BTMU signs MoU with Akshaya Patra for mid-day meal scheme

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd, banking entity of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Akshaya Patra Foundation to build a full-fledged kitchen that will prepare and provide mid-day meals to school children in the Narsingi area here.
MUFG has pledged Rs 105.1 million to fund the construction of a new centralised kitchen to cater to government schools in Ranga Reddy district adjoining Hyderabad, according to a release here today.
The kitchen is expected to be completed in the next academic year (2017-18), and will be able to provide 35,000 meals daily to children in government-aided schools and Anganwadis (courtyard shelters) across the district.

In addition, BTMU will also help to deliver and distribute mid-day meals to the schools.