The Mid Day Meal Scheme is a world famous programme of the Indian Government .It helps poor pupils from rural and urban and resolves issues of lack of nutrition , food security and access to education on a pan nation scale. With the help this programme free lunch on school working days for children in Primary and Upper Primary Classes in Government, Government Aided, Local Body i.e supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA) . The main objective of the scheme is to provide hot cooked meal to children of primary and upper primary classes. The scheme improves nutritional status of children, encouraging poor children and minimize school dropouts and to attend school regularly .Which helps greatly in increasing the enrollment, retention and attendance rates. And it is increase the standards of underweight children. According to the sources “ it is the world’s largest school feeding programme maintained by Govt.of India.
MDM is implemented in the State from January 2003 for the children of classes I to V. Extended to class I-VIII from 2008. Extended to the children of classes IX and X with effect from October, 2008 (100% State share). Extended to Special Training Centres (NCLP) from 2010. Model schools are also being covered from the year 2013-14.
