(1) The following nutrition and diet scale shall be followed by the Child Care Institutions, namely:
(i) the children shall be provided four meals in a day including breakfast;
(ii) the menu shall be prepared with the help of a nutritional expert or Doctor to ensure balanced diet and variety in taste as per the minimum nutritional standard and diet scale;
(iii) nevery Child Care Institution shall strictly adhere to the minimum nutritional standard and diet scale suggested as specified below:
Sl. Name of the articles of diet Scale per head per day No.
(1) (2) (3) 1 Rice/Wheat/Ragi/Jowar 600 gms. (700 gms. for16-18 yrs age) of which atleast 100 gms. to be either wheat or ragi or jowar or rice.
2 Dal/Rajma/ Chana 120 gms.
84 LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [PART–II 3 Edible oil 25 gms.
4 Onion 25 gms.
5 Salt 25 gms.
6 Turmeric 05 gms.
7 Coriander seed powder 05 gms.
8 Ginger 05 gms.
9 Garlic 05 gms.
10 Tamarind/ Mango powder 05 gms.
11 Milk (at breakfast) 150 ml.
12 Dry chillies 05 gms.
13 Vegetables leafy 100 gms.
non-leafy. 130 gms.
14 Curd or butter milk 100 gms/ml.
15 Chicken once a week or 115 gms.
Eggs 4 days 16 Jaggery and Ground Nut Seeds or60 gms. each (100 gms. for paneer) Paneer (vegetarian only) Once in a week.
17 Sugar 40 gms.
18 Tea/Coffee 5 gm.
19 Sooji/Poha 150 gms.
20 Ragi 150 gms.
Following items for 50 Children per day 21 Pepper 25 gms.
22 Jeera seeds 25 gms.
23 Black gram dal 50 gms.
24 Mustard seeds 50 gms.
25 Ajwain seeds 50 gms.
On Chicken Day, for 10 Kg. of Chicken 26 Garam Masala 10 gms.
27 Kopra 150 gms.
28 KhasKhas 150 gms.
29 Groundnut oil 500 gms.
For Sick Children 30 Bread 500 gms.
31 Milk 500 ml.
32 Khichadi 300 gms.
(1) (2) (3) 85PART–II] LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT Other Items:
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(2) Children may be provided special meals on holidays, festivals, sports and cultural day and celebration of national festival.
(3) Infants and sick children shall be provided special diet according to the advice of the Doctor on their dietary requirement.
(4) The requirement of each child shall also be taken into account including need for iron and folic acid supplements.
(5) The menu for the day shall be prepared in consultation with the Children's Committee and shall be displayed in the dining hall.
(6) Variation in diet may be as per seasonal and regional variations, a suggested diet variation is given below:-
(i) varieties of dal e.g., Toor (Arhar), Moong (Green Gram) and Chana (Bengal Gram) may be given alternatively;
(ii) on non-vegetarian days, vegetarian children shall be issued with either 60 gms. of jaggery and 60 gms. of groundnut seeds per head in the shape of laddus or any other sweet dish or 100 gms. paneer;
(iii) leafy vegetables such as Fenugreek (Methi), Spinach (Palak), Sarson (Mustard leaves) GonguraThotakura or any other saag etc., may also be issued once in a week. If, a kitchen garden is attached to any institution, leafy vegetables should be grown and issued and the Superintendent should try to issue variety of vegetables and see that the same vegetable is not repeated for at least a period of one week;
(iv) seasonal fruits shall be provided in a non-repetitive manner in sufficient quantities;
(v) the Person-in-charge may make temporary alterations in the scale of diet in individual cases when considered necessary by him, or on the advice of the Doctor of the institution subject to the condition that the scale laid down is not exceeded.
(7) Meal Timing and Menu:
(i) Breakfast - 7.30 a.m. to 8.30 a.m.
(a) upma/idly/dosa/pongal/Chapattis made of wheat or ragi or any other dish;
(b) chutneys from fresh curry leave or fresh coriander or Coconut or Gongura and Putnadal, etc., dal or vegetable may be issued as a dish;
(c) milk;
(d) any seasonal fruit in sufficient quantity.
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(ii) Lunch at 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. and Dinner-7.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
(a) rice or chapattis or combination of both;
(b) vegetable curry;
(c) sambar or dal;
(d) butter milk or curd.
(8) Others:
(i) depending on the season, the Person-in-charge shall have the discretion to alter the time for distribution of food;
(ii) on the advice of the institution's Doctor or at the discretion of the Person-in-charge, every sick child who is prevented from taking regular food, on account of his ill-health, may be issued with medical diet as per the scale for sick children;
(iii) extra diet for nourishment like milk, eggs, sugar and fruits shall be issued to the children on the advice of the institution Doctor in addition to the regular diet, to gain weight or for other health reasons and for the purpose of calculation of the daily ration, the sick children shall be excluded from the day's strength;
(iv) special lunch or dinner may be provided to the children at the Child Care Institution at the rate fixed by the Person-in-charge of the Child Care Institution, from time to time on national festivals and festival occasions, including:
(a) Republic Day (26th January);
(b) Independence Day (15th August);
(c) Mahatma Gandhi's Birth Day (2nd October);
(d) Children's Day (14th November);
(e) National festivals;
(f) Local festivals;
(g) Annual Day of the Child Care Institution.