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It is our endeavour that our girls get more attracted towards STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths),” she said. The government had introduced the Annapurna Milk scheme to provide milk to students at government schools thrice a week only last month.Similarly, she said, children in the age group of 3-6 years, adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating mothers registered with Anganwadi centres will also be provided milk thrice a week in additional to the nutritional food provided at these centres and the government will allocate Rs 100 crore for this purpose. They should not lag in competition at any level. Jaipur: Come September, the schoolchildren in Rajasthan will get a glass of milk daily along with their mid-day meal.Chief minister Vasundhara Raje made the announcement at the state-level function of the 72nd Independence Day held at the SMS Stadium on Wednesday.She said, students of Class 1 to 8 of government schools would be given milk daily instead of thrice a week at present.She said, an additional allocation of Rs 203 crore has been made for this purpose. "We want Rajasthan to become a modern state and get recognition in the country and around the world for modern education, new vision and new technology," Raje said.“Our next step is to make our children modern citizens..