Referring to the earlier announced Business Blasters initiative, the minister said Rs 20,000 each was provided to 5,000 teams across 1,000 schools, with around Rs 10 crore allocated this year.
A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia was hearing the petitions filed by the schools' associations challenging the February 1 notification of the government on setting up the committees within 10 days.
Three schools in Delhi, including CRPF Public School, St Thomas' School, and DAV Centenary Public School, received bomb threat emails; the threats were later declared a hoax, officials said.
The school education department instructed that 81,19,415 students from Classes 1 to 8 must be provided either one whole egg or a seasonal fruit for 12 days.
Maharashtra HSC Exam 2026: A case of accidental death has been registered, and further investigation is underway.
UP Board Exam 2026: The deceased was identified as Lakshmi Sen, a student of Gayatri Vidya Mandir in Kumarganj area of Ayodhya district.