The University Grants Commission (UGC) on March 31, 2022 has issued Notification regarding the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN).
The following has been stated namely: -
• Students of Higher Educational Institutions may carry out the field inspections.
• The following is the brief for PM POSHAN namely: -
1. Flexibility to create any new intervention and increase/decrease any norm in the scheme within the approved outlay.
2. Emphasis will be laid on transfer of cooking cost directly to the school's bank account in the lines of DBT through State Government directly from State level.
3. The concept of TithiBhojan will be encouraged extensively. TithiBhojan is a community participation programme in which people provide special food to children on special occasions/festivals.
4. Efforts will be made to promote development of School Nutrition Gardens in schools to give children first-hand experience with nature and gardening.
5. Continuation of existing fund release mechanism of the School in which funds are released in two instalments i.e. ad-hoc grants, balance of first instalment and Second instalment.
[Notification No. D.O.No.2-12/2022 (CPP-II)]
