MID DAY MEAL SCHEME IN INDIA

Mid Day Meal Scheme is the Government of India's school meal program which is designed to improve the nutritional status of school-age children across the country. ... serving 1,20,000,000 children in more than 1,265,000 schools and education guarantee scheme centers, this is the world's largest program
Government of India launched Mid Day Meal Scheme The National Program for Nutrition Support for Primary Education (NP-NSPE) on 15th August, 1995, in the form of Centrally Sponsored Scheme, for the purpose of increasing enrollment of children in schools, retention and increasing presence, to improve nutritional levels among children. Was started in According to the expansion of the program, after some modifications, the government has prepared a set of rules and guidelines for implementation. These include various aspects related to child health and the amount of calorie and protein required for children of specific age groups, the amount of grain allocated to each child, and much more.

The objectives of Mid Day Meal Scheme are:

Improve the nutritional status of children in government, local bodies and government aided schools, and classes I-V in EGS and AIE centers.

Encouraging children belonging to the disadvantaged sections, regularly participating in school and focusing on classroom activities.

Providing nutritional support to the children of primary stage in dry-affected areas during summer holidays.