Chandigarh, June 27 -- / The Punjab School Education department has partnered with Canara Bank to introduce a comprehensive insurance scheme to provide accidental insurance cover of Rs. 16 lakh and other benefits for the security of as many as 44,301 Mid-Day Meal Cook-cum-Helpers working in state government schools across the state, Harjot Singh Bains, Minister of School Education, Punjab said on Thursday. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Directorate of Elementary Education (Mid-Day Meal) and Canara Bank Chandigarh, in the presence of the School Education Minister and School Education Secretary Anindita Mitra. This collaboration aims to provide vital financial protection and security to Cook-cum-Helpers. Highlighti...