India’s midday meal program, benefiting millions of schoolchildren, relies on the significantly underpaid labor of over 2.5 million cooks, predominantly women. They receive a mere fraction of the national minimum wage, effectively subsidizing the program by approximately ₹7,400 crore. This substantial savings for the central government exceeds half its allocated budget for the scheme.
Underpaid cooks subsidise midday meals by Rs 7,400 crore per year
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