When was the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education…
2026
When was the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE), popularly known as the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, launched?
Answer: A. 1995 — ConceptGovernment programmes may be launched, expanded, renamed, and restructured on different dates. A launch-date question must be answered from the…
- A.
1995
- B.
1999
- C.
2004
- D.
2009
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
Concept
Government programmes may be launched, expanded, renamed, and restructured on different dates. A launch-date question must be answered from the programme's original nationwide policy timeline, not from a later extension or renaming.
Application
The Ministry of Education's PM POSHAN history states that the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education was launched as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme on 15 August 1995, initially in 2,408 blocks.
Contrast and cross-check
1995: original launch of NP-NSPE as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
1999: the programme had already entered its nationwide expansion phase by 1997–98.
2004: cooking-cost assistance was added to an already-running programme.
2009: upper-primary expansion had already occurred during 2007–08 and 2008–09.
Therefore, the launch year among the offered values is 1995.