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  • 09 May 2025
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Contaminated Mid-Day Meal

Why in News?  

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance of over 100 students falling ill from contaminated Mid Day Meal in Patna and issued a notice to the Bihar government. 

 Key Points 

  • About Mid Day Meal Scheme:  
    • The Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) is the largest school nutrition programme of its kind in the world, covering students enrolled in government schools from classes 1 to 8. 
    • The basic objective of this scheme is to increase enrollment in schools . 
  • Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Education 
  • Background: This programme was first started in 1925 in the Madras Municipal Corporation for underprivileged children. 
    • It was a Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched on a pilot basis in the year 1995 for children from Classes 1 to 5 and by October 2007 MDMS was extended to Class 8. 


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