Activists demand govt to restart Ksheera Bhagya scheme in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: A group of social activists through a letter demanded chief minister BS Yediyurappa to to restart the Ksheera Bhagya scheme under which government and aided school kids were being provided milk and milk powder.

The scheme, started in 2013-14, was discontinued after schools shut in March owing to the pandemic.

a memorandum signed by 77 human rights activists, doctors, researchers and NGOs stated, “For several children studying in government schools, the scheme is the only source of milk protein and many other vitamins.”