MINUTES OF THE REVIEW MEETING HELD ON 10.08.2020 BY THE HON’BLE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, ANDHRA PRADESH ON IMPLEMENTATION OF JAGANANNA GORUMUDDA (MID DAY MEAL SCHEME).

1) A meeting was held on 10.08.2020 by the Hon’ble Minister for Education, A.P

at Minister Chambers, 4th Block, AP Secretariat, Velagapudi to review the

implementation of Jagananna Gorumudda (Mid Day Meal) Scheme.

The List of Participants who attended the meeting are

i. Shri. B. Rajsekar, IAS, Principal Secretary, School Education

ii. Shri. B. M. Diwan Mydeen, IFS, Director, MDM & School Sanitation

iii.Smt. P.Parvathi, Director (Admin), O/o.CSE., A.P.

iv.Shri. A Subba Reddy, Additional Director, MDM. and

v. MDM Section Staff.

2) The Hon’ble Minister for Education, A.P reviewed about the Jagananna

Gorumudda (MDM) Scheme & School Sanitation and informed that, as per the

direction of the Hon’ble Chief Minister, the School Education Department has been

giving top priority for the Jagananna Gorumudda (MDM) Scheme & School

Sanitation.

3) DRY RATION: The Director, MDM & School Sanitation, A.P informed the Hon’ble

Minister for Education, A.P about providing dry ration consisting of Rice, Eggs and

Chikkies to all the students during COVID-19 period in Four Phases from (1) March,

19th 2020 to March, 31st , (2) 1st April to April, 23rd 2020, (3) Summer Dry ration

(i.e., April, 24th 2020 to June, 11th 2020) and (4) June, 12thto 31st August, 2020.

The Hon’ble Minister instructed to provide dry ration to the students till

August, 31st 2020 like it was done previously as the schools are scheduled to open

on September, 5th 2020 tentatively and expressed displeasure in the delay of the

dry ration distribution.

The Hon’ble Minister for Education instructed to issue guidelines for

transparency, monitoring and maintenance of quality and quantity of the dry

ration.