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In 2001, the Supreme Court passed an order stating “A basic entitlement of every child in every Government and Government assisted Primary Schools with a prepared Mid-day Meal with a minimum content of 300 calories and 8–12 grams of protein each day of school for a minimum of 200 days”

The Mid-day Meal Scheme is a school meal programme bythe Government of India designed to improve the nutritional status of school-age children nationwide.

The roots of the programme can be traced back to the Pre-Independence era, when a Mid-day Meal Programme was introduced in 1925 in Madras Corporation by the British administration. The Government of India initiated the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE) on 15th August 1995.

The Annamrita program is carried out in Government aided as well as non-aided Schools. In Government Aided schools, the Education Inspectors of The Education Department of the Government of Maharashtra allocate the schools. The same is approved by The Parent Teacher Association and the Management of these schools.

The facility is available only for schools that have secular policy for admissions. For primary section each meal provides 12 grams of protein and 450 cal energy and for secondary section each meal provides 20 grams of protein and 700 cal energy. The government provides the raw rice and a minimum cooking charge of Rs 3.50 per child, the remainder of the expenses are borne by us.

We are only able to provide Mid Day Meals to Non Aided schools with donor support because Non aided schools are not covered under the Government of India, Mid Day Meal scheme. So non aided school meal project is completely managed and funded by Annamrita NGO through fundraising.

The objectives of the scheme are:

Improve educational effectiveness of children by providing them with the right nutrition and reducing malnourishment.
Attract and empower children from disadvantaged sections to schools, especially girls from Adivasi tribes. This will help increase the attendance, reduce dropout rates and also be a step towards women empowerment.
With an increase in education amongst the children, the feeling of oneness and secularism will also be promoted amongst children of different religions and cultures.
Majority of India’s population still goes hungry and is unable to secure even one complete square meal a day. With our nutritious mid day meal, we at Annamrita work towards liberating the underprivileged children from the vicious cycle of poverty and illiteracy. Since what they eat during their formative years serves as the basis to how they evolve in the future, we strive to provide them with satvik aahar, aka a diet filled with all sattvas like natural, pure, energy containing, clean etc, to help enrich their bodies in these important years.