An overall scenario of mid day meal in India across different states over time
International Journal of Development Research
An overall scenario of mid day meal in India across different states over time
Received 23rd August, 2019; Received in revised form 16th September, 2019; Accepted 04th October, 2019; Published online 30th November, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Rituparna Dey. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
With the twin objective of improving health of poor children and imparting formal education to these children, the Government of India started Mid-Day Meal Scheme in the government primary schools. The purpose of the government to a great extent has been an initiative to increase the attendance rate and also promote socialization values. Despite all achievements, many problems have been encountered in the implementation of this scheme. Some major drawbacks have also been identified. This paper attempts to analyze the results and factors that are highly responsible for creating discrepancies in its process of attaining the major objectives and goals.
