A student eats a free meal at the Government Middle School, Chennai during the 22 September 2026 launch of the expanded Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme, now extended to cover Classes 6 to 8. (Photo: NationPress)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay sat alongside students to have breakfast at the Government Middle School, Chennai on 22 September 2026, marking the formal expansion of the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme to Classes 6 to 8. (Photo: NationPress)
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay officially launched the expanded Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme on 22 September 2026 at a Government Middle School in Chennai, extending the welfare programme to government school students in Classes 6 to 8 across Tamil Nadu. (Photo: NationPress)
The Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme — named after the late Tamil Nadu stalwart — now reaches students from Class 1 through Class 8 in Tamil Nadu government schools, with Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay personally presiding over the expansion launch in Chennai on 22 September 2026. (Photo: NationPress)