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The Midday Meal Scheme refers to the government of India programme introduced in all government elementary schools to provide children with cooked lunches. Tamil Nadu was the first state in India to introduce this scheme. The first school which had the scheme was the Sourashtra Boys Higher Secondary School, Madurai, which implemented it in 1955.
- PM Poshan
- What Is A Mid-Day meal?
- Salient Features of Midday Meal Scheme
- MDM Rules, 2015
The revamped scheme has been launched for 5 years, from 2021-22 to 2025-26, with a budget of Rs 1,30,794.90 crore. The government hopes it will benefit 11.80 crore children studying in 11.20 lakh schools across India. The scheme is different from the mid-day meal scheme in the following ways: 1. Apart from providing nutritional meals to schoolchild...
It is one meal that is provided to all children enrolled in government schools, government-aided schools, local body schools, special training centres (STC), madrasas and maktabs supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
It is the world’s largest school meal programme aimed to attain the goal of universalization of primary education.The Ministry of Education (earlier known as the Ministry of Human Resources and Development) is the authorized body to implement the scheme.It is a centrally sponsored scheme hence cost is shared between the centre and the states. (Centre’s share – 60 percent.)Tamil Nadu is the first state to implement the midday meal scheme.Midday Meal Rules 2015 are notified on 30th September 2015 under National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013. 1. Under the MDM rules, schools are empowered to utilize other funds for midday meals in case MDM funds get exhausted. 2. On occasions where schools and other required bodies are unable to provide cooked meals to children; they are to provide fo...
What is a mid-day meal? A mid-day meal is a school lunch provided to children in government and government-aided schools in India as a part of the PM-POSHAN (POshan SHAkti Nirman) initiative (formerly the Mid-Day Meal Scheme) to improve their nutritional levels and support their education.
National Programme of Mid-Day-Meal in Schools (MDMS) is a flagship programme of the Government of India aiming at enhancing enrolment, retention and attendance and simultaneously improving nutritional levels among children studying in Government, Local Body and Government-aided primary and upper primary schools and the Centres run under Educatio...
Mid Day Meal is served on all working days in the school. There is provision to provide mid day meal to children in summer vacations in drought affected areas.
Under the Midday Meal (MDM) Scheme, children get one meal of the day. Here, children need to be enrolled in government schools, local body schools, special training centres, maktabs, madrasas and government-aided schools that are supported under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
The Government has approved the Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN)’ for providing one hot cooked meal in Government and Government – aided Schools from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The Scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of Education.
