Mid Day Meal Scheme. Annual Work Plan & Budget. 2012-13 (Mizoram)

Abstract

On 1st March 2005 under the Chairmanship of Principal Secretary to the Govt of Mizoram, School Education Department, State Level Co-Ordination Committee on Mid-Day Meal had decided to implement the scheme throughout the state by serving cooked meals to primary students despite numerable shortcomings. Unlike other states in the country, the primary students comprises of Class I to Class IV. As a result, cooked meals were served to primary students in the entire state since 15th Fe~.2006. From 1st August 2009 the scheme was extended to cover all Upper Primary and continued without interruption till date. The state Government decided to cover Class-VIII from the academic session of 2011-2012.