Kids go hungry in 'rich' Punjab

India's bread basket state has no money to provide mid-day meals to more than 2 million schoolchildren. Teetering on the edge of a financial meltdown, the Punjab government has now ended its mid-day meal scheme for 21 lakh schoolchildren by the simple expedient of turning off the tap. The state is so cash-strapped that it has not paid August salaries to its employees, a Mail Today investigation has revealed.

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