West Bengal prisons are goverened by the West Bengal Correctional Services Act, 1992
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Condiments :
The scale of condiments per prisoner will be as follows:
Sl. No |
Item |
Quantity Per Head Per Day |
| 1. | Jeera and Coriander | 1 gm./day |
| 2. | Turmeric | 2 gms. /day |
| 3. | Onion | 10 gms. /day and additional 5 gms. on days of Fish, Meat and Egg |
| 4. | Garlic | 1 gm. on days of Fish, Meat and Egg |
| 5. | Ginger | 1grm on days of Fish, Meat, Egg, Soybean and Chutney |
| 6. | Green chilly | 5 gms. / Day and additional 3 gms on days of Fish, Meat, Egg and Soybean |
| 7. | Pati Lemon | ½ pc. / day |
| 8. | Salt | 20 gms./ day |
Scale Of Diet For Child Staying With Mother :
The scale of diet for infants and the children aged from 1 to 6 years will be as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Up to 6 months | Food Groups | Food Item | 6-12 months | 1-3 Years | 4-6 Years |
| Exclusive Breast feeding If for some reason, the mother can not feed the baby, undiluted fresh milk of 600 ml shall be provided |
Cereals | Rice, Atta, Chir, Muri, Suji, Dalia, Bread etc. | 45 gms. | 120 gms | 210 gms. |
| Pulses | Musur Dal, Moog Dal, Chhatu etc. | 15 gms. | 30 gms. | 45 gms. | |
| Milk | Milk | Breast Milk & other milk 200 ml/500ml respectively | 500 ml. | 500 ml. | |
| Roots and Tubers | Potato, Carrot, Onion etc. | 50 gms. | 50 gms. | 100 gms. | |
| Green leafy vegetables | Notay Sag, Palang Sag etc. | 25 gms. | 50 gms. | 50 gms. | |
| Other vegetables | Bean, Papayas, Red Pumpkin | 25 gms. | 50 gms. | 50 gms. | |
| Flesh foods | Fish, Meat, Egg. | 25 gms. Fish in place of 15 gms. Pulses 2 days per week, ½ egg in place of 30 gms. Pulses 1 day per week. | 50 gms. Fish in place of gms. Pulses days per week and egg in place of 30 gms. pulses 1 day per week. | ||
| Fruit | Banana, Orange | 100 gms. | 100 gms. | 100 gms. | |
| Sugar | Velly goor/ Sugar | 25 gms. | 25 gms. | 30 gms. | |
| Fat & Oil | Oil, Butter etc. | 10 gms. | 20 gms. | 25 gms. |