Noon Meal Programme

The Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Noon Meal Programme was introduced and was commenced on 01/07/1982 with an aim to create the future human resource of our children with nutritious, courageous and to become literate citizen of our country. This scheme was first introduced to the primary school education children (From 1 to 5th standard) and then this scheme was extended to the high School students (From 6 to 10th standard) of the Government school and Government aided schools wef:15.09.1984. This scheme comes under the Ministry of Social welfare department and being monitored. The Tamil Nadu state Government is the Pioneer for this scheme in India.

1. To considerably reduce the dropout of the school going children.
2. Guaranteed the serving of cooked food to the children of socially and economically backward class families.
3. To raise the knowledge of education among such children.
4. To raise the nutrition strength
5. To reduce the disease due to mal nutrition.
6. To raise the admission and enrolment in government schools and also the attendance to the school.

Schemes

1. Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Noon Meal Programme

Other information

285 number of New Kitchen Sheds Constructed From 2006-07 to 2012-13 at a cost of Rs.380.536 lakhs and 1590 Kitchen Modernized with Gas connection from 2006-07 to 2014-15. Out of which 337 gas connections were installed under MLA-CDS and 1253 gas connections under Director of Social Welfare, Chennai. An expenditure of Rs. 355.365 lakhs was made for 1590 noon meal centers at a cost of Rs.22,350/ per connection.