POLICY ANALYSIS OF MID DAY MEAL PROGRAMME FROM SUPPLY CHAIN MECHANISM

In 1995, to support nutrition to primary education, one of the ambitious MidDay Meal was launched. During the fiscal year 20182019, 9.12 crore children were benefited from MDM scheme through 11.35 lakhs schools. In recent years, ill managed implementation of the scheme was highlighted in several audit /media reports. This irregularity highlights that there is need for reworking on governance to arrive at effective implementation. There is list of studies on identifying what is happening in the implementation process but very fewer studies mainly focus on why it is happening and what best we can suggest to improve the process. By using supply chain mechanism, the author identified the stakeholders involved in the process, historical perspectives and changes that happened in past decades, list of activities, the process during implementation, community participation and  the risk and challenges that occurs at different level in the implementation process.