Under the Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme, the State Government has allotted 73,960 quintal rice to the Government schools of all 27 districts of the State for the month of September.
As per the Government directives, 38,931 quintal rice was allotted to the primary schools while 35,029 quintal rice was allotted to the middle schools of the State.
As per an order released by the Food, Civil Supply and Consumer Protection Department in this regard, schools in Bilaspur district get 6762 quintal rice, Rajnandgaon district gets 4739 quintal rice, Janjgir—Champa district gets 4411 quintal, Raigarh district gets 3740 gets quintal, Baloda Bazar—Bhatapara district gets 3732 quintal and schools in Korba district get 3430m quintal rice for Mid Day Meal scheme.
Besides, schools in Raipur district were allotted 3399 quintal rice, 3,267 quintal rice to Mahasamund district, 3,217 quintal rice to Kabirdham district, 3,120 quintal rice to North Bastar (Kanker), 3,083 quintal rice to Durg district, 3,011 quintal rice to Surguja district and 2,897 quintal rice to Bemetara district.
Similarly, schools run in Jashpur district get 2,668 quintal rice, Bastar district gets 2,588 quintal rice, Mungeli district gets 2390 quintal rice, Balod district gets 2,323 quintal rice, Dhamtari district gets 2,289 quintal rice and Surajpur district gets 2,158 quintal rice.
Under the scheme, the Government allotted 2,142 quintal rice to the schools
run in Balrampur-Ramanujganj district, 2,024 quintal rice to Kondaganv district, 1,869 quintal rice to Gariyaband district, 1533 quintal rice to Koriya district, 862 quintal rice to South Bastar (Dantewada) district, 812 quintal rice to Bijapur district and 673 quintal rice for the children studying in the schools of Narayanpur district.