40 thousand cooks will be recruited in the schools of Bihar latest news today in hindi

40000 cooks will be recruited in the schools of Bihar latest news update 2023

Latest Updated 05/07/2023: There is a shortage of cooks to prepare mid-day meals in state schools. Soon this shortcoming will be removed. 40 thousand cooks will be reinstated by the Directorate of Bihar Mid Day Meal Scheme. At present this number is estimated. Vacancies have also been sought from all District Mid Day Meal Scheme Officers. Its report has to be given by 7 July.


Let us tell you that there is a shortage of cooks in schools for mid-day meals. After the year 2016, the cook has not been kept in the schools. At present, 30 to 35% of the schools in Bihar do not have cooks as per the rules. This causes the problems.



40000 cooks will be recruited in the schools of Bihar notification latest news update 2023 in hindi



According to the vacancies, the restoration will be done on the post of cook, only the woman of the village or panchayat has to be restored. This responsibility rests with the School Education Committee. After the vacancies come, the School Education Committee will restore on the orders of all the District Education Offices. Let us inform that at present two lakh two thousand cooks are working in the state. Each cook gets an honorarium of 1650 rupees per month.


  • Restoration has not happened after 2016, there is a problem in the operation of the mid-day meal scheme
  • Directorate of Bihar Mid Day Meal Scheme sought information about cooks from all the districts



Provision of cook


Number of child - Cooks enrolled

  • one to 25 - 01
  • 26 to 100 - 02
  • 101 to 200 - 03
  • 201 to 300 - 04
  • 301 to 400 - 05
  • 401 to 500 - 06


The cook gets an honorarium of Rs 1650 a month


Cook cum assistant will be selected in the schools. Vacancies have been sought from all districts. The selection process will be completed by July 31. In schools where there is a shortage of cooks, they will be kept there. - Mithilesh Mishra, Director, Mid Day Meal Scheme Bihar


An amount of four lakh is given on death


According to the Directorate of Mid-Day Meal Scheme, if a cook dies while working, the state govt gives 4 lakh rupees to them. Bihar is the only state in the country to do so. So far, this amount has been given to 3076 cooks.

Note - In schools where the total enrollment is more than five hundred, an additional cook-cum-assistant will be appointed on additional three hundred enrollments.