Which state initiated the implementation of the Mid-day Meal scheme in elementary schools?

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1. Identify context: The Mid-day Meal programme in India began as state-level initiatives before becoming a national scheme.

2. Historical fact: Tamil Nadu is widely recognised as the pioneer state that first implemented large-scale mid-day meals in elementary/primary schools, providing cooked meals to improve enrolment, attendance and nutrition.

3. National adoption: The central government later launched the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (Mid-Day Meal Scheme) in $1995$ by scaling up successful state models, notably Tamil Nadu's.

Therefore the state that initiated the implementation is Tamil Nadu (option a).

FINAL_ANSWER: a

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