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MCD Schools To Add Oats Cookies, Fruit And Kheer To Mid-Day Meals From November
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News18•08-10-2026, 10:12
MCD Schools To Add Oats Cookies, Fruit And Kheer To Mid-Day Meals From November
- •Oats cookies, fruits, kheer and sambar rice are set to join the mid-day meal menu in MCD schools starting November.
- •The civic body aims to introduce greater variety across nearly 1,500 schools to make nutritious meals more appealing to students.
- •Agencies managing school kitchens will be required to add at least one special item daily to combat food fatigue among children.
- •Existing staples like puri-aloo, dal-rice and chole-rice will continue alongside new additions such as wheat and ragi halwa twice a week.
- •Meals will maintain nutritional standards of 450 calories and 12 grams of protein per child daily under PM POSHAN norms, backed by regular third-party laboratory testing.
Key Questions Answered
Starting in November, MCD schools plan to add special items such as oats cookies, fruits, kheer, and sambar rice to their mid-day meal menu to make nutritious food more appealing to students.
Under the Centre's PM POSHAN norms, meals for primary school students must supply a minimum of 450 calories and 12 grams of protein per child each day.
The dish has not yet been introduced because of a lack of funds for the specialised equipment required to prepare idlis in large quantities.
