The National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (commonly known as the Mid-Day Meal Scheme) was launched as a Centrally-Sponsored Scheme in August 1995. The scheme was intended to: boost the universalisation of primary education by increasing enrolment; retention; and attendance; and simultaneously impacting on the nutritional status of students, in primary classes country wide, in a phased manner by 1997-98.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/performance-audit-national-programme-nutritional-support-primary-education-midday
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/comptroller-and-auditor-general-india
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mid-day-meal-programme
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/comptroller-and-auditor-general-india-cag
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/children
