<span style="color: #222222;">The government today denied that it has slashed the funds for PM POSHAN Scheme, earlier known as Mid-Day Meal Scheme post-COVID.<br />''<br />''In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Education Dr Subhas Sarkar said the budget allocated under PM Poshan Scheme for the year 2019-20 was 9,912.21 crore and was increased to 12,900 crore for the year 2020-21. </span>