Review of Mid Day Meal Programme in Maharashtra

Abstract

MDMP is a welfare programme that is being operated through the country and involves millions of children, crores of public funds, and thousands of officials manning the programme. While there can no denying that the programme needs to be monitored with an eagle’s eye for lacunae, discrepancies and malpractices, it is equally imperative that each and every well-intentioned effort, however miniscule, needs to be appreciated, rewarded and publicized for the simple reason that man motivation is a simple but a highly effective tool that can rev up the gargantuan lumbering machinery involved in the implementation of MDMP to generate unprecedented results, as expected of this populist programme. The present study, keeping MDMP guidelines and objectives as a benchmark (as laid down by the MHRD), strives to evaluate MDMP with specific reference to the state of Maharashtra. While the intention behind MDMP is undoubtedly commendable, the execution requires a lot more effort in order to upgrade the programme from tokenism to efficiency