School cooks in Gasuapara will strike starting September 1 to demand higher pay and job stability, citing severe financial hardship.
Walrik Marak • 30 Aug 2026
Meghalaya cooks for the PM POSHAN scheme plan an indefinite strike on September 1, pushing the government to boost their long-stagnant honorariums.
Walrik Marak • 21 Aug 2026
Meghalaya cook-cum-helpers will stop serving school meals on September 1, protesting the central government's refusal to raise their monthly honorarium.
NEWire Desk • 18 Aug 2026
Cooks in Meghalaya are threatening to halt the PM Poshan scheme unless the federal government increases their monthly pay from Rs 900 to Rs 9,000.
NEWire Desk • 26 Jul 2026
Over 20,000 Meghalaya meal workers threaten a statewide kitchen shutdown, demanding a wage hike from their current Rs 900 monthly central honorarium.
Walrik Marak • 21 Jul 2026
Officials in Meluri and Kohima reviewed PM Poshan and Samagra Shiksha progress, focusing on food quality, ID generation, and departmental coordination.
Naro Jamir • 18 Jul 2026
Deputy Commissioner Phuleshe K. Yepthomi chaired a review meeting in Meluri to improve the delivery of PM POSHAN and Samagra Shiksha welfare schemes.
Naro Jamir • 17 Jul 2026
Nagaland started the fourth phase of PM POSHAN training for 1,900 school cooks across six districts to improve meal safety and nutrition standards.
Kiyeto Swu • 15 Jul 2026