essay on mid day meal programme

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 Mid-Day Meal Scheme
Background
With a view to enhancing enrollment, retention and attendance and simultaneously improving nutritional levels among children, the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE) was launched as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme on 15th August 1995, initially in 2408 blocks in the country. By the year 1997-98 the NP-NSPE was introduced in all blocks of the country. It was further extended in 2002 to cover not only children in classes I-V of government, government aided and local body schools, but also children studying in EGS and AIE centres. Central Assistance under the scheme consisted of free supply of food grains @ 100 grams per child per school day, and subsidy for transportation of food grains up to a maximum of Rs.50 per quintal.
In September 2004 the scheme was revised to provide cooked mid day meal with 300 calories and 8-12 grams of protein to all children studying in classes I-V in Government and aided schools and EGS/AIE centers. In addition to free supply of food grains, the revised scheme provided Central Assistance for (a) Cooking cost @ Re 1 per child per school day, (b) Transport subsidy was raised from the earlier maximum of Rs.50 per quintal to Rs.100 per quintal for special category states, and Rs.75 per quintal for other states, (c) Management, monitoring and evaluation costs @ 2% of the cost of food grains, transport subsidy and cooking assistance, (d) Provision of mid day meal during summer vacation in drought affected areas.
In July 2006 the scheme was further revised to provide assistance for cooking cost at the rate of (a) Rs.1.80 per child/school day for States in the North Eastern Region, provided the NER states contribute Rs.0.20 per child/school day, and (b) Rs.1.50 per child/school day for other States and UTs, provided that these States and UTs contribute Rs.0.50 per child/school day.

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The Midday Meal Scheme is a school meal programme of the Government of India designed to improve the nutritional status of school-age children nationwide.^[1] The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in primary and upper primary classes in government, government aided, local body, Education Guarantee Scheme, and alternate innovative education centres, Madarsa and Maqtabs supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and National Child Labour Project schools run by the ministry of labour.^[2] Serving 120,000,000 children in over 1,265,000 schools and Education Guarantee Scheme centres, it is the largest such programme in the world.^[3]

Under article 24, paragraph 2c^[4] of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which India is a party,^[5] India has committed to providing "adequate nutritious foods" for children. The programme has undergone many changes since its launch in 1995. The Midday Meal Scheme is covered by the National Food Security Act, 2013. The legal backing to the Indian school meal programme is similar to the legal backing provided in the US through the National School Lunch Act.

1. One step taken by the government to implement equality in constituition is the mid day meal scheme. This refers to the programme introduced in all government, dementary schools to provide children with cooked lunch 
2. Supreme court began this programme because many poor children have begun enrolling and regularly attending school
3. Teachers reported that earlier children would go home for lunch and not return back. After mid-day meal was being provided in school their attendence has improved.
4. This programme has also helped reduce caste prejiduice because both lower and upper caste children eat the same meal

The Midday Meal Scheme is a school meal programme of the Government of India designed to better the nutritional standing of school-age children nationwide.^[1] The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in primary and upper primary classes in government, government aided, local body, Education Guarantee Scheme, and alternate innovative education centres, Madarsa and Maqtabs supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and National Child Labour Project schools run by the ministry of labour.^[2] Serving 120,000,000 children in over 1,265,000 schools and Education Guarantee Scheme centres, it is the largest of its kind in the world.^[3]

Under article 24, paragraph 2c^[4] of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which India is a party,^[5] India has committed to yielding "adequate nutritious foods" for children. The programme has undergone many changes since its launch in 1995. The Midday Meal Scheme is covered by the National Food Security Act, 2013. The legal backing to the Indian school meal programme is akin to the legal backing provided in the US through the National School Lunch Act.
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Mid-day meal (MDM) is a wholesome freshly-cooked lunch served to children in government and government-aided schools in India. On 28 November 2001, the Supreme Court of India passed a mandate stating, "We direct the State Governments/Union Territories to implement the Mid Day Meal Scheme by providing every child in every Government and Government assisted Primary School with a prepared midday meal."

MID-DAY MEAL SCHEME AIMS TO:

• avoid classroom hunger
• increase school enrolment
• increase school attendance
• improve socialisation among castes
• address malnutrition
• empower women through employment

The Akshaya Patra Foundation, which was successfully implementing its own school lunch programme in Karnataka since 2000, was called in to give testimonies for verifying the efficacy of the scheme; following which the mandate to implement Mid Day Meal Scheme was passed.

In order to successfully carry out this mandate, each State Government started its own Mid-Day Meal Programme with Akshara Dasoha being initiated by the Government of Karnataka.

One of the major challenges faced by the Government was the successful implementation of the scheme. As per the NP-NSPE, 2006 Guidelines (Midday Meal Scheme Guidelines), wherever possible, the Government would mobilise community support and promote public-private partnership for the programme. Not-for-profits, such as Akshaya Patra, are therefore encouraged to set up operations and act as the implementing arm of the Government.

The Karnataka Human Development Report, 2005 states, ‘The recognition of the role of voluntary agencies in partnering with Government initiatives by the Centre may have had some influence in the initiatives taken by the Government of Karnataka to bring several NGOs into major Government sponsored programmes.’ As the report states, the Government of Karnataka was the first to take the step of involving NGOs in development programmes. Additionally, the report states that this ‘involvement of the NGOs in multilateral/bilateral programmes, raises the level of co-operation to another level. The NGOs become not only implementers; they also find a place in designing and managing programmes together with Government at all levels.’

This pioneering move by the Government of Karnataka to make NGOs the implementing arm of the Government has been one of the major reasons for its success in reaching the programme's goals. The achievements of these private-public partnerships have even influenced the Central Government. By setting up and encouraging private-public partnerships, the Government is successfully leveraging the skills and resources of the private sector for the greater good. India's Midday Meal Scheme is one of the largest school lunch programmes in the world benefiting 9.78-crore children in 11.40-lakh schools (as per 2016-17 data).

Mid-day meals is a great scheme introduced by the government in 1995, according to which free meals are provided to the students of government schools, government aided schools and various other education centers.

These meals are served properly and cleanliness of food is also given a good priority. Various food works of India including the National Food Safety Act, 2013 are included in the Mid-Day Meal Scheme.

Here are some important points about midday meals:

• The purpose of Mid Day Meal was to give lunch to dense nutrition to all the students studying in government schools. The initiative took place due to the bad diet of some students, and according to the parents of those students, there was not enough money to make the best available to them
• The Mid Day Meal Scheme is helping many students in the country to consume some proteins and other nutrients to stay healthy. Most lunch is managed in such a way that for the students food should have 12 grams of protein and 300 calories.
• Mid-food meals are shared by central and state governments. This cost involves the purchase of grains and other food items along with people recruiting them to buy gas cylinders and stoves to prepare those food and prepare them.
• The government has given contract to the third party to prepare students for midday meals, and the third party ensures that the food is cooked in the way it has the desired nutritional value.
• Many international organizations have helped in making midday meals the world's largest plan. For example, many people around the world provide their donations for buying various items and due to all these efforts made by people around the world, Mid Day Meal Scheme is currently the biggest plan in the world.

These were some important points on the mid-day meals scheme. Many students across the country rely on midday meals for the best nutritious food of their day, and this is why the government is focused on providing the best and clean food in the form of midday meals.