The new name of the Mid-Day Meal Scheme is:

Concept

Government schemes may be renamed through an official decision. In a renaming question, the authoritative title and its stated expansion must be matched, rather than a descriptive or hybrid label.

Acronyms should be checked against the official expansion because similar-sounding names can refer to no notified scheme.

Application

On 29 September 2021, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved continuation of the school-meal programme as PM POSHAN. The official expansion is Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman, and the earlier name was the National Scheme for Mid-Day Meal in Schools.

Contrast

• PM Poshan Scheme uses the official acronym adopted for the renamed school-meal programme.

• PM Mid-Day Poshan Scheme combines the earlier Mid-Day Meal wording with Poshan; it is a hybrid label rather than the notified title.

• National Poshan Scheme is a generic label and is not the official acronym or expansion used in the 2021 approval.

• More than one of the above asserts that at least two listed labels are official names, whereas the notification identifies one renamed scheme title.

• None of the above asserts that no listed label is the renamed title, even though one listed label reproduces the official acronym.

Cross-check

The Ministry of Education PM POSHAN portal and the Press Information Bureau both describe the earlier Mid-Day Meal Scheme as PM POSHAN.

Therefore, the answer is PM Poshan Scheme.