Report on Status of Malnutrition in Municipal Schools in Mumbai  May 2017

Number of students screened & number of malnourished students   2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Boy Girls Total Total students 2,01,965 2,02,286 4,04,251 1,99,033 1,98,052 3,97,085 1,92,652 1,90,833 3,83,485 Number of students screened 76,175 80,836 1,57,011 97,825 1,03,772 2,01,597 92,258 97,551 1,89,809 Total malnourished students 4,938 6,893 11,831 26,170 27,238 53,408 30,459 34,222 64,681 Malnourished students in ( %) 6% 9% 8% 27% 26% 33% 35% 34% Estimated malnourished students 13,092 17,249 30,461 53,245 51,985 1,05,198 63,604 66,946 1,30,680

Estimated malnourished students from 2013-14 to 2015-16 Estimated Malnutrition has increased 4 times in MCGM schools from 2013-14 to 2015-16 1 out of every 3 student is malnourished (2015-16)

Standard-wise estimated malnourished students in 2015-16 From the total estimated malnourished students in class 1st- 9th, 73% students are from classes 1st std. to 5th From the total estimated malnourished students in class 1st- 9th, 27% students are from classes 6th std. to 9th Note: Health checkups were not conducted for Jr. Kg, Sr. Kg and 10th standards. D.A= Differently Abled

Mid-day Meal Budgets of MCGM schools 2013-2016 (Figures are in crores)   1st to 5th Std. 6th to 8th Std. 2013-14 Budget Estimate 29 33 Actuals 23 27 Utilisation (%) 81% 83% 2014-15 14 15 10 11 70% 74% 2015-16 32 39 21 25 65% 64% The budget for the ICDS in Maharashtra has decreased from Rs. 2,947 crores (revised budget, 2016-17) to Rs. 2033 crore (budget allocation 2017-18).

Average malnourished students in (%) Ward-wise average malnourished students in MCGM schools from 2013-14 to 2015-16 Ward Area Average malnourished students in (%) Rank A Colaba 29 4 B Sandhurst 16 13 C Marine Lines 9 19 D Grant Road 5 E Byculla 25 7 F/N Matunga 14 F/S Parel 15 G/N Dadar 21 G/S Elphinstone 8 20 H/E Santa Cruz 51 2 H/W Bandra 12 17 K/E Andheri East 27 6 K/W Andheri West L Kurla M/E Govandi 1 M/W Chembur 44 3 N Ghatkopar 22 10 P/N Malad 11 18 P/S Goregaon R/C Borivali 23 R/N Dahisar R/S Kandivali 24 S Bhandup T Mulund Total  

Deliberation by Councillors and MLAs

Number of questions asked by Councillors   2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 No. of councillors who asked question on Malnutrition 15 13 No. Question asked on malnutrition 17 16 No issues were raised on malnutrition by councillors from A, D, M/W wards from 2013-16, despite the fact that these wards are chronic when it comes to malnutrition While M/E ward is worst hit by malnutrition, only 5 questions were asked by councillors from this ward in the last 3 years.

Issues Raised by MLAs Mumbai State   Mumbai State No. of MLAs who asked question on Malnutrition 16 20 No. Question asked on malnutrition 43 77 In winter session 2014 to monsoon session 2015, 16 MLAs from Mumbai raised 43 issues on malnutrition. Only 13 issues were raised by MLAs from the six wards worst hit by malnutrition namely, M/E, H/E, M/W, A, D and K/E wards.

What Needs to be done? Impact assessment has to be done keeping the end User in the focus: For malnutrition there are many programmes and schemes such as ICDS, Mid-day meal, School health check-ups, and so on. All this schemes target children upto 14 years of age. Hence, only an impact assessment on the nutrition levels of the children with periodic benchmarking can only give a true picture of impact. Conduct third party audits of programmes keeping in mind the attainment of their stated objectives. Chronic wards such as M/E, H/E, M/W, A, D and K/E need to be given special attention.

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