Mid Day Meal Scheme

1. Mid Day Meal Scheme MDM-PAB Meeting – Uttar Pradesh on 28.03.2014 Ministry of HRD Government of India

2. Review of Implementation of MDMS in UTTAR PRADESH(Primary + Upper Primary)(1.4.2013 to 31.12.2013) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

3. ISSUES by Appraisal of AWP&B 2014-15 • AWP&B Plan not yet submitted by the State through MIS-MDM web portal. MDM-MIS with IVRS is not open for Stakeholders. Since last two years it is password protected.. • Persistent Low Coverage of children in Shravasti (65% non Coverage in Primary and Upper-Primary). Lowest coverage in Muzaffarnagar (68% non coverage) in Upper Primary. (JRM also reported for Shravasti). • Severely malnourished children in UP. 31% of the boys and 21% of the girls in the surveyed districts of UP by JRM. Coverage under School health programme only 59%. • In 8697 Govt. Aided Schools, State has not provided Kitchen cum stores • In 10 districts very less Utilization of Funds for payment of Honorarium to CCH upto 30% only till December 2013. In Hapur 0% utilization of Honorarium to CCH. Irregular payment ranging from 3-4 months reported in Firozabad, Mainpuri, Jhansi, Banda, Kaushambi, Jaunpur and Aligarh districts. (MI)

4. Conti… • Less days covered in Baghpat and Hathras in Pry and Upry (157 against 172 State level). Interruptions reported in ShravastiMuzaffarnagr, Aligarh and Jaunpur. (JRM & MI ) • High mismatch between utilization foodgrain and cooking cost in Hapur(48%), Ghaziabad (35%), Meerut (30%) and Bulandshahar(13%)

5. Nutritional Aspects identified by the 5th Joint Review Mission Uttar Pradesh N = Boys - 400 Girls - 489

6. Best Practices • Real Time Monitoring through Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS)to supervise the M.D.M. program implementation at school level on day to day basis. • Web Based Management Information System : through which reporting is done by the each and every district on monthly basis on the given prescribed format of QPRs by Government of India. All these reports are automatically compiled at the State level and generate the reports as required by the MDMA officials to analyse the information. • Web based system for monitoring Payment to FCI and lifting agencies • System of online budget allocation and e-payment : State Govt. has opened MadhyanBhojanNidhi for all the schools in the nearest CBS branches. Payment of honorarium to cook-cum-helpers through e-transfer to their accounts. • e-Communication All communications including GOs and MDMA circulars, fund and foodgrain releases are sent through emails to District Magistrates, AD Basic, BSAs and officials of the MDMA at Division and District level. • Stakeholder Training and Capacity Building is being regularly done.

7. Coverage : Enrolment Vs Achievement (Pry) No. of Children (in lakhs) 62% 53% 54% ASER, 2013 - 54.7% attendance on the day of visit. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

8. Coverage : Children Enrolment Vs Achievement (U.Pry) No. of Children (in lakhs) 48% 50% 53% ASER, 2013 - 55.1% attendance on the day of visit. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

9. % Non Coverage of Children vis-à-vis enrolment (Pry)(Primary – 9 Districts) State Level Anemia=3.0 Adolescent girls =28.8 State Level Coverage:54% Last Year poor Last 3 Years poor Shravasti ,Pilibhit, Barabanki , Bhadohi and Mau

10. Less Coverage of Children vis-à-vis enrolment(Upper Primary – 18 Districts) State Level Anemia=3.0 Adolescent girls =28.8 State Level Coverage:50% Cont….

