2012 · Q55
The Mid-Day Meal Scheme was launched in 1995 with the aim to :
- 1Enhance enrolment, retention and attendance of primary school children
- 2Improve the nutritional status of primary school children
- 3Improve the habit of reading among rural households
- 4Encourage the use of Tiffin boxes among primary school children
Social Security in IndiaConcept and framework
- A1 and 2 only
- B1 and 4 only
- C2 and 3 only
- D1, 2 and 4
Explanation
The Mid-Day Meal Scheme (National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education), launched on 15 August 1995, aimed to increase enrolment, retention and attendance of primary-school children and to improve their nutritional status. Promoting reading habits or tiffin boxes were never its objectives. Hence statements 1 and 2 only.