Faridkot, January 7
The School Education Department today issued a notice, announcing an increase in the yearly honorarium-cum-remuneration of about 42,000 mid-day meal (MDM) workers-cum-helpers from Rs 22,000 to Rs 36,000.
This enhancement in the honorarium would be effective from January 1, said a letter, issued by the Secretary, School Education Department.
So far, these workers were getting Rs 2,200 per month. This honorarium was paid only for 10 months in a year as the schools are closed for two months in due to summer and winter vacation.
According to the new order, the honorarium would be Rs 3,000 per month and paid 12 months in a year.
In June, 2021, the department had increased the annual honorarium to these helpers from Rs 17,000 to Rs 22,000 per annum. More than 80 per cent of cook-cum-helpers for the scheme are women.
The scheme guarantees one meal for at least 200 days in a year to about 17 lakh students in government, government-aided primary and elementary schools in the state under the Samagra Shiksha, a programme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The helpers work in about 19,680 government and government-aided schools in the state. — TNS
Mid-day meal workers to get Rs 36,000/annum
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