The Mid-Day Meal Scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development. The Scheme covers students of primary and upper primary classes in the
government schools/schools aided by government and the schools run by local bodies.
Foodgrains are supplied free of cost at 100 grams for primary stage and at 150 grams for upper
primary stage per child per school day where cooked/processed hot meal is being served or 3 kgs
per student per month where raw foodgrains are distributed. During 2018-19, 12.12 lakh tonnes
of foodgrains comprising 10.25 lakh tonnes of rice and 1.87 lakh tonnes of wheat were allocated
under the Scheme.
Wheat Based Nutrition Programme
This Scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The
foodgrains allotted under it are utilized by the states/UTs under Integrated Child Development
Services (ICDS) scheme for providing nutritious/energy food to children in the age group of 0-6
years and expectant/lactating women. During 2018-19, 19.90 lakh tonnes of foodgrains
comprising 9.63 lakh tonnes of rice and 10.27 lakh tonnes of wheat were allocated under the
Scheme. Also a quantity of 13000 tonnes of maize was allocated under the Scheme.
Scheme for Adolescent Girls
The Ministry of Women and Child Development administers the scheme at the central level.
However foodgrains for the Scheme are allotted by the Department of Food and Public
Distribution at BPL rates to the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The SABLA
scheme was launched in 2010 by merging two schemes namely, Nutrition Programme and
Adolescent Girls (NPAG) and Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY) into a single scheme. The Scheme
aims at empowering adolescent girls of 11-18 years by improvement of their nutritional and
health status and upgrading various skills useful to them. It also aims at equipping the girls on
family welfare, health hygiene, etc., and guiding them on existing public services. The
requirement of foodgrains for nutrition is at 100 grams of grains per beneficiary per day for 300
days in a year. During 2017-18, 2.04 lakh tonnes of foodgrains comprising 0.77 lakh tonnes of
rice and 1.27 lakh tonnes of wheat were allocated under it.
Supply of Foodgrains to Welfare Institutions
With a view to meeting the requirement of welfare institutions viz., charitable institutions
such as beggar homes, nariniketans and other similar welfare institutions not covered under
TPDS or under any other welfare schemes, an additional allocation of foodgrains (rice and
wheat) not exceeding 5 per cent of the BPL allocation is made to states/UTs at BPL prices.
Supply of Foodgrains for SC/ST/OBC Hostels
This Scheme was introduced in 1994. The residents of the hostels having 2/3rd resident
students belonging to SC/ST/OBC are eligible to get 15 kg foodgrains per resident per month.
Allocations of foodgrains under it are made by the Department of Food and Public Distribution
based on the requests received from the state/UT governments.
Annapurna Scheme
This Scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development. Indigent senior citizens
of 65 years of age or above who are not getting pension under the National Old Age Pension
Scheme (NOAPS), are provided 10 kgs. of foodgrains per person per month free of cost under it.