Breakfast scheme
The Tamil Nadu government and the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, deserve praise for the plan to provide free breakfast in the State to students of classes one to five on all working days. The goals of the mid-day meal scheme in Tamil Nadu, that was introduced by K. Kamaraj (though a similar scheme was supposed to have been thought of in 1925), were to increase school enrolment and attendance by the poor and downtrodden children. This scheme was further improved by M.G. Ramachandran, with additions such as egg and banana. In India especially, the objectives of education become attainable when children are assured free and nutritious food.
A.J. Rangarajan,
