New Delhi/Hyderabad, July 24 -- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday assured representatives of the Telangana Mid-day Meal Workers' Union that all funds related to the mid-day meal scheme have already been released by the Centre and there are no pending dues at the Union government level.
A delegation of mid-day meal workers met Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, in New Delhi to submit a memorandum seeking an increase in their honorarium and improved social security measures.
Responding to their concerns, Pradhan stated that the Centre had cleared all the necessary funds and assured the delegation that he would take up the matter with the Telangana govern...