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well as leading economists like Amrthya Sen are discussed in the conclusion of the thesis/research work. One of the famous welfare schemes that were introduced by him besides many other schemes oriented towards upliftment of poor’s is the mid-day meals scheme called the Chief Minister’s Noon Meals Scheme. It is worth ponder-over the famous speech delivered by Dr.MGR on 30.06.1982 through AIR (39). I came here to speak about the Noon Meal Scheme which was introduced with a view to relieve the sufferings created by hunger faced by the poor children of Tamil Nadu by feeding them atleast once a day. Mahatma Gandhi used to say that “God shows his form to the poor’s through the food plate” at the same time Peringer Anna used to say that I could see God in the smiling face of the poor’s. The great Thiruvalluvar says in Thirukural Couplet No.734 “Devoid of starvation, disease and attack by other country should alone be considered as Nation.” Great saint Avvaiyar says “greatest distress is poverty and that too poverty occurs in childhood days”. I introduced the Mid-Day Meals Schemeas I have undergone such a state of starvation when I was a child. Had not my ikipedi a generous lady gave a bowl full of rice that had appeased the hunger caused due to starvation for nearly three days – myself, my mother along with my brother would have died long ago”! Such a motherhood had made me the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu with full of confidence in me and to wipe the tears of millions of such mother-hood, I have undertaken the path known to me. I have realized that it is my duty to reduce the sufferings of the mother-hood atleast to a certain extent and introduced this scheme so that poor children from the age of two to ten will benefit from this scheme. According to census of Tamil Nadu the total population is 4.82 crores in 1981. In which the children belonging to the age of two to five is estimated to be 42.10 lakhs. Children belonging to the age limit between 5 to 10 is 73.73 lakhs. Thereby the total children from 2 to 10 age are 105.83 lakhs in which about 60 lakh children (who belong to below poverty line) will be benefitted. For the children with the age limit from 2 to 5 will avail this benefit from the child care centres. The children beyond the age of five will avail this benefit from their own schools. The district level officers will take the responsibility of implementing the scheme. I have taken the responsibility of myself to head the higher level committee consisting of eminent persons who are ministers and philonthrophers. A Study on Bharat Ratna Dr.M.G.Ramachandran’s Philosophical Film Songs that Contain the Ideas of Socialistic and Communistic Ideas Which can be Compared More Specifically with the Communist Manifesto as Propounded by Karl Marx and Engels – An Academic Comparative Study, using a Novel Methodology © 2022 Global Journals Volume XXII Issue V Version I 67 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2022 A The Social Welfare Department is running about 4343 child care centres throughout the state moreover this scheme facilitates establishment of one centre per village and thereby 15,501 child care centres were established. To impart education, a qualified lady teacher has been appointed in each of the centre. Preference has been given to young widows. They will be nominated by the officers in consultation with noted social personality of the local area. The selection I have plans for construction of public toilets to be used by women and this will be used by the children as well. I also have plans to generate electric power from the human waste. These children will be educated to use the toilet at their very young age. More-over the children will maintain their own lunch plates and the drinking water tumblers and will also be trained to cultivate vegetables in the gardens of the centres and physical exercises will also be taught to the children thereby they will maintain good body condition. I expect that children from these centres will become useful citizens and think of the welfare of the society early in their age. The total expenditure per year will work out to be Rs.100 crores and this expenditure will increase year after year and I expect that the general public will extend their fullest co-operation to avail this important scheme and the Non Government Organisation’s (NGO’s) will come forward to give their helping hand. The plan sketch for the building for the Centre is ready and it is estimated that about Rs.38,000/- will be the construction cost of each centre. The Prime Minister of the country came forward to know and understand this scheme and various foreign organizations have also shown interest to know about the scheme. I feel the children are the wealth of the nation and it is my duty to nurture them so that the burden on their parents will be reduced. Reducing the burden of the common man is paramount importance of every government which is aiming for an integrated growth and development of an economy. Bharat Ratna Dr. MGR ikipedi it and implemented this most useful social welfare scheme that had attracted the process was over and they are undergoing training and they will take charge from 1 st July 1982 onwards. The children beyond the age of 5 to 10 will avail the benefit from thirty six thousand primary schools of Tamil Nadu. It is true that a noon meal scheme is being run by the state of Tamil Nadu for the school children but there is a big difference in the new scheme introduced by me. The old scheme benefits only one third of the pupils. The new scheme will benefit all the poor children of the schools. In the old scheme mid-day meal was provided only for 200 days but the new scheme provides food for all the 365 days of the year. The government spends about 10 paisa in the old scheme and every block should give 5 paisa per student. However due to economic scarcity the blocks were not in a position to meet the expenditure and thereby I have ordered that the entire expenditure would be borne by the Government itself and thereby the old scheme got the recognition of the Government. This scheme should not be considered merely as a noon-meal providing program. I expect these centres will provide avenues for the poor children to come together forgetting their religion cast and grow in the atmosphere of total freedom from the social evils that would pave the way for social integration and general health will also be promoted.