Midday meal scheme

1. Overview

2. Objective

3. Coverage

4. Implementation Mechanism

5. Management & Supervision: School level

6. Monitoring Mechanism

7. Mid-day meal scheme implementation status in 2003

8. Status today

9. Covers children studying in classes I to VIII Nutritional norms * 27 States/UTs are implementing School Health Programme. Components Primary Upper Primary Calories 450 700 Protein 12 gms 20 gms Micro-nutrients* Adequate quantities of micro nutrients like Iron, Folic acid and Vitamin-A Status today cont.

10. Private Sector Participation The foundation is now serving MDMs to almost a million children every day and hopes to feed over 20 million children by 2020.

11. Other aspects of MDMP Source: Planning Commission (2009): Chapter 1: Education

12. Benefits of MDMS

13. Transparency & Accountability

14. Conclusion

15. References http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/11th/11_v2/11v2_ch1.pdf Parikh, Kalpana and Yasmeen , Summiya (2004): Groundswell for mid-day meal scheme, India Wikipedia (2009): Mid day Meal Scheme, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-day_Meal_Scheme http://www.education.nic.in/Elementary/elementary.asp http://india.gov.in/sectors/education/mid_day_meal.php http://www.educationforallinindia.com/mid-day-meal.html

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