Union Government of India enhanced the per student cooking cost under the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS). The enhancement of the budget came into effect from 1 July 2014. The cooking cost per student has been enhanced by 7.5 percent every year since 2010-11.
The enhancement in the cost in terms of Rupees
The enhancement in the cost in terms of Rupees
Stage
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Cooking cost per child per day 2013-14
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Revised cooking cost per child per day 2014-15
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Primary
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3.34
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3.59
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Upper Primary
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5.00
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5.38
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About Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS)
Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) is a programme of Government of India and has been designed to improve the nutritional status of school-age children nationwide school. The meal programme covers over 12 crore children across India, in 12.65 lakh government and government aided schools on a daily basis. The scheme is the world’s largest school feeding programme.
On 15 August 1995 the scheme was launched as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, initially in 2408 blocks in the country. By the year 1997-98 the NP-NSPE was introduced in all blocks of the country. It was further extended in 2002 to cover not only children in classes I -V of Government, Government aided and local body schools, but also children studying in EGS and AIE centres.
The MDMS has been covering the upper primary (class VI- VIII) level in all Government and Government aided schools since 1 April 2008.
The MDMS has been covering the upper primary (class VI- VIII) level in all Government and Government aided schools since 1 April 2008.