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New Delhi, 29 July: A delegation of the All India Coordination Committee of Midday Meal Workers (Citu), led by the Citu general secretary, Mr Tapan Sen, MP, today met the minister of state for HRD, Mr Jitin Prasada, and urged that the midday meal scheme should not be privatised in the wake of the recent tragedy in Bihar.
In a memorandum, the delegation said the scheme should not be handed over to NGOs or corporates.
Such changes would deprive children of freshly cooked food and employment to the most marginalised women in the society, they said.
Demanding implementation of the recent Indian Labour Conference recommendation to recognise midday meal workers as workers entitled to minimum wages, the delegation said they should be provided an honorarium of R 500 immediately as promised by the ministry in the ILC.
The minister assured the delegation that the remuneration will be increased immediately, the Citu said.
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