The objective of Mid Day Meal SchemeI. Improving the nutritional status of children in classes I-VII. Encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend

school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activitiesIII. Providing nutritional support to children of primary stage in drought

affected areas during summer vacation

(To achieve the above objectives a cooked mid day meal with nutritional content will be provided to all children studying in classes I-V)

Which are the institutions/schools eligible for Mid Day MealGovernment, Govt. Aided, Local Body, EGS and AIE Centres, Madarsa and Maqtabs supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Schools run by Ministry of Labour.

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Some key information

Free supply of food grains @ 100 grams per child per school day at Primary and @ 150 grams per child per school day at Upper Primary.

For children in classes I – V, a meal with a nutritional value of 450 calories and 12 grams of protein

For children in upper primary classes, a meal containing of 700 calories and 20 grams of protein

In addition to rice/chapattis, the meal includes pulses, vegetables depending upon local availability

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Some key information

Sl. ItemsQuantity per day/Child

Primary Upper Primary

1 Food-grains 100 gr 150 gr

2 Pulses 20 gr 30 gr

3 Vegetables (leafy also) 50 gr 75 gr

4 Oil & fat 5 gr 7.5 gr

5 Salt & condiments As per need As per need

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Revised Cooking cost per child per school day Stage Total

CostCentral-State Sharing

Non-NER States (75:25)

NER-State (90:10)

Central State Central StatePrimary Rs.3.76 Rs.2.82 Rs.0.94 Rs.3.38 Rs.0.38Upper Primary

Rs. 5.64 Rs. 4.23 Rs. 1.41 Rs. 5.08 Rs. 0.56

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How many days Mid Day Meal is served?

Mid Day Meal is served on all working days in the school

There is provision to provide mid day meal to

children in summer vacations in drought affected areas

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Provision for Kitchen devices per school

There is provision to provide 100% Central assistance @ Rs. 5000 per school for procurement of kitchen devices

Cooking devices (Stove, Chulha, etc)Containers for storage of food grains and other ingredientsUtensils for cooking and serving

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Some key information Rs.100 per quintal for 11 special category States viz. Arunachal

Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, J&K, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and Rs.75 per quintal for all other States and Uts

Cost of cooking and cost for engaging a cook/assistant @Rs.1000/month

The norm for engagement of cook-cum-helper is one cook-cum-helper in a school having upto 25 students, two cooks-cum-helpers for schools having 26 to 100 students, and one additional cook-cum-helper for every addition of upto 100 students

The scheme has provision for construction of kitchen cum store in every school where land is available. The norm for construction of kitchen cum store is- 20 sq. mt. plinth area for construction of Kitchen-cum- store in schools having upto 100 children

Central Assistance towards construction of kitchen shed-cum-Stores @ Rs. 60,000 per unit

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Provision of assistance for cooking cost at the following rates :

States in North-Eastern Region: @ Rs.1.80per child per school day provided the State Govt. contributes a minimum of 20 paise.

For other States & UTs : @ Rs.1.50 per child per school day provided the State Govt./UT administration contributes a minimum of 50- paise.

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Role of community ……….

The community has an important role in monitoring and implementation of the scheme. The community can monitor the scheme on a daily roster basis. Representatives of Gram Panchayats/Gram Sabhas (or such as Village Council) equivalent, Parent Teacher Associations, etc. can monitor on regular/daily basis in terms of:

Regularity of the MDMCleanliness in cooking and servingTimeliness for procuring good quality ingredients, fuel, etc.Variety of menuSocial and gender equity

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Display in school

The school has to display the menu (on the notice board or on school wall, etc.). Along with this, schools are also expected to display the following; 

Quantity of food grains received, date of receiptQuantity of food grains usedOther ingredients purchased and usedNumber of children who received MDMDaily Menu Roster of Community Members

Let’s go to school Thanks

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