WEST BENGAL Mid Day Meal Programme Annual Work Plan & Budget [2013 – 2014] WEST BENGAL

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West Bengal at a Glance WEST BENGAL KOLKATA LITERACY RATE Area  88752 sq-km Population  913.48 Lakh Density (Per Sq. Km.)  1029 Male Population  469.27 Lakh Female Population  444.2 Lakh Urban Population  291.34 Lakh Rural Population  622.13 Lakh Literacy Male  345.08 Lakh Literacy female  281.06 Lakh KOLKATA Area  1886.67 sq-km Population  44.86 Lakhs Male Population  23.62 Lakh Female Population  21.24 Lakh Literacy Male  19.66 Lakh Literacy Female  16.82 Lakh LITERACY RATE 2001 2011 Male Female W B 77.02 59.61 82.67 71.16 KOLKATA 83.79 77.30 89.08 84.98

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Mid Day Meal Programme Cost of meal per child per school day Year Primary Upper Primary *Remarks Central State Total 2012-13   2.17 1.00 3.17 3.25 1.08 4.33 Upto June-12 2.33 3.33 3.49 1.16 4.65 From July-12 2013-14 2.50 3.50 3.75 1.25 5.00 Proposed WEST BENGAL

Vegetables (leafy also) Mid Day Meal Programme Nutrition: Quantity The Food norms would be as under: Sl. No. Items Quantity Per Day Primary students Upper Primary students 1. Food-grains (Rice) 100gms 150gms 2. Pulse 20gms 30gms 3. Vegetables (leafy also) 50gms 75gms 4. Oil & Fat 5.0gms 7.5gms 5. Salt & Condiments As per need WEST BENGAL

Coverage PRIMARY UPPER PRIMARY Eligible Covered % of coverage Schools Enrolment 69487 8615752 68920 7853781 99% 91% UPPER PRIMARY Eligible Covered % of coverage Schools Enrolment 14961 4754049 13916 4135827 93% 87% WEST BENGAL

Mid Day Meal Programme (87% ) (99% ) (91% ) (93% ) WEST BENGAL

Coverage of schools in Kolkata Category Total Schools Total students Schools Covered Students covered School Coverage Student Coverage Primary 1508 165986 1398 151319 93% 91% Upper Primary 564 181000 504 161498 89% NCLP 40 2000 100% Total 2112 348986 1942 314817 92% 90% WEST BENGAL

No. of cluster Kitchens run in Kolkata Mid Day Meal Programme No. of cluster Kitchens run in Kolkata No. of cluster kitchens 80 No. of schools involved 874 No. of students involved 22800 Mostly SHGs are running the clusters. Small NGOs also run MDM programme WEST BENGAL

Coverage of children 101 % 106 % WEST BENGAL

Meals served No. of Meals (in Crore) 82% WEST BENGAL

Utilization of Cooking Cost Mid Day Meal Programme Utilization of Cooking Cost (Rs. In Lakh) Schools Allocation for 2012-13 Opening Balance as on 01.04.2012 Fund released Total Fund Utilization % of Utilisation Primary 59004.68 14230.40 24106.47 38336.87 30868.18 52.31% Upper Primary & NCLP 41225.13 9632.78 15478.57 25111.35 21108.58 51.20% Total 100225.81 223863.18 39585.04 63448.22 51976.76 51.86% WEST BENGAL

Mid Day Meal Programme Utilization of Rice (in MTs) Schools Allocation for 2012-13 Opening Balance as on 01.04.2012 Lifting of Rice Total Rice Available Utilization up to 31.12.2012 % of Utilization Primary 178986.00 4011.08 86653.49 90664.57 91022.89 50.85 % Upper Primary & NCLP 134830.17 326.79 56698.46 57025.25 66293.34 49.17% Total 313816.17 4337.87 143351.95 174669.55 157316.23 50.13 % WEST BENGAL

Utilization of Transportation Cost Mid Day Meal Programme Utilization of Transportation Cost (Rs. in Lakh) Allocation for 2012-13 Opening Balance as on 01.04.2012 Fund released Total Fund Utilisation up to 31.12.2012 % of Utilisation 2353.63 210.72 491.91 702.63 638.03 27% WEST BENGAL

Mid Day Meal Programme Utilization of MME (Rs. In Lakh) Allocation for 2012-13 Opening Balance as on 01.04.2012 Fund released Total Fund Utilization up to 31.12.2012 % of Utilization 1988.84 478.11 773.39 1251.50 1045.67 52.58% WEST BENGAL

