Kerala distributes 4 kg of rice to 26 lakh students

Around 26.16 lakh students in Kerala will receive 4 kg of rice each as part of the school midday meal scheme. This distribution comes ahead of the upcoming school holidays in April. The initiative will benefit students from pre-primary to Class VIII who are registered in the midday meal program. The Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) will provide a total of 17,417 tonnes of rice for this purpose. An official order has been issued to the Director of General Education to carry out this distribution. Supplyco will directly transport the rice to schools to ensure that students receive their share.