COVID-19: Mid-Day Meals Unavailable, SC Issues Notice to States

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, 18 March, took note of the non-availability of mid-day meals.

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday, 18 March, took note of the non-availability of mid-day meals to children as schools in many parts of the country have been shut due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde took suo motu cognisance of the matter and issued notices to the states and Union territories asking them how children were being provided mid-day meals amid the shut down of schools.

Schools in Delhi-NCR and many other states are closed till 31 March in view of the COVID-19 outbreak.