MID DAY MEAL IN ENGLISH

                                                

                                        MID DAY MEAL IN ENGLISH

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MID DAY MEAL SCHEME-

Ø The mid-day meal programme (MDMP) is also known as School Lunch Programme. This programme has been in operation since 1961 throughout the country. The major objective of the programme is to attract more children for admission to schools and retain them so that literacy rate is increased. Later it as merged with mid day meal scheme.

Ø Mid day meal scheme was launched for children in which one meal is provided to all children enrolled in government schools, government-aided schools, local body schools, special training centres (STC) and madrasas and supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

Ø Mid Day Meal Scheme was launched in India on 15th August 1995 under the name of ‘National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NPNSPE). In October 2007, NPNSPE was renamed as ‘National Programme of Mid Day Meal in Schools, which is popularly known as Mid-Day Meal Scheme

Ø In September 2021, the Mid-Day Meal Scheme was renamed as ‘PM POSHAN’ or Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman. PM POSHAN will extend the hot cooked meals to students studying in pre-primary levels or Bal Vatikas of government and government-aided primary schools, in addition to those already covered under the mid-day scheme.

 

OBJECTIVES-

 

Ø To increase the enrolment of the children belonging to disadvantaged sections in the schools.

Ø Leading enrolment to increased attendance in the schools.

Ø To retain children studying in classes 1-8.

Ø To provide nutritional support to the children of the elementary stage in drought-affected areas.

 

MAIN FEATURES OF THE SCHEME-

 

Ø It is the world’s largest school meal programme aimed to attain the goal of universalization of primary education.

Ø The Ministry of Education is the authorized body to implement the scheme.

Ø It is a centrally sponsored scheme in which 60 percent cost is shared the central Govt..  

Ø Under the MDM rules, schools are empowered to utilize other funds for midday meals in case MDM funds get exhausted.

Ø On occasions where schools and other required bodies are unable to provide cooked meals to children; they are to provide food allowances to beneficiaries.

Ø Under the MDM rules, a cooked mid-day meal with minimum 300 Calories and 8 to 12 grammes of protein content should be provided to all the children

Ø Use whole wheat or broken wheat (dalia) for preparing mid-day meals is prefered. Some times rice-dal combination is cooked.

Ø The schools procure AGMARK quality items for preparation of midday meals.

Ø The meals are to be served in the school premises only.

Ø Each school should have a hygienic cooking infrastructure to cook midday meals in a hygienic manner.