When Midday Meal Started?

National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education [commonly known as the Mid- Day Meal Scheme] was launched as a Centrally- sponsored Scheme on 15th August, 1995.

When was mid day meal launch?

The Mid-Day Meal Scheme was started in India on 15 August 1995 as 'National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE)'.

Who started mid day meal first?

Tamil Nadu is a pioneer in introducing midday meal programmes in India to increase the number of children coming to school; K. Kamaraj, then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, introduced it first in Chennai and later extended it to all districts of Tamil Nadu.

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