पुढील कोणते विधान अयोग्य आहे ?

The correct answer is Option C (In India a Mid Day Meal Programme was introduced in Pondicherry in 1925.).

Key Points:
• Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS):
• Launched as a centrally sponsored scheme on 15 August 1995.
• Statement Assessment:
• Statements (1) and (2) are correct: MDM is the world's largest school feeding initiative, feeding ~12 crore children across 12 lakh+ elementary schools and Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) centres.
• Statement (3) is incorrect: The Mid Day Meal scheme was first introduced by the British administration in the Madras Corporation in 1920–1925 (and under French colonial rule in Puducherry in 1930, not 1925). Madras is recognized as the earliest municipality to pioneer school feeding.
• Statement (4) is correct: By the mid-1980s, Tamil Nadu (under Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran in 1982), Gujarat (1984), Kerala, and Puducherry implemented state-wide school lunch programmes using their own budgets.
• Final Answer Key Match:
• Statement 3 is designated as incorrect, making Option 3 the correct answer.
• Key Takeaway: Mid Day Meal originated in Madras Corporation in 1920; statements about 1925 Pondicherry are historically incorrect.