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Opinion: Protecting the midday meal -Reetika Khera

-Telangana.com

India’s school meals programme is ubiquitous, helping deliver food to millions. It faces threats from multiple angles.

It would be hard to find a larger or more universal school meals programme than that in India. Until Covid-19 hit, more than 87% of children in rural government schools were being served the ‘Mid-Day Meal’. At last count, the scheme covered 118 million children.

The benefits of school meals are well established, but government budget pressures threaten the sustainability of the programme. It will also need to fend off corruption and corporate lobbyists if it is to continue to thrive.

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