1 Mid Day Meal Scheme Ministry of HRD Government of India MDM-PAB Meeting – West Bengal On

Review of Implementation of MDMS in WEST BENGAL (Primary + Upper Primary) ( to ) Part-I Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 2

Best Practices  Cooks are being paid Rs per month.  Direct fund transfer through CBS from State to the Blocks, Municipalities & Municipal Corporations relating Cooking Cost & Honorarium to cooks.  Centralized procurement of Dal, Spices and oil is done on pilot basis in one block of Murshidabad district.  Supervision by teachers in School’s MDM has made dining organized.  Monitoring system at the State level and involvement of BDO for maintaining rice quality is good.  During examination times, school provides disposable plates when children do not bring their own plate.  Emergency numbers are displayed on the walls of the school of Murshidabad District. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Issues  Delay release of funds from State to School level.  Non-Payment of honorarium through bank account of CCH.  Less utilization of cooking cost (58%) and food grains (53%)  Less inspection of schools (only 56% schools) and unavailability of inspection registers in some of the visited schools by MI.  Poor performances of School health program (64% of the enrolled children).  Less coverage of working days in some of the districts like Hooghly(141 days), Howrah(131 days), Siliguri (122 days), Malda (121 days) and North 24 Parganas (117 days).  Standard Menu & entitlement per child is not displayed.  At few places kitchen and toilets are next to each other (JRM).  Record maintenance at school and SHG level needs more attention.  Excess use of fire woods in most of the places for MDM.  Community participation is not up to the mark. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Comparison of data: MIS vs AWP&B Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 5

Mismatch in coverage of children against enrolment in AWP& B and MIS (Primary) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Sl. No.Districts Coverage of children as per MIS % of Mismatch 1 Siliguri 69% 31.00% 2 N/24 Pgs. 68% 31.27% 3 Howrah 67% 33.00% 4 Jalpaiguri 66% 27.70% 5 Malda 66% 34.00% 6 Cooch Behar 59% 30.03%

Mismatch in coverage of children against enrolment in AWP& B and MIS (Upper Primary) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Sl. No.Districts Coverage of children as per MIS % of Mismatch 1 Birbhum 58% 42.00% 2 S/24 Pgs. 58% 37.00% 3 Bankura 57% 26.33% 4 Burdwan 57% 35.58% 5 Nadia 57% 28.07% 6 N/24 Pgs. 55% 42.09% 7 Siliguri 55% 45.00% 8 Murshidabad 52% 30.38% 9 Malda 51% 49.00% 10 Jalpaiguri 45% 55.00% 11 Howrah 43% 57.00% 12 Cooch Behar 37% 53.26%

Variation in MIS and AWP&B and ASER data Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 8 MIS AND ASER – 2013, AWP&B ComponentsAWP&B – MISASER 2013 Utilization of Food grains 53%176%N.A. Children covered 94% 66% 58.7% attendance on the day of the visit Institutions covered 99% 63%

SCORE CARD- ALL COMPONENTS Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 9

Coverage : Children Approval Vs Achievement (Pry) No. of Children (in lakhs) 88%91% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 95% 10 As per ASER 2013: in 63% schools MDM served and 58.7 % enrolled children were present on the day of visit

Coverage : Children Approval Vs Achievement (U. Pry) No. of Children (in lakhs) 81% 87% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 94% 11 As per ASER 2013: in 63% schools MDM served and 58.7 % enrolled children were present on the day of visit

% Less Coverage against Enrolment (U. Primary) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Sl. No. Districts Non Coverage of Children (in %) Anaemia among Children (Severe) Anaemia among Adolescent Girls (Severe) 1 E/Medinipur-27%

Analysis of State’s Proposal for Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 13

Proposal for coverage of children (Primary) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 14 PAB Approval Availed MDM (9 months) Availed MDM in Q-1 Availed MDM in Q-2 Availed MDM in Q-3 Proposal for Enrolment

Proposal for coverage of children (U. Primary) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 15 PAB Approval Availed MDM (9 months) Availed MDM in Q-1 Availed MDM in Q-2 Availed MDM in Q-3 Proposal for Enrolment

Proposal for Cook-cum-helper engaged in MDM Scheme Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Approved by PAB MDM Already Engaged Proposed ( ) Cook- cum- helper 2,48,7992,36,215 No Additional 16

Proposal for Construction of Kitchen-cum-Store Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 17 Total Institutions (G + GA+ LB) excluding newly opened schools Total Sanctioned till Construction through Convergence Gap State’s Proposal Recommendation * * As per the information provided by the State Govt., construction of 9089 units of kitchen cum stores are not yet started and fund for 4,040 units of Rs lakh has not been allotted to districts for different reasons like space constraint, land dispute etc. Therefore construction of total units of kitchen cum stores is still pending in State.

Proposal for Procurement of Kitchen Devices Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 18 Total Instituti ons Total Sanctioned till Procured through Conv. GapStates ProposalRecomm. NewRep. NewRep.NewRep * *No kitchen devices were sanctioned by GoI during which are eligible for replacement during Therefore State Govt. is not eligible for any replacement during

Proposals and Recommendations Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India S. No componentPAB Approval Proposal Recommendati on 1Children (Pry) Children (U Pry) NCLP Working Day (Pry and U Pry) 230 – Pry & U Pry 312-NCLP 230 – Pry & U Pry 312-NCLP 230 – Pry & U Pry 312-NCLP 5Kitchen cum Store Cook cum Helper248799No Additional 7Kitchen Devices for replacement 0 9MME PlanRs CrorePermissible limit Crore Total Rs crore 19

Thank You Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 20

Coverage : School Health Programme Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 21 ComponentNo. of Schools coveredNo. of Children covered Coverage under SHP60872 (73%) (64%) Health Check up50520 (61%) (46%) Iron & Folic Acid distribution (55%) (58%) Vitamin ‘A’ distribution4676 (6%) (6%) Deworming Tablets distribution (32%) (32%) Spectacle distribution7904 (9%) 8639

Nutritional findings of JRM West Bengal Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Availability of Infrastructure Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India ASER Report Functional girls’ toilet available in 54% schools. 23 % of availability

Summary of performance - Physical Percentage Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Summary of performance - Financial Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Percentage

Cook-cum-Helpers Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Cook-cum-Helpers Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Cook-cum-Helpers Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Cook-cum-Helpers Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Monitoring of the Scheme Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 30 Two SSMC Meetings were held on and % schools have been visited till Dec’2013 Annual Data entry completed for 100% of the schools. Monthly data entry completed for 95% schools for the month of December, 2013.

Status of complaints Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 31 Reply/ Action Taken Report on 4 complaints are awaited from Govt. of West Bengal. Nature of complaints- Irregularities, Poor quality and corruption

Status on Pre-requisite steps for AWP&B Pre-requisite stepStatus Plan should be approved by SSMC Meeting Yes 100% payment of honorarium shall be made to cook cum helpers up to December 2013 Yes 100% payment of cost of food grains shall be made to FCI up to 31st December % Payment made Separate and detailed MME plan. Yes Bank account should be opened for cook cum helpers No Plan should also be submitted through MDM-MIS No Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Contd.. Pre-requisite stepStatus Annual and Monthly data entry for the FY should be completed up to December Annual- 100% Monthly – 95% for Dec’2013 ATN on commitments given by the State Govt. during PAB Meeting of No ATN on findings of reports of MI and recommendations of JRM reports ATN submitted on recommendations of 5 th JRM Plan should be submitted within the scheduled date in hard and soft copies both. Yes Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India