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UPSC CSE Mains 2013 · GS2

The concept of Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme is almost a century old in India with early beginnings in Madras Presidency in pre-independent India. The scheme has again been given impetus in most states in the last two decades. Critically examine its twin objectives, latest mandates and success.

Theme

T75 Hunger, malnutrition & food security law: NFSA, Mid-Day Meal, millets

What UPSC asks in this theme

Questions ask about malnutrition as equity and governance issue, poverty-malnutrition cycle, hunger vs food availability, Mid-Day Meal, NFSA and its WTO concerns, and millets for nutrition.

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Writing the answer

These notes are for the whole theme, built from all 7 of its PYQs. UPSC does not publish model answers.

More PYQs from this theme

  1. GS2202610 marks

    Malnutrition in India is not merely a public health concern; it is also a challenge of social equity, human development and effective welfare governance. Discuss

  2. GS2202410 marks

    Poverty and malnutrition create a vicious cycle, adversely affecting human capital formation. What steps can be taken to break the cycle?

  3. GS3202410 marks

    Explain the role of millets for ensuring health and nutritional security in India.

  4. GS32021

    What are the salient features of the National Food Security Act, 2013? How has the Food Security Bill helped in eliminating hunger and malnutrition in India?

  5. GS22018

    How far do you agree with the view that the focus on lack of availability of food as the main cause of hunger takes the attention away from ineffective human development policies in India?

  6. GS32013

    Food Security Bill is expected to eliminate hunger and malnutrition in India. Critically discuss various apprehensions in its effective implementation along with the concerns it has generated in WTO.

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