Mid Day Meal Programme Utilization of Honorarium to Cooks [PRY & Up. PRY](Rs. In Lakh) Allocation for 2012-13 Opening Balance as on 01.04.2012 Fund released Total Fund Utilization up to 31.12.2012 % of Utilization 24879.90 4705.62 9679.36 14384.98 15357.98 61.73% WEST BENGAL

Mid Day Meal Programme Utilization of Cost of Rice (Rs. In Lakh) Allocation for 2012-13 Opening Balance as on 01.04.2012 Fund released Total Fund Utilization up to 31.12.2012 % of Utilization against allocation % of Utilization against availability 17730.61 3728.56 5809.16 9537.72 7673.11 43% 81% WEST BENGAL

Status of Payment to FCI As on 31.12.2012 (Rs. In Lakh) Allocation for FY 2012-13 Opening Balance as on 01.04.12 Central Assistance Released by GOI Bills raised by FCI Payment to FCI Payment to FCI against bills raised Qty (in MTs) Amount (in Lakh) 17730.61 3728.56 5809.16 143351.96 8099.39 126496.93 7673.11 95% WEST BENGAL

Status of Kitchen cum store As on 31.12.2012 Total No. of eligible schools Unit Sanctioned Completed In Progress Not Started % of completion Proposal 82674 68186 50713 11751 5722 74% 13129 WEST BENGAL

Procurement of Kitchen devices As on 31.12.2012 Total No. of eligible schools Total No. of sanctioned units + Replacement Procured Proposal for replacement of kitchen devices procured in 2006-07 84448 89914 18734 (6533) WEST BENGAL

Status of LPG 84448 6641 388 1168.37 6468.51 Total no. of Institutions Physical Financial (Rs. in Lakh) No. of Institutions with Gas based cooking No. of institutions proposed to be covered with LPG connections Expenditure on use of LPG cylinder Requirement of funds for use of LPG cylinders during 2013-14 84448 6641 388 1168.37 6468.51 WEST BENGAL

Mid Day Meal Menu Almost all the schools are displaying the menu. Head teachers of the schools in consultation with other teachers, SLMC and SHG members decide the menu on the basis of local palate and seasonal availability. Experts of IIHM, Kolkata have suggested an ideal menu, which has been sent to all schools for guidence. Normally the menu consists of rice, dal, seasonal vegetables etc. Eggs are served once a week. WEST BENGAL

Arrangement for official inspection (From April to Dec. 2012) Visiting Officers No. of Schools visited Findings No. of schools running satisfactorily No. of intermittent schools No. of schools not running MDM State Level 47 44 3 District Magistrates & his Officers (ADMs, SDOs, OC-MDM, BDOs & Jt. BDOs) 13731 12621 983 127 DIs & his Officers (ADIs, AIs, SIs,) 13692 13439 129 124 Total 27470 26104 1115 251 Percentage of visited Schools – 35.53% WEST BENGAL

External Monitoring & Evaluation The School Education Department has engaged the following Experts / Agencies for better monitoring and evaluation :- Prof. Utpal Roy Chowdhury, Department of Food Technology & Bio-chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University. Dr. Rafiqul Islum, Associate Professor, Department of Rural Extension, Visva Bharati. Dr. Nabin ananda Sen, Associate Professor, Department of Business Management, Calcutta University. Anuradha Talwar, Advisor to the Commissioner of Supreme Court of India. Dr. Kamalesh Sarkar, Officer-in-charge, National Nutrition and Monitoring Bureau (NNMB)-WB unit. Pratichi (India) Trust, Pratichi Institute WEST BENGAL

External Monitoring & Evaluation Terms of Reference of the Monitoring Experts / Agencies 1) They will visit at least 100 schools of various categories in a District. 2) They will see the daily attendance, menu, storage, hygiene etc. 3) Visits will be unannounced and unscheduled. 4) They will submit quarterly report to the State Head Office 5)They have already started monitoring work from November’12. WEST BENGAL

Observations by MI Positive Points: There is direct impact of MDM in the school attendance as observed by MI. The parents and teachers opined the same. Students of the sample primary and upper primary schools expressed their satisfaction about the quality. All the sample schools are in use of iodized salt. Backward community women are involved in cooking & serving the MDM. No gender or caste or community discrimination found in cooking/serving and sitting arrangements of the MDM takers in both primary and upper primary level. In most cases buffer stocks are maintained. WEST BENGAL

