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PM-POSHAN · MDM · Mid-Day Meal

PM-POSHAN (Mid-Day Meal / school meal monitoring)

PM-POSHAN is used to monitor mid-day meal / school meal coverage, meals served, and programme delivery.

Public dashboardLarge
educationnutritionmid-day mealswelfare
Host / institution

PM-POSHAN / MoE · Ministry of Education / Department of School Education & Literacy

Geography

India, state, district, school (where exposed)

Time coverage

MDM / PM-POSHAN program period

Update frequency

Operationally refreshed

What this is best for

Mid-day meal / school meal programme monitoring and coverage

Main limitations

Programme MIS, not a nutrition survey; pair with UDISE+ for school system context and NFHS/CNNS for outcomes

Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is PM-POSHAN used for?
Mid-day meal / school meal programme monitoring and coverage
How do you access PM-POSHAN data?
PM-POSHAN is labeled “Public dashboard” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.
What geography and time does PM-POSHAN cover?
Geography: India, state, district, school (where exposed). Time coverage: MDM / PM-POSHAN program period.
What are the main limitations of PM-POSHAN?
Programme MIS, not a nutrition survey; pair with UDISE+ for school system context and NFHS/CNNS for outcomes

Guides for using this data

Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.

1 link

Variables5

PM-POSHAN school meal monitoring indicators. Representative fields for the page table — verify the full dictionary on the official site.

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Name / codeDescription
Meals servedMeals served counts
Enrolment coveredStudents covered under the scheme
School coverageSchools implementing PM-POSHAN
Foodgrain / fundsUtilization of foodgrain and funds
Monitoring flagsInspection and compliance markers
Formats

dashboard · reports

Technical tags
dashboardschool mealsmission
Example uses
Typical research and analysis uses for this dataset

State meal coverage vs school enrolment; nutrition programme process indicators

Research and articles using this data

Verified examples that analyze, reuse, introduce, or visualize this dataset. Search matches without evidence are not published here.

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Scholarly works4

Scholarly checked:
10 Sept 2026
Web checked:
Not checked yet

Pairs well with

Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.