What do you think about mid day meal scheme from cooking perspective?
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The movement to provide meals or some kind of nutrition began as a trickle in parts of India in the mid-1920s. Madras Corporation was among the first to launch a nutrition programme. On 15 August 1995, a National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education was launched across 2,400 blocks which was then expanded to all blocks in the country by 1997-98. Initially, the programme consisted of only free supply of foodgrain at 100 gm per child per school day, and subsidy for transportation of foodgrain up to a maximum of Rs 50 per quintal.
On 28 November 2001, the Supreme Court passed an interim order consolidating the eight food security schemes into entitlements of the poor. Its most significant component was the directive to the state governments to implement the Midday Meal Scheme by providing every child in government primary schools (including aided schools) with a prepared midday meal that included 300 calories and 8-12 gm of protein each day for a minimum of 200 days per year.

In September 2004 the scheme was revised into a ‘cooked midday meal programme’, with the same nutritional value; this was in addition to supply of free grain. There was also a provision for midday meals during the summer vacation in drought-affected areas. In October 2007, the name of the programme was changed from National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education to National Programme of Mid-Day Meal in Schools. From 1 April 2008, the scheme was extended across the country for Classes 1 to 8. By 2014, about 104.5 million children in 1.2 million elementary schools were covered by the programme. Many states have extended the scheme up to Class 10. It is common knowledge that in addition to the children enrolled in school, their younger siblings often accompany them and are served the same meal by schools.
On 28 November 2001, the Supreme Court passed an interim order consolidating the eight food security schemes into entitlements of the poor. Its most significant component was the directive to the state governments to implement the Midday Meal Scheme by providing every child in government primary schools (including aided schools) with a prepared midday meal that included 300 calories and 8-12 gm of protein each day for a minimum of 200 days per year.

In September 2004 the scheme was revised into a ‘cooked midday meal programme’, with the same nutritional value; this was in addition to supply of free grain. There was also a provision for midday meals during the summer vacation in drought-affected areas. In October 2007, the name of the programme was changed from National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education to National Programme of Mid-Day Meal in Schools. From 1 April 2008, the scheme was extended across the country for Classes 1 to 8. By 2014, about 104.5 million children in 1.2 million elementary schools were covered by the programme. Many states have extended the scheme up to Class 10. It is common knowledge that in addition to the children enrolled in school, their younger siblings often accompany them and are served the same meal by schools.
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