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Ragi Java - Launch of the scheme on 21.03.2023
Jagananna Gorumudda Scheme -• Launching the program to provide Ragi Java on non-Peanut Jaggery Chikki days of the Mid Day Meal Menu i.e Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for all the students under "Jagananna Gorumudda" scheme with an estimate cost of 86 Crores, in which the contribution of Sri Satya Sai Central Trust, Puttaparthi, is upto 42 Crores - Launch of the scheme on 21.03.2023
ORDER:
Jagananna
Gorumudda (Mid Day Meal) is
a flagship programme of the Government
aiming to increase
enrolment, retention, reduce dropouts and
address class room
hunger and providing
nutritious and tasty meals to
school students. During January 2020,
the Hon'ble Chief Minister
reviewed the menu
and to bring radical
changes in the existing
menu, revised the
menu to provide
day wise variety menu.
Apart from day wise
variety menu, Peanut-Jaggery Chikki
(25 gms per
child) for three (3)
days and Eggs (up to 50gms
each) for five (5) days in a
week as additional items
to address malnutrition, and
now being implemented w.e.f.,
21January, 2020. The
nutritive values like calories, iron,
calcium are more on days when chikki
is given as part
of Mid Day Meal
menu, and hence,
for additional nutrition
on non chikki days,
it was proposed
to add 'Ragi
Jawa' for which
partnership was explored and
Sri Satya Sai
Central Trust, has expressed
willingness in
participation and providing
Ragi flour and Jaggery powder
to all district head quarters
free of cost.
2. Ragi Java is prepared with the ingredients of 10 gms of Ragi powder and 10 gms of Jaggery cooked in 150 ml of hot water. Ragi Java drink will address malnutrition and anaemia deficiency among School Students and the total project cost is around 86 crores. The material cost amounts to approximately 42 crores to be borne by Sri Satya Sai Central Trust and other cost that includes secondary and tertiary storage and transportation, administration charges, testing of samples etc., amounting to 44 crores, will be borne by Government of AP
. In the circumstances reported by the Director, MOM & School Sanitation, in the reference 1 read above, Government, after careful examination of the matter, hereby order (i) for launching the program to provide Ragi Java on non-Peanut Jaggery Chikki days of the Mid Day Meal Menu i.e Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for all the students under "Jagananna Gorumudda" scheme with an estimate cost of 86 Crores, in which the contribution of Sri Satya Sai Central Trust, Puttaparthi, is upto 42 Crores and (ii) for launching the scheme on 21.03.2023.
4. Sri Satya Sai Central Trust, Puttaparthi, shall supply Ragi flour and Jaggery powder till district points communicated by the Civil Supply Department and the Civil Supply Department shall supply from district head quarters to school points as per requirement.
5. The Director, Mid Day Meal & School Sanitation and the Commissioner, Civil Supplies Department, shall take further necessary action accordingly, in the matter.
6. This order issues with the concurrence of the Finance (FMU-SE) Department, vide their U.O. No.FIN01-FMU0ASD(SE)/3/2023-FMU-SE (Computer No.1967112), dated:21.01.2023.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
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