Mid Day Meal Scheme MDM-PAB Meeting – Assam On 26.03.2009 Ministry of HRD Government of India MDM-PAB Meeting – Assam On 26.03.2009

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Part-I Review of Implementation of MDMS in ASSAM (Primary + Upper Primary) (1.4.2008 to 31.12.2008) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Questions? What is the level of unspent balances as on 31.03.08? 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 its utilisation at school level? How utilisation of food grains and cooking cost is synchronized? How is the utilisation of foodgrains reconciled with the number of meals served? …… contd Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Contd ….., Questions? How much MME was utilized? Under what activities? What is the progress in 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? Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Benchmarks Desirable stock in hand : 10% (+ or - 5%) Lifting of food grains : 85% Utilisation of foodgrains and cooking cost [1.4.08 to 31.12.08]: 73% (+ 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 MHRD’s guidelines. Data in the AWP&B is authentic, reliable & based on the records. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

No. of Schools Covered (PY + UP.PY) 83% of the Upper Primary Schools are not covered under MDM 15% of the P+UP Schools are not covered under MDM

PAB Approval Vs State Performance (No. of children in Q1+Q2+Q3) No. of children (In lakh) 64% Covered 99% Covered 18% Covered Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

PAB Approval Vs State Performance (No. of Working Days in Q1+Q2+Q3) (100%) No. of Working days (73%) (42%) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

PAB Approval Vs State Performance (No. of Meals in Q1+Q2+Q3) Benchmark 73 % 100% 73% meals to be served 73% No. of Meal (in Crore) 27 % meals served PAB 42.63 lakhs. children X 151 Working days = 64.46 Cr. meals (100%) State 27.64 lakhs. children X 88 Working days = 24.33 Cr. meals (37%) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Analysis: Foodgrains Availability (1.4.08 to 31.12.08) Benchmark 83 % 100% Foodgrains (in MTs) 33% 32% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Analysis: Food grains cumulative lifting (Including UB) 80053.24 71158.43 62263.63 Foodgrains (in MTs) 53368.83 44474.02 35579.22 26684.41 26251.48 26251.48 26251.48 26251.48 17789.61 24004.77 8894.80 16733.85 14999.41 7430.23 *: Including unspent balance of 1460.32 MTs as on 31.3.2008 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Foodgrains Utilisation (1.4.08 to 31.12.08) Benchmark : 73% % Utilisation Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Cooking Cost Utilisation (1.4.2008 to 31.12.2008) Benchmark Utilisation: 73% Cooking Cost (in % Disbursed and utilisation.) Opening balance as on 1-4-08 616.72 lakhs Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

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

Transport Assistance Utilisation (1.4.08 to 31.12.08) Utilisation(Rs. In lakhs) Benchmark Utilisation: 73% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India MME Utilisation (1.4.08 to 31.12.08) Utilisation(Rs. In lakhs) Opening Balance as on 1-4-08 is 20.43 lakhs. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Achievement during 2008-09 (Kitchen Sheds) 61% 50% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Achievement during 2008-09 (Kitchen Devices) 57% 57% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Performance Score card – A Summary Sl. No. Component Achievement Benchmark 1. Foodgrains Utilisation 28% 73% 2. Cooking Cost Utilisation 29% 3. MME Utilisation 40% 75% 4. Kitchen Shed construction 61% 100% 5. Kitchen Devices procurement 57% 6. QPRs 2 nos. 3 nos. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Observations of Monitoring Institute (Gauwahati University) Districts covered:- Jorhat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Kokrajhar. In all districts MDM is being served to the children. The children were satisfied with the quality and quantity of the food. Teachers are not maintaining MDM registers. Irregularities of supply of rice and release of funds.

CAG- PARA 1.      Instance of over reporting /discrepant figures of enrolment 2.      Significant disruption in providing cooked meal 3.      Instances of delay and short delivery of food grains. 4.     No mechanism to check the quality and quantity of grains. 5.      Unexplained excess drawl of food grains. 6.   Mismatch between utilization of foodgrains and cooking cost 7.  Cooking cost was diverted for purchase of utensils and LPG

… Contd (C&AG Observation) Deficiencies relating to kitchen sheds, kitchen devices and facility of clean drinking water were noticed Deficiencies relating to Kitchen Sheds, Kitchen devices and facility of clean drinking water were noticed    

Analysis of State’s Proposal for 2009-10 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Time Series – No. of Children (PRIMARY) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Primary School Enrolment – SSA [Govt. + Govt.-aided + LB) Vs MDM No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Population Vs Enrolment Vs Availing MDM (PRIMARY) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Population Vs Enrolment Vs Availing MDM during 2008-09(UPPER PRIMARY) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Year As per DISE data As per MDM Sanctions No. of School days No Year As per DISE data As per MDM Sanctions 1 2006-07 206 223 2 2007-08 215 217 3 2008-09 NA 4 2009-10 255(State Claim)

PAB’s Recommendations (2009-10)

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Thank You Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India