West Bengal: The fight over eggs in India's mid-day meals
- This question has dominated Indian social media and headlines after the eastern state of West Bengal announced last week that eggs would be replaced with vegetarian alternatives in some government school lunches as part of a pilot project.
- The scheme, better known as the mid-day meal programme, provides free cooked lunches to children in government and government-aided schools.
- For millions of underprivileged children, it is the most nutritious - and sometimes the only - meal they eat all day.
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- This question has dominated Indian social media and headlines after the eastern state of West Bengal announced last week that eggs would be replaced with vegetarian alternatives in some government school lunches as part of a pilot project.
- The scheme, better known as the mid-day meal programme, provides free cooked lunches to children in government and government-aided schools.
- For millions of underprivileged children, it is the most nutritious - and sometimes the only - meal they eat all day.
Sources: BBC News