolescent Girls
The Ministry of Women and Child Development administers the scheme at
the central level. However foodgrains for the scheme are allotted by the
Department of Food and Public Distribution at BPL rates to the Ministry of
Women and Child Development. The SABLA scheme was launched in 2010
by merging two schemes namely, Nutrition Programme and Adolescent
Girls (NPAG) and Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY) into a single scheme. The
scheme aims at empowering adolescent girls of 11-18 years by improvement
of their nutritional and health status and upgrading various skills useful to
them. It also aims at equipping the girls on family welfare, health hygiene,
etc. and guiding them on existing public services. The requirement of
foodgrains under the scheme for nutrition is @ 100 grams of grains per
beneficiary per day for 300 days in a year. During 2016-17, 2.70 lakh tonnes
of foodgrains comprising 1.25 lakh tonnes of rice and 1.45 lakh tonnes of
wheat were allocated under the scheme. Besides, during 2016-17, a quantity
of 1,750 tonnes of maize and 1,100 tonnes of ragi was allotted to Government
of Tamil Nadu under the scheme.