<P> During 1982, July 1st onwards, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru . M.G. Ramachandran upgraded the existing Mid-day meal scheme in the state to' Nutritious food scheme' keeping in the mind that 68 lakh children suffer malnutrition . </P> <P> Gujarat was the second state to introduce an MDM scheme in 1984, but it was later discontinued . </P> <P> A midday meal scheme was introduced in Kerala in 1984, and was gradually expanded to include more schools and grades . By 1990--91, twelve states were funding the scheme to all or most of the students in their area: Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh . Karnataka, Orissa, and West Bengal received international aid to help with implementation of the programme, and in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan the programme was funded entirely using foreign aid . </P> <P> In Karnataka, Children's LoveCastles Trust started to provide mid-day meals in 1997 . A total of eight schools were adopted and a food bank programme and an Angganwasi milk Programme were started . The food - bank programme was replaced by the State Government midday meal scheme . </P>

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