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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.