Observations by MI Areas of concern: MDM service on Saturdays is still not regular. Not all cook-cum-helpers are trained. Door step delivery of food grains is not done in the case of certain schools by the MR dealers. Irregular payment of the cook cum helpers. Uneconomic use of fire wood in most of the places for cooking MDM. WEST BENGAL

Good Practices Solar Energy harnessing equipment is used for heating water which is used for cooking MDM and other purposes in Vidyasagar G.S.F.P. Vidyalaya under Taherpur in Nadia district. State is exploring replication of the model in consultation with the WBREDA and WBGEDC. 100 schools are being covered in the Sunderban Areas. Many schools in different districts grow vegetables in the kitchen gardens of the schools and utilize the vegetables in MDM . This kitchen garden initiative is being taken up in convergence with MGNREGS. In some places the community people, members of concerned Village Education Committees/Managing committee contribute fund to purchase the additional requirement of kitchen devices. All children are served food by making them sit in rows irrespective of caste and creed. System of harvesting rain water is being practiced in some schools. In some schools of Purba Medinipur district the community members often contribute their agricultural produce to this programme. WEST BENGAL

Quality control mechanism on rice Advance identification of stack of rice in FCI depot. Lifting of rice from the identified stack. Drawal of joint sample of rice at the time of lifting . Safe keeping of sample bags of rice duly signed by QC Officials of FCI and State Govt. at different levels (DM , SDO, BDO and DCF & S). Sealed packets of samples of the rice are kept to tackle any problem if cropped up at subsequent stage in regard to quality and quantity of rice. Quality control training is imparted to MDM Officials at the District Level. Strict vigil is kept during lifting of rice at the FCI depot. WEST BENGAL

Impact Attendance in school and coverage under the Scheme is increasing. Gender empowerment by opening employment opportunities for poor rural women. Community people are coming forward gradually and participate in the Mid-Day Meal programme. (Report of internal monitoring team, Hooghly). The coverage of MDM in rural areas is more satisfactory than that of Urban areas. MDM has a direct beneficial impact on flood/drought affected people in some areas of West Bengal. WEST BENGAL

Challenges To reach 100% coverage. Space problem specially in Urban areas. Cost of Kitchen devices per school still remains at Rs. 5000/- which is insufficient for schools where MDM takers are high. Community participation is not adequate in all the schools. Insufficient Management Structure. Construction of dining halls in schools. WEST BENGAL

Budget Proposal for the year 2013-14 (Rs in Lakh) Sl. No Component Primary Upper Primary Grand total For Central Share For State Share Total Recurring Assistance   1 Cost of Food grain 10146.36 8183.09 18329.45 2 Cooking Cost 44895.4 17958.16 62853.56 36208.36 12069.45 48277.81 111131.37 3 Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helper 13208.25 4402.75 17611.00 5451.68 1817.23 7268.91 24879.91 4 Transportation Assistance 1346.86 1086.25 2433.11 5 MME 2701.4 Non Recurring Assistance  6 Kitchen Devices 936.07  TOTAL 73234.34 22360.91 95595.25 50929.38 13886.68 64816.06 160411.31 WEST BENGAL

Mid Day Meal Programme N-24 Parganas Paschim Medinipur Birbhum S-24 Parganas Birbhum 34

Jenkins school, Coochbehar District, WB Mid Day Meal Programme Jenkins school, Coochbehar District, WB

Fire Extinguisher & Kitchen Store Krishna Chandrapur High School, South 24 Parganas

Mid Day Meal Programme Krishnagar Holy Family Girls’ H.S. School Under Krishnagar Municipality, Nadia

Members of SHG

Cleaning of Utensils

Lodhasuli, Paschim Medinipur Hand washing Lodhasuli, Paschim Medinipur

Lodhasuli, Paschim Medinipur Measuring Height Lodhasuli, Paschim Medinipur

Remote school in Birbhum District

Mid Day Meal Programme Solar Equipment is used for heating water Vidyasagar G.S.F.P. Vidyalaya under Taherpur Block, Nadia WEST BENGAL

Mid Day Meal Programme Kolkata

Mid Day Meal Programme Kolkata

Metiagacha F.P. School, North 24 Parganas Model of Dining Hall Metiagacha F.P. School, North 24 Parganas

School Education Department Mid Day Meal Programme Thank You    School Education Department Mid Day Meal Section West Bengal WEST BENGAL