(THE GIST OF PIB) Mid-Day Meal scheme

(APRIL-2024)

An Indonesian delegation is exploring collaboration with India on various initiatives including mid-day meal scheme and digital inclusion.

It is the largest school feeding programme of its kind in the world which covers children across Classes 1 to 8 (age group 6 to 14).

In 1925, a Mid Day Meal Programme was introduced for disadvantaged children in Madras Municipal Corporation.
It was started in India on 15th August 1995 as the ‘National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE)’.
It was renamed the ‘National Programme of Mid-Day Meal in Schools’ in October 2007, also known as the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) Scheme.
Under the scheme, a hot cooked meal per day is provided to all children (studying in Class I to VIII) enrolled in government schools, local body schools, government-aided schools, special training centres (STC), maktabs and madrasas supported under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.