Question

Who was the first person to introduce 'midday meal scheme' in india?

Answer 1

The roots of the programme can be traced back to the pre-independence era, when a mid day meal programme was introduced in 1925 in Madras Corporation by the British administration.[3] A mid day meal programme was introduced in the Union Territory of Puducherry by the French administration in 1930.[6]

Initiatives by state governments to children began with their launch of a mid day meal programme in primary schools in the 1962–63 school year. Tamil Nadu is a pioneer in introducing mid day meal programmes in India to increase the number of kids coming to school; Thiru K. Kamaraj, then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, introduced it first in Chennai and later extended it to all districts of Tamil Nadu

Answer 2

Thiru K. Kamaraj
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Thiru K. Kamaraj was the first person to introduce 'midday meal scheme' in india.




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1) He was also chief minister of TAMILANADU


2) He was born on 15 July 1903


3) He was died on 2 October 1975