Mid Day Meal Scheme Mid Day Meal Scheme Ministry of HRD Government of India Conference of Education Secretaries 29 th January, 2013, New Delhi

Saakshar Bharat

Growth rates of population India, EAG States and non-EAG States and Union Territories, to Similarly with ICDS; DW&S; MNREGA & MDMS

Overall Performance

MDMS served

Social Equity S.No. Action taken Number of Schools Schools covered by Monitoring Institutes during October, 2010 to March, 2012 Schools covered by Monitoring Institutes during October, 2010 to March, Total no. of schools reported for caste discrimination by Monitoring Institutes Total no. of schools reported for caste discrimination by Monitoring Institutes183 Oct, 2010 – Mar, 2011 Madhya Pradesh (10 districts), Rajasthan (4 districts), Uttar Pradesh (6 districts), Gujarat (1 district) 66 April, – Sep Madhya Pradesh (11 districts), Odisha (1 district), Rajasthan (8 districts), Uttar Pradesh (3 districts) 82 Oct, 2011 – Mar, 2012 Madhya Pradesh (8 districts), Rajasthan (5 districts) 35

StateDistrict Madhya Pradesh Umariya, Sheopur, Harda, Guna, Rewa, Anuppur, Vidisha, Rajgarh, Bhopal, Shahjapur, Chhatarpur, Satna, Panna, Singrauli, Chhindwara, Betul, Burhanpur, Balaghat, Shivpuri, Hoshangabad, Narsinghpur, Alirajpur, Khargaun, Tikamgarh, Datia, Bhind, Ratlam, Madaur, Neemuch (29 Districts) Uttar Pradesh Siddharthnagar, Basti, Balrampur, Badaun, Bareilly, Shahjanpur, Barabanki, Sultanpur, Sitapur (9 Districts) Rajasthan Jhunjhunu, Chhittorgarh, Ajmer, Baran, Jaisalmar, Dungarpur, Pali, Pratapgarh, Karauli, Dausa, Sirohi, Bharatpur, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jalore, Jhalawar, Kota (17 Districts) Odisha Boudh (1 District) Gujarat Porbandar (1 District) Contd…

Contd…. Monitoring Institute – Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (April to September, 2012)  District Virudhnagar Tamil Nadu – MPL Kammapatti Middle School Srivilliputhur  Parents of the children of the school are against the engagement of SC Cook.  The Block Development Officer has proposed to transfer the cook stating that the Kambalathu Naicker community people having a peculiar practice of not eating food cooked by people belonging to any other community.

Revision of MDMS guidelines  The draft guidelines after incorporating the following major changes in the Scheme have been prepared:  Upward revision of cooking cost  Introduction of separate component for honorarium  TA at par with PDS rate for special category States  Determination of cost of kitchen-cum-stores on the basis of plinth area norm and State Schedule Rate.  MME for smaller Rs. 30 lakh per district.  States’ observations to refine the guidelines further

Reimbursement of Additional Funds on account of withdrawn subsidy on LPG cylinders  The MPNG withdrew the subsidy on LPG cylinders from and advised that subsidy may be met from the Scheme.  The Ministry of Finance has concurred the proposal to reimburse additional funds with some suggestions.  The proposal from Andhra Pradesh (33%), Haryana (74%), Nagaland (79%), Uttar Pradesh (59%), Uttarakhand (47%), Mizoram (50%), Maharashtra (14%), Jharkhand (5%), West Bengal (6%) is awaited.

Construction of Kitchen-cum-Store  9,55,479 kitchen-cum-stores were sanctioned from till ,90,394 (62%) kitchen-cum-stores have been constructed so far. Construction is in progress in r/o (12%) kitchen-cum-stores.  Construction is yet to start in Andhra Pradesh (69319), Assam (13087), Maharashtra (46222), Jharkhand (26455), West Bengal (7531), Bihar (15934), Uttar Pradesh (12738) and Odisha (10930).  States viz. Maharashtra and Haryana are requested to submit the proposals for remaining requirements.

%Construction of Kitchen-cum-Store The data for Meghalaya, Manipur and J&K is in match with ASER data. ASER data for Arunachal Pradesh shows availability of kitchen cum store in 54% schools.

MDM MIS Portal  Ministry of HRD has launched web enabled MIS for MDMS.  All States / UTs have completed annual data entry for more than lakh schools  Monthly data entry into the portal is low and requires personal attention.

Note- Rest of the States have completed data entry for 100% schools

MONTHLY DATA ENTRY STATUS: % COMPLETED

Revision of Norms  Cooking Cost as per the MDM Price Index  Honorarium to cook cum helpers  MME rate from 2% to 3%  Transportation Assistance for non NER states  Model Kitchen cum training centers  Kitchen Devices  Coverage of unaided Private schools located in SC, ST & Minority concentrated districts.  Children of pre-primary schools located in the premises of primary and upper primary schools.

Availability of Drinking Water

Availability of functional toilets

Availability of functional toilets for girls

Major concerns 1.Needs based to a RIGHTS based Paradigm 2.Social equity 3.Timely movement of funds; foodgrains & payment to cooks 4.Release of state share 5.Nutrition focus - LOCAL Nutritional foods 6.Capacity building 7.MIS - Variations with regard to number of children 8.Community involvement – social audit 9.Integration with NRHM 10.Disconnect - in states like MP, Gujarat where SSA and MDM are being implemented by two different ministries/departments 11.Central role of teachers 12.Centralised kitchens - functioning

We all are privileged to be involved! 22 MDMS is God’s own work !