Chandigarh, Aug. 21 -- While the PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Scheme is playing a positive role in keeping children nutritionally healthy and has improved attendance in Punjab schools, the supply of food grains, cooking facilities and monitoring are far from satisfactory.

These findings emerged from a social audit of the PM Poshan scheme, earlier known as the National Programme for Mid-Day Meal in Schools, carried out in Punjab by Panjab University for the state government.

The social audit, which covered 540 government elementary, high senior secondary and aided schools, highlighted issues with food grain supply, stating that in all 23 districts, teachers and school heads emphasised the need for timely delivery to ensure the scheme's smooth...