The School Feeding Programme in India
Published By: M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, India | Published Date: August, 01 , 2011This paper provides a descriptive summary of India’s experience with school feeding programmes (SFPs), focussing mainly on the period since 1995, the year that saw the launch of a national initiative in this regard. The role of SFPs as social safety nets may have been enhanced on the context of the recent and persisting global food, fuel and financial crises and high rates of food inflation in most parts of the world. In this context, the experience of a large and populous developing country like India with respect to SFPs becomes relevant for other countries seeking to initiate or to strengthen and expand such programmes
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