Answer:
The Mid-day Meal Scheme was
started to provide a cooked mid-day meal on every school day with nutritional content
of 450 calories, 12 gm proteins and other micro nutrients to all children
studying in classes I to VIII in government, local body and government aided
schools, etc. The basic purpose of this scheme was to improve enrollment,
retention and attendance of the children in school and simultaneously improving
nutritional levels among them.
This encouraged poor children,
belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school more regularly and help them
concentrate on classroom activities. An additional purpose was to provide
nutritional support to children of primary classes in drought affected areas
during summer vacation
It is the largest school feeding
programme in the world covering 10.44 crore children in 12.2 lakh elementary
schools across the country. The MDM is one the most successful schemes of
Government of India. (5)
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