The Chhattisgarh Government has allocated about 82,956 quintals rice for the Mid-day Meal Scheme under the Public Distribution System (PDS) for the month of February. For the Primary schools, 43,392 quintals of rice had been allocated and for Middle Schools 30,564 quintals was allocated, officials stated.
According to Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department officials, for Bilaspur district 10,256 quintal, Kabirdham district 5 ,358 quintal, for Rajnandgaon district 4640 quintal, Janjgir-Champa district 4796 quintal, Raipur district four thousand 623 quintal rice, Korba district 4432 quintal,Mahasamund district 4299 quintal, Balodabazaar-Bhatapara district 4112 quintal, Raigarh district 4104 quintal, Surguja district 2625 quintal, Bemetara district 2790 quintal, Jashpur district 2844 quintal, Durg district 2705 quintal, Bastar district 2523 quintal, Balod district 2295 quintal, North Bastar (Kanker) district 2369 quintal , Dhamtari distrct 2177 quintal, Mungeli district 2368 quintal, Surajpur district 2418 quintal, Kondagaon district 2312 quintal, Balrampur-Ramanujganj district 2270 quintal, Gariyaband district 1934 quintal, Koriya district 1658 quintal , Bijapur district 997 quintal, Sukma district 817 quintal, Narayanpur district 481 quintal and South Bastar (Dantewada) district 841 quintal rice was allocated.
The Chhattisgarh Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department had released more than 82,000 quintals of rice for Mid-day meals in schools for January month.