1.0Find a Lawyer in India - Legal Directory | Legal Indiahttps://www.legalindia.com/directoryFind a Lawyer in India - Legal Directory | Legal Indiahttps://www.legalindia.com/directoryrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XLd6gZjyFB"><a href="https://www.legalindia.com/directory/midday-meal-scheme">Midday Meal Scheme</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.legalindia.com/directory/midday-meal-scheme/embed#?secret=XLd6gZjyFB" width="600" height="338" title="“Midday Meal Scheme” — Find a Lawyer in India - Legal Directory | Legal India" data-secret="XLd6gZjyFB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.legalindia.com/directory/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Mid Day Meal in schools has had a long history in India. In 1925, a Mid Day Meal Programme was introduced for disadvantaged children in Madras Municipal Corporation. By the mid 1980s three States viz. Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and the UT of Pondicherry had universalized a cooked Mid Day Meal Programme with their own resources for children studying at the primary stage By 1990-91 the number of States implementing the mid day meal programme with their own resources on a universal or a large scale had increased to twelve states.https://i0.wp.com/www.legalindia.com/directory/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/09/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1512512