Mid day meal programme

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Mid Day Meal Scheme was launched by the Government of India, under which it guarantees to provide a one-time meal to all the students in the government and government-aided schools and madrasas. The Ministry of Human Resource Development launched the Mid Day Meal Scheme in India to guarantee a one-time meal to students up to class 8 for at least 200 days a year. This is not a new scheme, as it was launched earlier in 1995 by the Central Government as the National Program for Nutritional Support to primary students. Later in 2007, it was renamed the Mid Day Meal Programme. This scheme is also covered under the National Food Security Act 2013. Aspirants preparing for the Civil Services Exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission must check the free notes available here on Mid Day Meal Scheme UPSC as the direct questions are often asked from this topic in the Prelims and Mains paper. Table of content • 1. What is Mid Day Meal Scheme? • 2. Mid Day Meal Scheme in India • 3. Objectives of Mid Day Meal Programme • 4. Features of Mid Day Meal Scheme • 5. Mid Day Meal Scheme New Name (PM-POSHAN) • 6. Advantages of Mid Day Meal Scheme • 7. Issues with Mid Day Meal Scheme • 8. Mid Day Meal Scheme UPSC What is Mid Day Meal Scheme? The Mid Day Meal scheme is one of its kind and the biggest feeding program launched by the Government of India. Under this scheme, all the students enrolled between the class 1st to 8th in government or government-aided schools and Madrasas are eli...

Mid Day Meal Scheme renamed to PM POSHAN Mid Day Meal Scheme was started in India from 15th August 1995 under the name of ‘National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE)’. In October 2007, NP-NSPE was renamed as ‘National Programme of Mid Day Meal in Schools,’ which is popularly known as Mid-Day Meal Scheme. Recently, the Vice President of India has proposed the inclusion of milk in mid-day meals of children. Hence, it is important to know the importance of the scheme for the Mid-day Meal Scheme Latest News In September 2021, the Mid-Day Meal Scheme was renamed ‘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. PM POSHAN 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: • Apart from providing nutritional meals to schoolchildren, the revamped scheme will also focus on monitoring the nutritional levels of schoolchildren. • A nutritional expert will be appointed in each school to ensure that the BMI, weight levels and haemoglobin levels of the students are monitored. • In districts with a...