Mid-Day Meal Scheme

Cooks Beddo and Bimla, make rotis (a wheat flat bread) at a government school in a village called Bawani Khera, in south central Haryana. The menu for the day is roti and a vegetable dish.

Here’s why kids — and parents — in India love the country’s school lunch program

July 16, 2014Lifestyle & Belief

India’s mid-day meal program is the largest free school lunch program in the world. It has its critics, but it makes kids want to go to school.India’s mid-day meal program is the largest free school lunch program in the world. It has its critics, but it makes kids want to go to school.