1. Haryana 4th Review Mission DISTRICT: Kurukshetra & Kaithal
Mid Day Meal Scheme
4th Review Mission
Haryana
18th – 22nd March, 2013
DISTRICT: Kurukshetra & Kaithal

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Team Members
Mrs. Rita Chatterjee, Joint Secretary, MDM, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India – Team Leader
Dr. D. Suresh, Director General, Elementary Education, Govt. of Haryana.
Ms. Kiran Bhatty, Representative of Office of Supreme Court Commissionerate.
Shri Rajender Singh Yadav, Representative of Monitoring Institution
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Structure of the Presentation
Performance of the Scheme during to first quarter of
Findings of the Review Mission Team in two districts
Kurukshetra
Kaithal
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4. Coverage of Children (Primary)
Coverage in %
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5. Coverage of Children (Upper Primary)
Coverage in %
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6. % Utilization of Central Assistance against Allocation
Utilisation in %
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7. Terms of Reference of the Mission
Review the system of fund flow from State Government to school / cooking agency level and time taken in this process.
Review the management and monitoring system and its performance from State to school level.
Review the progress of the programme during with respect to availability of foodgrains and funds at the school / cooking agency level, quality and regularity in serving the meal in the selected schools and districts, transparency in implementation, role of teachers, involvement of community, convergence with School Health Programme for supplementation of micronutrients and health check up etc.
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Contd….
Assess the satisfaction of children, parents and teachers about the implementation and impact of the scheme.
Review the maintenance of records at school / cooking agency level.
Review the payment of cost of foodgrains to FCI
Review the availability of infrastructure, its adequacy and source of funding.
Give suggestions for improvement in the implementation of the programme
Review the progress on web based MIS integrated with IVRS
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Infrastructure
Kitchen-cum-stores:
Available in 12 of the visited schools.
Kitchen devices:
Cooking utensil available and in use. Eating utensils are also available in all the schools
Safe Drinking Water:
Available in all the visited schools.
Toilets:
Fire Extinguisher:
Available in 8 of the visited schools.
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Best Practices
RTGS no. of bank accounts for majority of schools.
Provision of eating utensils for all the students.
State has decided to provide additional Rs. 150 per month per CCH since September, 2012.
State has provide Rs lakh for procurement of kitchen devices during and Rs lakh for procurement of eating plates and spoons for childern during from its own funds.
Provision of storage bins for food grains.
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Issues
No clarity about heads of funds.
Irregularity in supply of food grains by HAFED.
No mechanism for getting information on utilisation of funds and food grains.
Kitchen-cum-stores constructed but not in use in Kurukshetra.
Faulty design of kitchen-cum-stores in Kaithal.
Menu is not as per the nutritional norms of MDMS.
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Issues
Less inclusion of green leafy vegetables in menu.
Less quantity of meal provided by ISKCON.
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13. Monitoring: Un-answered Questions
What are the monitoring structures? Who in the department is supposed to monitor what?
What are the Terms of Reference?
How frequently is monitoring to be done?
Are reports prepared after each visit? What is the format of the reports? Who maintains the reports?
Is there a record maintained at the school? Are there Inspection registers?
What funds have been allocated for Monitoring?
How are the State, District and Block Monitoring Committees functioning?

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Convergence with Health Department needs to be further strengthened for distribution of IFA tablets, Vitamin-A dosage and de-worming tablets
Displaying of MDM logo and entitlements
Delay in release of funds from State Finance Department.
Functionaries at grass root level unaware of MDM entitlement of children.
Children of NCLP schools are provided MDM only on the working days when elementary schools are covered, whereas per the PAB
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Recommendations
Proposed Management Structure
Financial Management
Strengthening of monitoring mechanism
Capacity building and training
Convergence
Publicity
Grievance Redressal Mechanism
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16. 1. Proposed Management Structure
Setting up of Mid Day Meal Authority headed by Director level officer.
Filling up of vacant posts at block level, Engagement of persons on contractual basis from the relevant fields.
Providing mobility facilities to the officers at various levels.
Provision of CUG mobiles connection to the officials.
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2. Financial Management
Rationalization of fund flow by reducing the intermediate levels – District & Block.
Utilization of interest accrued on MDM grant.
Timely availability of funds to the schools,
Release of honorarium to CCH directly through bank account.
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18. 3. Strengthening of Monitoring
Mandatory Inspections by the officials as per the defined ToR.
Follow up mechanism on the inspections
MME funds must be used for improving management systems
An assessment of the requirements for each task at each Block must be made and resources allocated accordingly
Regular meeting of district / block monitoring committee may be ensured.
Identification of problematic districts and setting up of State Review Mission to review the Scheme in those districts.
Introduction of social audit mechanism.
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19. 4. Capacity Building and Training
Community Mobilization – Training of SMC members under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
Orientation training to the Programme Managers of MDMS at various levels.
The cooks need to be trained on aspects of hygiene, health, sanitation apart from cooking.
A brief module on Mid Day Meal in In-service training programme for teacher
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5. Convergence
NRHM: Health card, IFA Tablets, Vitamin A and De worming tablets and spectacles.
SSA:
i) Maintenance of kitchen-cum-stores from the maintenance grant of SSA.
UNICEF Global Hand Washing Day : Improved hygienic practices through education in terms of hand-washing, safe drinking water etc. This will enhance the health benefits of this scheme.
MPLAD Scheme: Inclusion of construction of dining hall..
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6. Publicity
The rights and entitlement of children and daily menu should be displayed prominently on the outside wall of the schools.
MDM logo should also be exhibited prominently in the school.
Adequate advocacy of the scheme with use of an IEC campaign in the State to highlight the scheme, its norms so as to bring in a component of community ownership of the scheme.
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7. Grievance Redressal Mechanism
A well-defined GR mechanism must have the following elements operating within well-appointed time frames:
1. System of Registering complaints
2. System of investigating complaints
3. System of redress
Time frames for redress of complaints varying with severity of complaints.
Accountability at different levels must be fixed.
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