{
  "id": 1721372,
  "title": "Rajasthan Govt Schools Face Severe Milk Supply Crisis, Students Left Without Nutritional Supplement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/rajasthan-govt-schools-face-severe-milk-supply-crisis-students-left",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T13:34:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/rajasthan-govt-schools-face-severe-milk-supply-crisis-students-left-without-nutritional-supplement"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Rajasthan government's mid-day meal initiative, Pannadhay Bal Gopal Yojana, is grappling with a severe milk supply crisis. According to internal records, the state is facing a 58% deficit in skimmed milk powder supply, leaving thousands of students in around 65,000 government schools without guaranteed nutrition. The additional chief secretary of the education department, Rajesh Yadav, expressed dissatisfaction over the inadequate milk powder supply, stating that only 41.90% of the required 37,56,430 Kg of milk powder has been delivered to schools as of the first week of August. Seventeen districts out of the total 41 have received no milk powder supply, including Bharatpur, the home district of the Chief Minister. Schools are holding onto old stock, raising food safety concerns. An investigation revealed that a significant portion of the milk powder intended for students is being diverted to private mawa and sweet shops, where it's used to make mawa and sweets. The Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation, responsible for supplying the milk powder, has filed an FIR after 3,000 kg of milk powder was allegedly diverted and sold in the open market. The diversion was discovered in Jaipur's Samod area of Chomu district, leading to the arrest of three suspects. The Pannadhay Bal Gopal Yojana aims to benefit over 6.9 million primary and upper-primary students across 65,000 government schools.",
  "summary": "Jaipur: Rajasthan's mid-day meal nutrition initiative, the Pannadhay Bal Gopal Yojana, is facing a severe supply crisis. Internal records show the state is dealing with a 58% deficit in skimmed milk powder supply under the said scheme, leaving thousands of students in approximately 65,000 government schools without guaranteed nutrition. Milk powder supply shortage The additional chief secretary…",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}