Archive · 27 Jul 2026
Telangana Launches Free Breakfast Scheme for Students
The Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana, Bhatti Vikramarka, launched a new scheme to provide free breakfast to students in government schools.
He believes that welfare schemes are not freebies but investments in the people, especially the poor and marginalized.
The scheme aims to ensure that no child goes to school hungry and to promote their physical and mental development.
The government is partnering with the Hare Krishna Mission to implement this scheme, which will benefit 2.7 million students.
In addition to breakfast, the government is also providing milk and ragi malt to improve students' nutrition.
The Deputy Chief Minister emphasized that the future of students is the future of the state and that the government is committed to providing them with a healthy start each day.
Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka launched the Centralized Community Kitchen in Madhira Assembly constituency.
The scheme provides nutritious breakfast to students studying in government schools.
The government is committed to ensuring no child in Telangana goes to school hungry.
The free breakfast scheme is being implemented in partnership with the Hare Krishna Mission.
The government is also providing milk and ragi malt to improve students' nutrition.
- Who
- Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka
- What
- Launch of the Centralized Community Kitchen and Free Breakfast Scheme
- When
- Monday
- Where
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Why
- To ensure no child goes to school hungry and to promote their physical and mental development.
Government's Welfare Initiatives
Critics' Views on Freebies
Nature of Welfare Schemes
Government's Welfare Initiatives
Welfare schemes are investments in people, especially the poor and marginalized, to promote social and economic progress.
Critics' Views on Freebies
Welfare initiatives are often labeled as freebies, suggesting they are unsustainable and burdensome.
- Deputy Chief Minister
- Bhatti Vikramarka
- Scheme Launched
- Free Breakfast Scheme
- Number of Students Benefited
- 2.7 million
- Partnership
- Hare Krishna Mission
- Additional Nutritional Support
- Milk and ragi malt
- Indiramma Houses
- Rs.5 lakh each for homeless families