1.8 crore children who eat mid-day meals in Uttar Pradesh's government-run schools will each get a steel thaali (plate) and a glass, with big photos on them of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
The UP chief minister launched the scheme today and was immediately attacked by the Bahujan Samaj Party's Mayawati, who called it "cheap publicity" just before elections in the state.
