Midday meal workers stage protest in Shivamogga
Midday meal workers in Shivamogga protested against the privatization of the Akshara Dasoha scheme and demanded higher wages. They are calling for better job security, health insurance, and salary adjustments to match inflation.
Why it matters
The protest highlights the tension between government cost-cutting measures like privatization and the welfare of essential public service workers.
Midday meal workers under the Akshara Dasoha programme staged a protest here on Friday, demanding a hike in their salaries and opposing the privatisation of the Akshara Dasoha scheme.
Hundreds of workers, under the banner of the Karnataka State Akshara Dasoha Employees Association, affiliated with the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, took out a protest march in the city before assembling in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office.
The Akshara Dasoha scheme was launched 25 years ago to prevent children from remaining absent from school and to enhance their participation in academic activities. However, the workers alleged that the government had not increased grants for the scheme despite inflation and had instead handed the scheme over to private organisations, thereby weakening its very objective.
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