11. Cont…. % Non Coverage of Children vis-à-vis enrolment(Upper Primary) State Level Coverage:50% State Level Anemia=3.0 Adolescent girls =28.8 Last 3 Years poor Mau ,Pilibhit

12. Performance Score Card Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

13. Comparison of data: MIS vs AWP&B Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

14. % Mismatch in AWP&B and MIS % Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

15. Proposals and Recommendations Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

16. Analysis of State’s Proposal for 2014-15 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

17. Proposals for 2014-15: Children (Primary) No. of children (in lakhs) As per MIS web portal for the month of May, 2013 Average availed: 6214378 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

18. Proposals for 2014-15: Children (Upper Primary) No. of children (in lakhs) As per MIS web portal for the month of Sept. 2013 Average availed :2761556 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

19. Dining Hall in Tripura Thank You Thank you Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

20. Component-wise performance under Primary Stage Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

21. Component-wise performance under Upper Primary Stage Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

22. Coverage Institutions: Existing Vs Achievement (Pry) No. of Institutions 91% 94% 97% ASER, 2013 - MDM was served in 92.1% schools on the day of visit. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

23. Coverage Institutions :Existing Vs Achievement (U.Pry) No. of Institutions 98% 97% 99% ASER, 2013 - MDM was served in 92.1% schools on the day of visit. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

24. Coverage : Working Days Approval Vs Achievement (Primary & Up.Pry) first 3 qtr) No. of Working Days 105% 94% 94% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

25. Coverage : Children Approval Vs Achievement (NCLP) Schools covered= 755 days covered= 179 No. of Children 85% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

26. Approval Vs Achievement: Number of Meals (Pry + U. Pry.first 3 qtr) No. of Meals (in crore) 79% 102% 79% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

27. FOOD GRAIN : ALLOCATION vs. UTILISATION Quantity in MTs 57% 74% 60% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

28. Foodgrains : Opening Balance, Allocation & Lifting (1.4.13 to 31.12.13) Foodgrains (in Thousand MTs) 77% 60% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

29. Payment of cost of Food grains to FCI upto 31st December 2013 Cost of Food Grain (Rs. In Lakh ) 59% As per FCI’s Statement Outstanding position against issue of foodgrains under MDM Scheme upto 30.12.2013 is Rs. 7611 lakh (81%). FCI has intimated the GOI that there is outstanding pendency for the year 2011-12 Rs. 4.40 lakhs and for the year 2012-13 is Rs. 136.93 lakhs. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

30. COOKING COST: ALLOCATION vs UTILISATION Rs in Lakh 74% 59% 56% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

31. Approval Vs Achievment Engagement of Cooks-cum-Helpers Primary + Upper Primary No. of CCH 92% 33454 CCH not engaged Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

32. Honorarium to Cooks-cum-Helpers Central Share in allocation : 32552.40 Lakh State Share in allocation : 10850.80 Lakh Rs. In Lakh Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

33. MME: ALLOCATION vs UTILISATION Rs in Lakhs 42% 47% 36% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

34. Transportation Assistance : ALLOCATION vs UTILISATION Rs in Lakhs 65% 33% 19% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

35. Achievement up to 2013-14 (Kitchen cum Stores) Total Sanctioned : Physical: 122572 Kitchen Cum Stores Financial : 75000.66 lakh Progress (in %) 65373 110194 3264 1850 139 303 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

36. Achievement up to 2013-14 (Kitchen Devices) Total Sanctioned : 222648 including Replacement Progress (in %) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

37. Availability of Infrastructure Availability in % schools ASER data -2013 Usable toilets for girls 44.3%. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

38. Coverage : School Health Programme No. of Institutions 120% De-worming 120% Schools IFA Distributed in 120% Schools 169470 schools Vitamin 'A' Distributed 0 % Schools Spectacles 120% Schools Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

39. Coverage : School Health Programme Total Enrolment 19824273( Pry & U.Pry) No. of Children in Lakh 59% 59% 59% 59% 36126 Distribution of spectacles to Children Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

40. Proposal for Cook-cum-helper engaged in MDM Scheme • 33454 CCH not Engaged. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

