Wage Hike for Mid-Day Meal Workers to Be Discussed in Upcoming Meeting: Minister Sakeena Itoo

Srinagar: Minister for School Education and Higher Education, Sakeena Itoo, assured the Legislative Assembly that the issue of increasing wages for Cooks-cum-Helpers under the PM POSHAN (Mid-Day Meal Scheme) will be taken up in the upcoming Project Approval Board (PAB) meeting.

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The statement came in response to a question by legislator Muzaffar Iqbal Khan. The minister highlighted that, according to guidelines from the Union Ministry of Education, these workers currently receive a monthly honorarium of ₹1,000 under a 90:10 funding pattern.

She further mentioned that a demand for wage enhancement was previously raised but was not approved, as the honorarium is standardized nationwide and cannot be revised for a specific state or Union Territory.

Additionally, the minister clarified that the provision for employing land donors as casual workers under SRO 520 no longer exists. However, the School Education Department is processing land compensation claims under the UT CAPEX Budget in a phased manner, including cases from the Thanamandi Constituency.

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