The minister said this in response to a question raise by Anuradhapura District UNP MP P Harrison.

Minister Karaliyadda said that there were 226,494 children eligible to benefit from the government’s programme of providing a fresh glass of milk to each child. The cost of providing a glass of milk to a child per month was estimated at Rs 180. There were 13,496 registered pre-schools in the country as per now. The provision of a fresh glass of milk to each child was being implemented in the pre-schools in the area coming under the Divisional Secretariats of the Anuradhapura District, the minister said.

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