Self-help groups demand ₹15 per student hike in nutritional food programme

Women self-help groups in the city have opposed ₹1.45 per hike and are demanding a ₹15 per student increase in the meal scheme budget, citing the need to improve the quality and nutritional value of the meals provided under the nutritional food programme for kindergarten.

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The members met municipal commissioner Rajendra Bhosale on Wednesday and presented their demands before him.

The members said, “The rate of inflation is high. We have not had a hike since 2012. It is our demand that instead of ₹1.45, the administration must give us ₹15 per student for preparing the food.”

Municipal commissioner Bhosale promised to look into the issue.