Mid Day MealBy – Aayush Bhalerao, 4th A

The Mid Day Meal Scheme is a programme of the Government of India designed to improve the nutritional status of school-age children nation wide.

Primary Objective

• Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger among children particularly economically disadvantaged so as to improve their nutritional & health status.

Other Objectives

• Achieving universal primary education, motivation for further education, increasing enrolment, retention & reducing dropouts.

• Reducing child mortality, morbidity & malnutrition.

• Combating all diseases including those resulting due to deficiencies.

• Reduce gender gap in education.• To enhance social value & foster equity thus eroding caste prejudices & class

inequality.

The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in Primary and Upper Primary Classes in Government Schools under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and National Child Labour Project schools.

Under Convention on the Rights of the Child, India has committed to providing "adequate nutritious foods" for children.

The programme is implemented since 2004.

Vegetarian Students get Banana instead of egg.

Entitlement norm per child per day

Item Primary (Class I to V) Upper Primary(Class VI to VIII)

Calories 450 700

Protein (in Grams ) 12 20

Rice / Wheat (in Grams ) 100 150

Dal (in Grams ) 20 30

Vegetables (in Grams ) 50 75

Oil and Fat (in Grams ) 5 7.5

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VARIETY MENU

1st and 3rd week Menu

Monday Vegetable Briyani + Pepper Egg

Tuesday Black Bengal gram pulav + Tomato Masala Egg

Wednesday Tomato Rice + Pepper Egg

Thursday Rice + Sambar+Boiled Egg

Friday Curry Leaf Rice (or) Keerai Sadham + Masala Egg & Chilly Fried Potato

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VARIETY MENU

2nd & 4th week Menu

Monday Bisibalabath + Onion Tomato Masala Egg

Tuesday Mixed Meal Maker & Vegetables Rice + Pepper Egg

Wednesday Tamarind Rice + Tomato Masala Egg

Thursday Lemon Rice + Sundal + Tomato Egg

Friday Rice + Sambar + Boiled Egg and Fried Potato

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Good food is our right.So as getting good education..