Ksheera Bhagya Yojana

Ksheera Bhagya Yojana (KBY) is a nutritional supplementation program launched by Govt. of Karnataka from 1st August 2013. This Yojana is working in coordi-nation of Karnataka Milk Federa-tion (KMF) and all its milk unions. This scheme is under Department of Education in Karnataka. Beneficiaries Students from Class one to Class tenth studying in govern-ment and government-aided schools and Anganwadi children are the beneficiaries. The pro-gramme is targeted at 65 lakh children studying from Class I up to Class 10 in around 51,000 gov-ernment schools and 39 lakh beneficiaries in as many as 64,000 Anganwadis in the state. This free milk scheme helps to tackle mal-nutrition among children in rural areas.