Fixing India’s Mid-Day Meal Scheme
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India's Midday Meal Scheme and How the Indian Government Is Trying to Turn Things Around
Since 2009, a staggering 10,000 food poisoning cases have been reported across schools in India. The midday meal scheme is the world's largest school meal program. It provides food to nearly 12 crore children in 11 lakh schools with an annual budget of over 10,000 crore rupees. Back in 2013, around 23 kids from Bihar died after consuming midday meals under this scheme.
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