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The Mid-day meal scheme has been implemented to encourage attendance and retention of children and improve their nutritional status.

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The above statement is True.
The Mid-day meal scheme was launched in India in the year 1995 under a different name, the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education. It was renamed in 2007. In September 2021, the Mid-day meal scheme was recently renamed the PM-POSHAN scheme. Under this scheme, students enrolled in government and government-aided schools are provided with one nutritional meal a day. The main objectives of this scheme are:
1)      to increase enrolment of students in school
2)      to increase attendance
3)      to retain children of classes 1-8
4)      to provide nutritional support to children
Tamil Nadu was the first state in India to implement it.

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