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- A new ₹8-crore centralised community kitchen was inaugurated in Karimnagar, Telangana, to provide breakfast to 49,025 students in 669 government schools and 11 junior colleges across 17 mandals.
- The facility will be run by the Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation under the Telangana government's School Breakfast Programme.
- A minister said a similar pilot launched in Kondangal in December 2024 raised student attendance from 75% to 90%.
- The government plans to expand the programme to about 17.72 lakh students in 23,106 schools, with one centralised kitchen in each of the State's 31 districts and around 25,000 direct and indirect jobs expected.
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- Rollout of centralised kitchens in the remaining districts of Telangana
- Whether attendance and punctuality gains seen in the Kondangal pilot are replicated in Karimnagar
- Expansion of the programme to 23,106 government schools and 17.72 lakh students
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Ponnam Prabhakar
Transport and Backward Classes Welfare
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“the programme, launched as a pilot in Kondangal in December 2024, had increased student attendance there from 75% to 90%, besides improving punctuality and concentration.”
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…and junior colleges in 17 mandals covering the Karimnagar, Husnabad, Choppadandi and Manakondur Assembly constituencies. Transport and Backward Classes Welfare Ponnam Prabhakar, who inaugurated the kitchen, said the programme, launched as a pilot in Kondangal in December 2024, had increased student attendance there from 75% to 90%, besides improving punctuality and concentration. The government plans to extend the programme to 23,106 government schools, benefitting around 17.72 lakh students. It also proposes to establish centralised kitchens one each in all 31 districts to expand the programme…
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