Mid Day Meal Programme was introduced in 1925 for disadvantaged children in
Madras Municipal Corporation, where the children are not going to the school.
By the mid 1980’s Kerala, Gujarat, Tamilnadu and Pondicherry States have universalized a cooked Mid Day Meal Program for children studying at primary level and in
1990-91 twelve States also started implementing the Mid Day Meal Programme for primary level children with their own resources.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its direction in 2001 has linked the feeding Programme of the children to quality education Programme of Government. This was done to ensure that lesser number of children go to school hungry. This resulted in encouraging poor families to enroll their children in Government schools and thereby enable them to guarantee at least one square meal a day, called as Mid Day Meal.
School feeding Programme is a direct approach to improve the nutritional status of the children who are in the stage of rapid
physical & psychological development requiring special nutritional requirements.
Cooked Mid-Day Meal is to be provided in all the Government and
Government Aided Primary Schools in all the states. In states, where the scheme is not operational, it is to be started in half the districts of the state (by order of poverty) by February 28th, 2002. By May 28, 2002, it is to be started in the rest of the districts
too.
The Central Govt. provides support to States and Union Territories for the following components:
1) Food grains @ 100gr For Primary/150 gms for Upper Primary per child, to all the students studying in Government, Local Body and Government Aided
schools, covered under the programme.
2) Cooking assistance.
3) Transportation cost @ Rs.750 per MT.
4) Honorarium to Cook cum Helpers @ Rs.1000/- P.M. at present ₹3000
5) Assistance for management, monitoring and evaluation @ 2.8 per cent of components 1 to 3.
The scheme in its first year of implementation, has led to the following positive outcomes:-
1) Elimination of classroom hunger
2) Increase in enrollment, more significantly of girls
3) Increase in daily attendance, particularly of girls and children from poorer sections
Caloric / Protein value of the midday meal provided along with menu prescribed As per Government of India directions cooked meal is provided with a minimum content of 470 calories and 12 grams of protein on each working day of the school to children studying in classes I to V and 695 calories and 20 grams of protein content is provided per child on each working day of the school for classes VI to VIII. In addition, 160 calories egg is provided thrice in a week.
The Headmaster of the school will supervise the mid day meal scheme and one teacher will be kept as incharge of MDM scheme. The following instructions are issued to all the DEOs for effective implementation of the scheme.
1. Care should be taken in cooking food in a hygienic atmosphere.
2. One teacher, one parent should taste the meal every day.
3. Every day 2 parents should come to school for observation in serving of MDM
4. Prepare roster for parents every month to visit the school to supervise MDM
5. Provide safe drinking water facility.
The Dist. Supply Office lifts the food grains from the FCI to the Dist. Godowns and then supplying Super Fine rice from Dist. Godowns to MLS point to the School point monthly once.The food grains are being transported from District godowns to MLS points and from
the MLS points to School Point as per indent.
Number of schools using LPG for cooking MDM: In 3956 schools the Implementing Agencies are using LPG and in 1460 schools the NGOs are serving MDM through Centralized Kitchens.
MDM Menu
MONDAY: Rice + Egg + Vegetable curry
TUESDAY: Rice + Dhal with leafy vegetable
WEDNESDAY: Rice + Egg + Vegetable curry
THURSDAY: Rice + Sambar with vegetable
FRIDAY: Rice + Egg + legume vegetable curry
SATURDAY : Special Rice like vegetable biryani
Nutrition
1) Food grains @ 100gr For Primary/150 gms for Upper Primary per child,
Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram:
Provision of micro-nutrients, Vitamin-A, de-worming medicine, Iron and Folic acid (WIFS)
The RBSK team is consisting the following 4 members:
1) Male Doctor.
2) Female Doctor.
3) ANM
4) Pharmacist
The team will visit the schools daily and make health check-ups for 120 students in each day. During their health check-ups they will record the height, weight and health record of the students and upload the data through the tablet PC provided to them.
On every Monday the ANMs will give iron, folic acid supplements and calcium supplements to the students identified with the anaemia.
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