Mid-day Meals: Field Surveys and Reports

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Field Reports

Latest additions
• Comptroller and Auditor General of India (2007) Performance audit of Implementation of Mid Day Meal Scheme in Delhi, 2005-06 [3 July]
• CUTS Center for Consumer Action, Research & Training (CART) and World Bank (2007) An assessment of the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Chittorgarh District (Rajasthan) (Note prepared for a workshop organised by the South Asia Sustainable Development Department (SASSD) of the World Bank) [14 June]

Field Reports
• Comptroller and Auditor General of India (2007) Performance audit of Implementation of Mid Day Meal Scheme in Delhi, 2005-06
• CUTS Center for Consumer Action, Research & Training (CART) and World Bank (2007) An assessment of the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Chittorgarh District (Rajasthan) (Note prepared for a workshop organised by the South Asia Sustainable Development Department (SASSD) of the World Bank)
• Nick Robinson (2007) The Mid-Day Meal Scheme In Four Districts of Madhya Pradesh
• Right to Food Campaign, Tamil Nadu (2006) Inquiry Report into Accident at Melvalampettai Higher Secondary School
• Budget Analysis and Resource Centre (BARC), 2006 Study of Mid-day Meals in Rajasthan (questionnaire) [Hindi]
• Dr. V. A. Gangadharan (2006) Noon Meal Scheme in Kerala New Management proposal for the School Lunch Programme: An Empirical Study for the Director of Public Instruction, Government of Kerala (State Institute of Educational Management and Training-Kerala)
• Discrimination against Dalits in Mid-day Meals
  • Press Release (23 November)
  • Cast off the Caste: Fact-finding Investigation Report (Dalit Study Circle)
  • Memorandum to the State Human Rights Commission
• Anuradha De, Claire Noronha and Meera Samson (2005) Towards more benefits from Delhi's midday meal scheme
• Julia Blue (2005) The Government Primary School Mid-day Meals Scheme: An Assessment of Program Implementation and Impact in Udaipur District
• Pushpendra Kumar and Tanushree Sood (2005) Bihar: a Mid-day Meal Survey Report
• Farzana Afridi (2005) Mid-day Meals: A Comparison of the Financial and Institutional Organization of the Program in Two States (published in EPW, April 9, 2005)
• Government of Madhya Pradesh Nutritional Intervention for Poor Children in the Primary Schooling Sector in Madhya Pradesh
• Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (2005) Study of Mid-day meal programme in Jharkhand - Survey Tables
• Sukhadeo Thorat and Joel Lee Caste Discrimination and Food Security Programmes (EPW, September 24)
• Kumar Rana (2005) The Possibilities of Mid-day Meal Programme in West Bengal
• Pratichi Trust (2005) Mid-day meal programme in Birbhum district, West Bengal
• Pushpendra Kumar and Tanushree Sood (2004) Mid-Day Meal survey in East Champaran and Supaul districts, Bihar

Field Surveys

Field surveys provide a systematic picture of the state of food security in different parts of India, and can be used to monitor the implementation of the Supreme Court orders. Here are some surveys relating to the provision of mid-day meals:

• A field survey to assess and monitor mid-day meal schemes in Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Chattisgarh, conducted by the The Centre for Equity Studies (Delhi) in early 2003.
• In Chhattisgarh, the Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS) is trying to ensure regular monitoring of mid-day meals in a large number of schools. For this purpose, BGVS is using this simple questionnaire (also available in doc format)

Last updated: 3 July 2008