Tamil Nadu Chief Minister launched the expansion of the breakfast scheme for primary school children to state-aided private schools.
He was inaugurating the scheme at St Anne's school in Tiruvallur district.
The move will benefit 2,23,536 children in 3,995 government-aided primary schools across the state.
The chief minister inaugurated the breakfast scheme on September 15, 2022.
1.14 lakh students in Classes 1 to 5 studying in 1,545 government primary schools were covered under the scheme.
With the expansion of the scheme across the state on August 25, 2023, about 18.50 lakh students in all the 30,992 state-run primary schools were brought under the initiative.