1. Report on Status of Malnutrition in Municipal Schools in Mumbai  May 2017

2. Number of students screened & number of malnourished students
Boy
Girls
Total
Total students
2,01,965
2,02,286
4,04,251
1,99,033
1,98,052
3,97,085
1,92,652
1,90,833
3,83,485
Number of students screened
76,175
80,836
1,57,011
97,825
1,03,772
2,01,597
92,258
97,551
1,89,809
Total malnourished students
4,938
6,893
11,831
26,170
27,238
53,408
30,459
34,222
64,681
Malnourished students in ( %) 6% 9% 8%
27%
26%
33%
35%
34%
Estimated malnourished students
13,092
17,249
30,461
53,245
51,985
1,05,198
63,604
66,946
1,30,680

3. Estimated malnourished students from 2013-14 to 2015-16
Estimated Malnutrition has increased 4 times in MCGM schools from to
1 out of every 3 student is malnourished ( )

4. Standard-wise estimated malnourished students in 2015-16
From the total estimated malnourished students in class 1st- 9th, 73% students are from classes 1st std. to 5th
From the total estimated malnourished students in class 1st- 9th, 27% students are from classes 6th std. to 9th
Note: Health checkups were not conducted for Jr. Kg, Sr. Kg and 10th standards.
D.A= Differently Abled

5. Mid-day Meal Budgets of MCGM schools 2013-2016 (Figures are in crores)
1st to 5th Std.
6th to 8th Std.
Budget Estimate 29 33
Actuals 23 27
Utilisation (%)
81%
83% 14 15 10 11
70%
74% 32 39 21 25
65%
64%
The budget for the ICDS in Maharashtra has decreased from Rs. 2,947 crores (revised budget, ) to Rs crore (budget allocation ).

6. Average malnourished students in (%)
Ward-wise average malnourished students in MCGM schools from to
Ward
Area
Average malnourished students in (%)
Rank A
Colaba 29 4 B
Sandhurst 16 13 C
Marine Lines 9 19 D
Grant Road 5 E
Byculla 25 7
F/N
Matunga 14
F/S
Parel 15
G/N
Dadar 21
G/S
Elphinstone 8 20
H/E
Santa Cruz 51 2
H/W
Bandra 12 17
K/E
Andheri East 27 6
K/W
Andheri West L
Kurla
M/E
Govandi 1
M/W
Chembur 44 3 N
Ghatkopar 22 10
P/N
Malad 11 18
P/S
Goregaon
R/C
Borivali 23
R/N
Dahisar
R/S
Kandivali 24 S
Bhandup T
Mulund
Total

7. Deliberation by Councillors and MLAs

8. Number of questions asked by Councillors
No. of councillors who asked question on Malnutrition 15 13
No. Question asked on malnutrition 17 16
No issues were raised on malnutrition by councillors from A, D, M/W wards from , despite the fact that these wards are chronic when it comes to malnutrition
While M/E ward is worst hit by malnutrition, only 5 questions were asked by councillors from this ward in the last 3 years.

9. Issues Raised by MLAs Mumbai State
Mumbai
State
No. of MLAs who asked question on Malnutrition 16 20
No. Question asked on malnutrition 43 77
In winter session 2014 to monsoon session 2015, 16 MLAs from Mumbai raised 43 issues on malnutrition.
Only 13 issues were raised by MLAs from the six wards worst hit by malnutrition namely, M/E, H/E, M/W, A, D and K/E wards.

10. What Needs to be done?
Impact assessment has to be done keeping the end User in the focus: For malnutrition there are many programmes and schemes such as ICDS, Mid-day meal, School health check-ups, and so on. All this schemes target children upto 14 years of age. Hence, only an impact assessment on the nutrition levels of the children with periodic benchmarking can only give a true picture of impact.
Conduct third party audits of programmes keeping in mind the attainment of their stated objectives.
Chronic wards such as M/E, H/E, M/W, A, D and K/E need to be given special attention.

11. Thank You!