MP Orders Statewide Verification Of PM POSHAN Cooks After 74,000 Record Irregularities

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The government has ordered a statewide verification of cook-cum-helper records under the PM POSHAN (mid-day meal) scheme after identifying suspected irregularities in more than 74,000 registrations and payment records on the scheme's portal. Around one lakh cooks and helpers are engaged in preparing mid-day meals for schoolchildren across the state. They receive an honorarium of Rs 2,000 per month. The discrepancies surfaced during a review of the portal, where the names and address