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Tamil Nadu Extends CM’s Breakfast Scheme to Urban Primary Schools, Reaches 20.59 Lakh Students

Framed as a social investment, the fifth-phase rollout uses centralized kitchens to deliver hot meals, expanding a nutrition-for-learning model.

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Overview

  • Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched the latest phase in Chennai, serving breakfast with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann at St Joseph’s Primary School.
  • The expansion adds roughly 3.05–3.06 lakh children in about 2,429–2,430 urban government and aided primary schools.
  • Statewide coverage now totals 20.59 lakh beneficiaries across government and aided primary schools.
  • Breakfast is prepared in centralized hygienic kitchens—pongal, kichdi or upma with dhal and sambar—and transported to schools by vans.
  • Tamil Nadu has earmarked about ₹600.25 crore for 2025–26 and cites gains in attendance and sharp drops in hospital admissions and serious illnesses; Mann said he will consider a similar scheme in Punjab.