3rd Review Mission: Mid-Day Meal Scheme (22nd November - 1st December) Uttarakhand

Abstract

The Mid- Day Meal (MDM) Scheme a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) has the distinction of being the largest school feeding programme in the world reaching out to about 11 crores children in 12 lakh primary and upper primary schools (Government, Government Aided and Local bodies), EGS/AIE centres and Madarsa and Maqtabs supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and National Child Labour Project (NCLP) schools. In drought-affected areas MDM is served during summer vacation also. A programme of scale and magnitude of Mid Day Meal requires close monitoring and evaluation at all levels. In 2010 the Central Government (M/o Human Resource Development) decided to review the implementation of the programme in all its aspect through a Review Missions which were to also provide suggestions for improvement. Since 2010 two Review Missions have already covered six states. The order for the Third Review Mission (Annexure-I) were issued in May 2011 wherein the state of Madhya Pradesh was included. The order for the Review Mission to the State of Uttarakhand were issued on 2nd November 2011 (Annexure -2).