Policy Briefs & Reports

The National Programme of Mid-Day Meals (MDM) in School scheme is Government of India’s (GoI’s) flagship school-based feeding programme aimed at improving the nutritional status of students and promoting the universalisation of elementary education. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this brief uses government data to analyse:

Past trends in allocations, releases, and expenditures;
Provisioning of MDM during the pandemic including additional funding during the summer months;
Timing of GoI releases, with a focus on key components; and
Coverage.