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

Coverage : Institutions : Approval Vs Achievement (Pry) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of Institutions 95% 97%

Coverage Institutions : Approval Vs Achievement (U. Pry) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of Institutions 61% 76%

Coverage : Children Approval Vs Achievement (Pry) No. of Children (in lakhs) 108 % 94 % 99 % Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Coverage : Children Approval Vs Achievement (U. Pry) No. of Children (in lakhs) 42% 60% 93% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Coverage : Children Approval Vs Achievement (NCLP) No. of Children 97% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of NCLP Institutions = 917 in 18 Dist.

Coverage : Working Days Approval Vs Achievement (Pry) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of Working Days 92 % 101% 90 %

Coverage : Working Days Approval Vs Achievement (U.PRY) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of Working Days 72 % 96% 90 %

Approval Vs Achievement: Number of Meals (Pry + UPry.) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of Meals (in crore) 85% 83% 92%

Foodgrains : Availability & Utilisation ( to ) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India MTs MTs MTs 11

FOOD GRAIN : ALLOCATION vs. UTILISATION Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Quantity in MTs 38% 56% 47%

Foodgrains Availability – Dist. wise Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Special focus Dist.: Kolkata (24%),Howarh (30%) & Cooch Behar (39%)

Foodgrains Utilisation – Dist. wise Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Special focus Dist.: Kolkata (24%),Howrah (36%)

Payment of cost of Food grains to FCI Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Cost of Food Grain (Rs. In Lakh ) 71% * Excluding the bills from FCI for FG lifted on 25 th Dec. 2010

COOKING COST: ALLOCATION vs UTILISATION Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Rs in Lakh 39% 71% 50%

Approval Vs Achievement Engagement of Cook cum Helpers during to ) No. of CCH Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India (Primary + Upper Primary) 17

Honorarium to Cooks-cum-Helpers Rs. In Lakh Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 66% Central Share in allocation : Lakh State Share in allocation : Lakh

MME: ALLOCATION vs UTILISATION Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Rs in Lakhs 17% 53% 11%

Transportation Assistance : ALLOCATION vs UTILISATION Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Rs in Lakhs 45% 0% 73%

Achievement up to (Kitchen cum Stores) Progress (in %) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India KS 17631KS 8419 KS Total Sanctioned : Kitchen Cum Stores

Achievement up to (Kitchen Devices) Progress (in %) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 22 Total Sanctioned : units of Kitchen Devices

Coverage : School Health Programme and Inspections Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of Institutions 53% 18%

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

Performance Score card – A Summary Sl. No. ComponentAchievementBenchmark 1. Foodgrains Availability 56%80% 2. Foodgrains Utilisation 56%70% 3. Payment to FCI (Bills recd.) 71%100% 4. Cooking Cost Utilisation 71%70% 5.MME Utilisation 53%75% 6.Tran. Asst. Utilisation 73%80% 7.Kitchen Shed construction 69%100% 8.Kitchen Devices procurement 95%100% 9.QPRs received 3nos. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 25

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India  Meeting of State level Steering cum Monitoring Committee held on SSMC Meeting

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India  The main findings of the External evaluation studies conducted by Institute of Hotel Management,Taratola, Kolkatta are as under:  Cyclic menu with balanced diet except Siligudi  Poor infrastructure i.e. no kitchen sheds in most of the schools.  Community participation is practically nil.. Evaluation Study

Findings of Supreme Court Commissioners-( ) o Coverage o West Bengal Government could not cover Lakhs in primary(11%) & Lakhs (43%) Upper Primary Schools o Against 200 & 220 days the WB government was able to feed for 164 (pry) &110 in (U.pry). o Coverage was poor in Kolkatta where not a single child was covered till Dec.2009 (U.pry) & only 37% were covered in pry. o Regularity,Quality, &Quality Features o By the irregular supply of food grains and irregular reimbursement of cooking cost to SHGs adversely affected quality and quantity both. o Infrastructure o Proper storage of food grains was a problem due to lack of Kitchen Sheds. o Monitoring and Local Participation o Absence of community monitoring System Cont……

Findings of Supreme Court Commissioners-( ) West Bengal has lagged behind many states, and needs to do a lot in terms of coverage under all the schemes, especially under MDM. In fact, in certain areas, such as universalisation of cooked meals in MDM, the Government dragged its feet such a lot about implementation that it has almost became the target of censure by the Supreme Court. The study’s field data is from four districts of the state, namely Jalpaiguri, Burdwan, South 24 Parganas and Paschim Medinipur.

Grievance Redressal Mechanism Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India  A grievance redressal forum is constituted at state level with PTA members,representatives of teachers’ organization, Local body authorities etc.  A log book is maintained at block and municipality level in which complaints are recorded and then the concerned block level officer will submit a monthly report within 7 th of the next month on the action taken  Complaint boxes are kept at every concerned level with telephone numbers.

Community Involvement Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India School Management committee consisting of :  PTA President,  members of Mother PTA,  Ward Member,  Head of the institution,  teacher’s representatives PRI is involved in monitoring the implementation.

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

Population Vs Enrolment Vs Availing MDM during (Primary) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India (Proposed) Q-3Q-2 33 Q-1 72

Population Vs Enrolment Vs Availed MDM during (Upper Primary) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India (Proposed) Q-1Q-2 34 Q-3 29

Proposal for Cook-cum-helper engaged in MDM Scheme Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Already Engaged Proposed ( ) Cook-cum- helper 2,34,83422,284 (9,314Pry + 12,970Upry) MDM-PAB approved 2,34,834 Cook cum helpers to be engaged during

Proposal for Construction of Kitchen-cum-Store Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of institutions Sanctioned Constructed through convergence Gap 67,87857,069010,809 36

Proposal for Procurement of Kitchen Devices Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of institutions Sanctioned Constructed through convergence Gap 89,03787,97102,850 37

Proposals and Recommendations Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India S. No componentPAB Approval Proposal Recommendati on1 Children (Pry) Children (U Pry) NCLP Working Day (Pry and U Pry) 200 – Pry 220 – U Pry 250-NCLP 200 – Pry 220 – U Pry 250-NCLP 200 – Pry 220 – U Pry 250-NCLP 5 Kitchen cum Store Cook cum Helper ,28422,284 7 Kitchen Devices 02,8502,850 8 Draught affected area NANANA 9 MME Plan Crore Within MME Limit 38

ISSUES Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India  Less institutes covered both Primary (3%) and Upper Primary (24%).  Mismatch in coverage of institutions and children.  Poor coverage in urban area Kolkata, Cooch Behar and Howrah  Poor lifting of food grains.  Mismatch in Cooking Cost (71%), Foodgrain (56%) and TA (73%)  Delay in Payment of cost of foodgrain to FCI  Poor inspection of Schools  Weak convergence with SHP, NRHM  Poor monitoring mechanism 39

Thank You Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India