Telangana schools to cut mid-day meal egg supply over rising price

Rising egg prices and inadequate reimbursement from the Telangana Congress government are set to push eggs off government and local body school children’s plates once again. Earlier, eggs were dropped from the menu due to high cost in November last year.

Now, the mid-day meal workers have decided to reduce the supply of eggs to children from thrice to once a



week and intend a complete halt of eggs if the government fails to revise the per-egg cost or directly supply them to the school.

This move comes as the government reimburses only Rs 6 per egg, while an egg is now being sold between Rs 8.50 and Rs 10 placing the mid-day meal agencies and workers who cook and serve food to 10.55 lakh children under financial stress.