41. Proposal for Construction of Kitchen-cum-Store Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

42. Proposal for Procurement of Kitchen Devices • Note ;In the above sanctioned unit of 222648, 178373 new procurement for the year 2006-07 to 2013-14 and 44275 unit for replacement for 2006-07 & 2007-08 is included. • Note: The sanction order of GOI dated 26-02-2013 for 604 Units was conveyed to us only in AWP&B 2014-15 appraisal on 11-03-2014. • Balance Requirement=4502. • 2. Net Pendency for replacement for 2006-07=53129 (62797-9668). • 3. Replacement of Kitchen Devices in 2014-15=Sanctioned in year 2008-09 is 46999 • 4. Total Requirement of Kitchen Devices=4502 (New)+53129(R:2006-07)+46999(R:2008-09)=104630. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

43. Pre requisite steps for submission of AWP& B 2014-15

44. Contd….

45. The MDM Logo should be Widely Publicized. It may be Painted at prominent Places on the outside wall of the school. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

46. Dining Hall in Tripura Thank You Thank you Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

47. Findings of Interim Report by MIs • Interruption in serving of MDM in 9 schools in district Mujaffarnagar due to non availability of cooking cost. Mid Day Meal was not served in the schools namely Chandpur Tagan, and Sahojini Tagar – II since, December, 2013. • Irregular serving in one upper primary school (UPS Ishapur, Jaunpur city) as meal was not served for 10 days in the month of November, 2013 due to non availability of fuel and other material and 02 primary schools in district Aligarh. • In Muzaffarnagar 75% visited schools and in Bijnaur all the visited schools have not received cooking cost in advance. • Releasing of cooking cost is a problematic area in Mujaffarnagar district This has resulted in discontinuation of MDM in few schools and some times delayed by 2-3 months. • The remuneration paid to cooks/helpers has found to be delayed by 3 to 4 months in majority of the sample schools in Firozabad Mainpuri Jhansi Banda Kaushambi, Jaunpur and Aligarh districts)

48. Conti…. • In Bijnaur buffer stock was not maintained in any of the visited schools and in district Aligarh, the buffer stock for one month was not found available in about 50 percent of the schools • In Muzaffarnagar in 25% visited schools and in Bijnaur in 15% of the visited schools there was no safe cooking as the meals were either cooked in open or the makeshift kitchen very near to the classrooms. • Kitchen-cum-store was not available in 6 upper primary schools in Kaushambi and in 6 upper primary schools in Jaunpur • Health cards of the children were not maintained in 4 schools in kaushmabi and 4 schools in Jaunpur and the health of children was not checked in 5 primary schools in Kaushambi and in Jaunpur in 4 schools. • There was no toilet in 3 primary schools and in one upper primary school in Jaunpur

49. ISSUES reported by JRM • Poor nutritional status of Children: Nutritional status of children is very poor in Shravasti. Severely malnourished (BMI below-3SD).  31% of the boys and 21% of the girls in the surveyed districts of UP). • Low coverage of children: on an average 44% of children availed MDM against enrolment In Shravasti 37% and in Sitapur 51% children availed MDM against enrolment. • Huge Disruptions in serving of MDM: • In the months of March, April and few days of July 2013 due to non supply of food grains by Village Pradhans in district Shravasti. • In the District in most of the schools of Ikona Block and Hariharpur Rani block, MDM was served for 150 days as against the approval of 234 days during 2012-13. • There was also misappropriation of Food Grains by Village Pradhans which led to the disruption • No record of Food Grains: maintained by Pradhans in Shravasti.

50. Cont.., • Poor Inspection and Lack of Community involvement: • There is practically no inspection by block and district level authorities on availability of food grain, cooking of MDM • Lack of security in the schools: Cooking devices, Plates fans are stolen frequently.. • Lack of eating plates. Insufficient water facility and Unhygienic Toilets: • State Government has a Toll-Free Number 1800-4190-102 for registration of complaints regarding the implementation of scheme. Toll-Free number was not found to be displayed on the prominent wall of the schools in both the districts.