Srinagar, March 18 -- Minister for School Education and Higher Education, Sakeena Itoo, today informed the House that the matter of enhancement of wages of Cooks-cum-Helpers working under the PM POSHAN (Mid-Day Meals Scheme) would be taken up in the upcoming Project Approval Board (PAB) meeting.
The Minister said this while replying to a question raised by Muzaffar Iqbal Khan in the Legislative Assembly.
The Minister informed the House that as per the guidelines and norms of the Union Ministry for Education, with the sharing pattern of 90:10, the Cooks-cum-Helpers are being paid a monthly honorarium of Rs.1000 only for the preparation of single-time meals.
The Minister informed that the demand for enhancement of honorarium of the Cooks-C...