#Exclusive: Despite 680 Crore in Coffer, RTI Reveals UP Govt Failed to Provide Food Allowance to All Children During Lockdown

The article was originally published in The Logical Indian. Read here.

RTI filed by Saurav Das on behalf of The Logical Indian reveals that despite it being 6 months since the first national lockdown, UP CM Yogi Adityanath is yet to provide food under the Mid-Day Meal scheme to all the 1.8 crore eligible children of the state.

Despite it being 6 months since the first national lockdown, the Uttar Pradesh government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is yet to provide food under the Mid-Day Meal scheme to all the 1.8 crore eligible children of the state. Replying to an RTI filed by this author on behalf of The Logical Indian, the state’s Mid-Day Meal Authority has said that the UP government, via an order dated 29 May 2020, had decided to provide food grains and cover cooking expenses as part of the food security allowance (FSA) to all the children from March 24 to June 30 in replacement of cooked food served at schools.