Bhubaneswar, Jan 21: The Odisha government today hiked the monthly remuneration of cook-cum-helpers functioning under the PM Poshan Yojana.

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced that the remuneration of cook has been increased to ₹3,000 from ₹2,000.

The move will benefit 1,12,090 cook-cum-helpers engaged in the state under the PM Poshan Yojana.

The state government will bear additional expense of ₹ 112 crore annually. The cook-cum-helpers are engaged in 50,618 primary and upper primary schools to serve mid-day meals to the students.