New Delhi: A central team will visit West Bengal this month to review the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) scheme. An official statement said, “The Ministry of Education has constituted a Joint Review Mission to visit the State of West Bengal to review the implementation of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) in the month of January.” ” The Joint Review Mission comprises members from nutrition experts, Government of India and State Government officials.
The team will review fund flow from state to schools/implementing agencies, coverage of the scheme, availability of management structure at state, district, block level, distribution mechanism of food grains from state to schools, smooth implementation of the scheme. Planning with special reference to blockages among other objectives.
It will also review the construction of kitchen-cum-stores, purchase/replacement of kitchen equipment, involvement of NGOs/Trusts/centralized kitchens in the scheme, payment of cost of food grains to FCI, etc.