1 1 Mid Day Meal Scheme MDM-PAB Meeting – Puducherry on Ministry of HRD Government of India

2 Review of Implementation of MDMS in Puducherry ( to ) Part-I

3 Questions?  What is the level of unspent balances as on ?  How regular is the lifting of food grains? Is there any disruption/shortage in availability of food grains?  What is the level of lifting?  How about cooking cost? Was it disbursed to Districts? What is the level of utilisation at school level?  How synchronous is utilisation of food grains and cooking cost? …… contd

4 Contd ….., Questions?  How much MME was utilized? Under what activities?  What is the progress of construction of Kitchen Sheds and procurement of kitchen devices? Part –II  What is the trend in Enrollment and No. of children availing MDM from 2007 to 2008?  How well MDM data compares with SSA data and Census data?

5 Benchmarks  Desirable stock in hand : 15% (+ or - 5%)  Lifting of foodgrains [ to ] : 69% (+ or - 10%)  Utilisation of foodgrains and cooking cost [ to ] : 94% (+ or – 10%)  Every month 1/12th of foodgrains is lifted & distributed.  Utilisation of foodgrains & cooking cost is synchronous.  State’s AWP&B is in accordance with M/HRD’s guidelines.  Data in the AWP&B is authentic, reliable & based on the records.

6 Analysis: Foodgrains lifting (Month-wise cumulative) Foodgrains (in MTs)

7 Analysis: Foodgrains lifting (Month-wise) Foodgrains (in MTs)

8 Level of Unspent Balance of foodgrains (% of annual allocation)As on (% of annual allocation)As on %Less than 5% 5%-10%11%-20%Above 20% Total No. of Districts (-)ve0%Less than 5% 5%-10%11%-20%Above 20% Total No. of Districts

9 Analysis: Foodgrains lifting ( to ) Foodgrains (in MTs) 100% 65% Benchmark : 85%

10 Foodgrains lifting (Availability) – Dist. wise % Availability Benchmark : 85%

11 Foodgrains utilisation ( to ) % Utilisation Benchmark : 75%

12 Foodgrains Utilisation – Dist. wise % Utilisation Benchmark : 75%

13 Cooking cost disbursed to Districts Cooking Cost (in % Disbursed to Dists) Benchmark : 85%

14 Cooking Cost Disbursed and Utilisation ( to ) Cooking Cost (in % Disbursed and utilisation.) Benchmark: 72% Disbursed: 100% Utilisation: 74% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

15 Cooking cost utilisation ( to ) % Utilisation Benchmark : 75%

16 Cooking Cost Utilisation – Dist. wise Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

17 Mismatch in Utilisation of foodgrains and cooking cost (District-wise) % Utilisation Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

18 Mismatch in Utilisation of foodgrains and cooking cost (District-wise) % Utilisation Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

19 (Rs. In Cr.) District Meals served during to Expected Cooking cost expenditure Actual cooking cost expenditur e Diff. in Percentage Puducherry Karaikal Yanam Mahe Total Reconciliation : No. of meals Vs Qty of Cooking Cost

20 MME Utilisation ( to ) Amount (Rs. in lakhs) 100% 70%

21 Achievement under Kitchen Devices Amount (Rs. in lakhs) Central assistance of Rs lakhs for procurement of kitchen devices in 308 schools has been utilised on replacement of 22 steam boilers in 9 central kitchens. 100%

22 Transport Assistance Utilisation ( to ) Utilisation(Rs. In lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 69%

23 Performance Audit Report No. PA 13 of 2008 :-  State Governments did not fix the target for inspections (25% of schools every quarter) and consequently no inspections were carried out at all (para 13.2).  Essential records containing of meal cooked and served, presence of parents at the time of cooking, testing and serving of meal were not maintained in any of the States. (Para 18.6).  Macronutrients and supplements were not administered. (Para 13.3).  No inspection with regard to Fair Average Quality (FAQ) of food grains had been carried out. (Para-21).  Mismatch in utilization of food grains and utilization of was noticed. (Annexure- IX) (Para 18.1).  In Pondicherry, 11 teachers were posted as full time kitchen in charge in the central kitchens. (Para-21).  State level SMCs were not constituted. (Para-23).  SMCs were not constituted at District/Block levels.(Para-23).

24 Performance Score card – A Summary Sl. No. ComponentAchievementBenchmark 1.Foodgrains Lifting 69%85% 2.Foodgrains Utilisation 69%70% 3.Cooking Cost Utilisation 74%70% 4.MME Utilisation 70%75% 5.Kitchen Shed construction 100% 6.Kitchen Devices procurement 100% 7.QPRs 2 nos.4 nos. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

25 Analysis of State’s Proposal for

26 Time Series : No. of Children (Primary) No. of Children (in Thousands)

27 Time Series : No. of Children (Upper Primary) No. of Children (in Thousands)

28 Primary School Enrolment – SSA [Govt. + Govt.-aided + LB) Vs MDM No. of children (in thousands)

29 Primary School Enrolment – SSA [Govt. + Govt.-aided + LB) Vs MDM No. of children (in thousands)

30 Thank You