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Honorarium blow to midday meal cooks -Basant Kumar Mohanty

-The Telegraph

New Delhi: Human resource development minister Prakash Javadekar has reportedly struck down a proposal to increase from a paltry Rs 1,000 a month the honorarium for cooks-cum-helpers preparing midday meals.

A cabinet note moved recently seeking extension of the scheme for three years from 2017 is silent on any increase in the wage of the 25 lakh workers, most of whom are single women or widows.

A note prepared by officials of the school education department under the HRD ministry had proposed to double the honorarium and provide it for all 12 months a year instead of 10 months. But when the note went to the HRD minister for approval, he did not agree, official sources told The Telegraph. The version could not be corroborated with the minister.

Jai Bhagwan, the general secretary of the Left-backed Midday Meal Workers' Federation, said the decision by the minister showed "insensitivity"

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