What is the Mid-day Meal Scheme? Explain any two of its purposes.

Midday Meal Scheme was started in the 1960s. It is a program launched by the government of India in which food is provided to the students in their school. Some benefits of Midday Meal Scheme are:

• It works as an incentive for poor children and their parents to come to school. In this way, it helps to literate the population of the country.

• It promotes equality among various social castes as the same meal is eaten by every child together.

• It can also result in reducing the poverty level in long-term because more people will be educated after some years and they will contribute towards the economy.