JJJ Rules 33Chapter VI · Rehabilitation and Social Re-Integration

Section 33 · Nutrition and Diet Scale

(1)

The following nutrition and diet scale shall be followed by the Child Care Institutions, namely:

(i)

the children shall be provided four meals in a day including breakfast;

(ii)

the menu shall be prepared with the help of a nutritional expert or doctor to ensure balanced diet and variety in taste as per the minimum nutritional standard and diet scale;

(iii)

every Child Care Institution shall strictly adhere to the minimum nutritional standard and diet scale suggested as specified below:

S.No.	Name of the articles of diet	Scale per head per day
1	Rice/Wheat/Ragi/Jowar	600 gms, (700 gms for16-18 yrs age) of whichatleast 100 gms to be either Wheat or Ragi or Jowar or Rice.
2	Dal/ Rajma/ Chana	120 gms.
3	Edible Oil	25 gms.
4	Onion	25 gms.
5	Salt	25 gms.
6	Turmeric	05 gms.
7	Coriander Seed Powder	05 gms.
8	Ginger	05 gms.
9	Garlic	05 gms.
10	Tamarind/ Mango powder	05 gms.
11	Milk (at breakfast)	150 ml.
12	Dry Chillies	05 gms.
13	Vegetables Leafy Non V leafy	100 gms. 130gms.
14	Curd or Butter Milk	100 gms/ml.
15	Chicken once a week or Eggs 4 days	115 gms.
16	Jaggery& Ground Nut Seeds or Paneer(vegetarian only)	60 gms each (100 gms for paneer) Once in a week.
17	Sugar	40 gms.
18	Tea/Coffee	5gm.
19	Sooji/Poha	150 gms.
20	Ragi	150 gms.
	Following items for 50 Children per day
21	Pepper	25 gms.
22	Jeera Seeds	25 gms.
23	Black Gram dal	50 gms.
24	Mustard Seeds	50 gms.
25	Ajwain Seeds	50 gms.
	On Chicken Day for 10 Kg. of Chicken
26	Garam Masala	10 gms.
27	Kopra	150 gms.
28	KhasKhas	150 gms.
29	Groundnut Oil	500 gms.
	For Sick Children
30	Bread	500 gms.
31	Milk	500 ml.
32	Khichadi	300 gms.
	Other Items
33	LP Gas for Cooking only

(2)

Children may be provided special meals on holidays, festivals, sports and cultural day and celebration of national festival.

(3)

Infants and sick children shall be provided special diet according to the advice of the doctor on their dietary requirement.

(4)

The requirement of each child shall also be taken into account including need for iron and folic acid supplements.

(5)

The menu for the day shall be prepared in consultation with the Children's Committee and shall be displayed in the dining hall.

(6)

Variation in diet may be as per seasonal and regional variations, a suggested diet variation is given below:-

(i)

varieties of dal e g., Toor (Arhar), Moong (Green Gram) and Chana (Bengal Gram) may be given alternatively;

(ii)

on non-vegetarian days, vegetarian children shall be issued with either 60 gms of jaggery and 60 gms of groundnut seeds per head in the shape of laddus or any other sweet dish or 100 gms paneer;

(iii)

leafy vegetables such as Fenugreek (Methi), Spinach (Palak), Sarson (Mustard leaves) GonguraThotakura or any other saag etc., may also be issued once in a week. If a kitchen garden is attached to any institution, leafy vegetables, should be grown and issued and the Superintendent should try to issue variety of vegetables and see that the same vegetable is not repeated for at least a period of one week;

(iv)

seasonal fruits shall be provided in a non-repetitive manner in sufficient quantities;

(v)

the Person-in-charge may make temporary alterations in the scale of diet in individual cases when considered necessary by him, or on the advice of the doctor of the institution subject to the condition that the scale laid down is not exceeded.

(7)

Meal Timing and Menu:

(i)

Breakfast V 7.30 a.m. to 8.30 a.m.

(a)

upma or chapattis made of Wheat or Ragi or any other dish;

(b)

chutneys from Gongura or fresh curry leave or fresh coriander or Coconut and Putnadal etc., dal or vegetable may be issued as a dish;

(c)

milk;

(d)

any seasonal fruit in sufficient quantity.

(ii)

Lunch at 12.30 to 1.30 P.M. and Dinner V 7.00 P.M. V 8.00 P.M

(a)rice or Chapattis or combination of both;

(b)vegetable curry;

(c)sambar or dal;

(d)butter Milk or curd.

(8)

Others:

(i)

depending on the season, the Person-in-charge shall have the discretion to alter the time for distribution of food;

(ii)

on the advice of the institution's doctor or at the discretion of the Person-incharge, every sick child who is prevented from taking regular food, on account of his ill-health, may be issued with medical diet as per the scale for sick children;

(iii)

extra diet for nourishment like milk, eggs, sugar and fruits shall be issued to the children on the advice of the institution doctor in addition to the regular diet, to gain weight or for other health reasons and for the purpose of calculation of the daily ration, the sick children shall be excluded from the day's strength;

(iv)

special lunch or dinner may be provided to the children at the Child Care Institution at the rate fixed by the Person-in-charge of the Child Care Institution, from time to time on national festivals and festival occasions, including:

(a)

Republic Day (26th January);

(b)

Independence Day (15th August);

(c)

Mahatma Gandhi's Birth day (2nd October);

(d)

Children's Day (14th November);

(e)

National festivals;

(f)

Local festivals ;

(g)

Annual Day of the Child Care Institution.

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