The Midday Meal Scheme, or PM-Poshan Shakti Nirman in Hindi, [1][2] is a mandatory but free school meal programme in India designed to enhance the nutritional status of school-age children nationwide. [3] The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in government primary and upper primary schools, government-aided anganwadis (pre-school), madrasas and maqtabs. [4] Serving ...
Mid- Day Meal Scheme is a school meal programme to enhance the enrollment, attendance and retention and simultaneously improving nutritional quality among school-age children nationwide. The scheme mainly covers the school going children studying in Classes 1st to 8th of government, government aided schools, EGS (Education Guarantee Scheme)/AIE (Alternative and Innovative Education) centres ...
The Midday Meal Scheme provides nutritious meals to school children in India, improving health, boosting enrollment, and enhancing learning outcomes.
Mid Day Meal Scheme is a flagship programme of the Government of India which is implemented in association with the State Government. Under the scheme primary class (I-V ) and age group of students 6 to 10 years and upper primary class (VI-VIII) and age group of students 11 to 14 years of Government and Government Aided schools are served Mid Day Meal in the school. Its aim to provide ...
What is a mid-day meal? A mid-day meal is a school lunch provided to children in government and government-aided schools in India as a part of the PM-POSHAN (POshan SHAkti Nirman) initiative (formerly the Mid-Day Meal Scheme) to improve their nutritional levels and support their education.
Mid day meal acts as a regular source of “supplementary nutrition” for children, which facilitates their healthy growth. To achieve the objectives of the Scheme, the guidelines prescribe specific nutritional content in the mid day meal (see Table 1).