1. WEST BENGAL Mid Day Meal Programme Annual Work Plan & Budget
[2013 – 2014]
WEST BENGAL

2. Our Location
WEST BENGAL 2

3. West Bengal at a Glance WEST BENGAL KOLKATA LITERACY RATE
Area  sq-km
Population  Lakh
Density (Per Sq. Km.)  1029
Male Population  Lakh
Female Population  Lakh
Urban Population  Lakh
Rural Population  Lakh
Literacy Male  Lakh
Literacy female  Lakh
KOLKATA
Area  sq-km
Population  Lakhs
Male Population  Lakh
Female Population  Lakh
Literacy Male  Lakh
Literacy Female  Lakh
LITERACY RATE
2001
2011
Male
Female
W B
77.02
59.61
82.67
71.16
KOLKATA
83.79
77.30
89.08
84.98

4. Mid Day Meal Programme
WEST BENGAL

5. Mid Day Meal Programme Cost of meal per child per school day Year
Primary
Upper Primary
*Remarks
Central
State
Total
2.17
1.00
3.17
3.25
1.08
4.33
Upto June-12
2.33
3.33
3.49
1.16
4.65
From July-12
2.50
3.50
3.75
1.25
5.00
Proposed
WEST BENGAL

6. Vegetables (leafy also)
Mid Day Meal Programme
Nutrition: Quantity
The Food norms would be as under:
Sl. No.
Items
Quantity Per Day
Primary students
Upper Primary students 1.
Food-grains (Rice)
100gms
150gms 2.
Pulse
20gms
30gms 3.
Vegetables (leafy also)
50gms
75gms 4.
Oil & Fat
5.0gms
7.5gms 5.
Salt & Condiments
As per need
WEST BENGAL

7. Coverage PRIMARY UPPER PRIMARY Eligible Covered % of coverage Schools
Enrolment
69487
68920
99%
91%
UPPER PRIMARY
Eligible
Covered
% of coverage
Schools
Enrolment
14961
13916
93%
87%
WEST BENGAL

8. Mid Day Meal Programme
(87% )
(99% )
(91% )
(93% )
WEST BENGAL

9. Coverage of schools in Kolkata
Category
Total Schools
Total students
Schools Covered
Students covered
School Coverage
Student Coverage
Primary
1508
165986
1398
151319
93%
91%
Upper Primary
564
181000
504
161498
89%
NCLP 40
2000
100%
Total
2112
348986
1942
314817
92%
90%
WEST BENGAL

10. No. of cluster Kitchens run in Kolkata
Mid Day Meal Programme
No. of cluster Kitchens run in Kolkata
No. of cluster kitchens 80
No. of schools involved
874
No. of students involved
22800
Mostly SHGs are running the clusters.
Small NGOs also run MDM programme
WEST BENGAL

11. Coverage of children
101 %
106 %
WEST BENGAL

12. Meals served
No. of Meals (in Crore)
82%
WEST BENGAL

13. Utilization of Cooking Cost
Mid Day Meal Programme
Utilization of Cooking Cost
(Rs. In Lakh)
Schools
Allocation for
Opening Balance as on
Fund released
Total Fund
Utilization
% of Utilisation
Primary
52.31%
Upper Primary & NCLP
51.20%
Total
51.86%
WEST BENGAL

14. Mid Day Meal Programme Utilization of Rice (in MTs) Schools
Allocation for
Opening Balance as on
Lifting of Rice
Total Rice Available
Utilization up to
% of Utilization
Primary
50.85 %
Upper Primary & NCLP
326.79
49.17%
Total
50.13 %
WEST BENGAL

15. Utilization of Transportation Cost
Mid Day Meal Programme
Utilization of Transportation Cost
(Rs. in Lakh)
Allocation for
Opening Balance as on
Fund released
Total Fund
Utilisation up to
% of Utilisation
210.72
491.91
702.63
638.03
27%
WEST BENGAL

16. Mid Day Meal Programme Utilization of MME (Rs. In Lakh) Allocation for
Opening Balance as on
Fund released
Total Fund
Utilization up to
% of Utilization
478.11
773.39
52.58%
WEST BENGAL

17. Mid Day Meal Programme Utilization of Honorarium to Cooks
[PRY & Up. PRY](Rs. In Lakh)
Allocation for
Opening Balance as on
Fund released
Total Fund
Utilization up to
% of Utilization
61.73%
WEST BENGAL

18. Mid Day Meal Programme Utilization of Cost of Rice (Rs. In Lakh)
Allocation for
Opening Balance as on
Fund released
Total Fund
Utilization up to
% of Utilization against allocation
% of Utilization against availability
43%
81%
WEST BENGAL

19. Status of Payment to FCI
As on
(Rs. In Lakh)
Allocation for FY
Opening Balance as on
Central Assistance Released by GOI
Bills raised by FCI
Payment to FCI
Payment to FCI against bills raised
Qty
(in MTs)
Amount
(in Lakh)
95%
WEST BENGAL

20. Status of Kitchen cum store
As on
Total No. of eligible schools
Unit Sanctioned
Completed
In Progress
Not Started
% of completion
Proposal
82674
68186
50713
11751
5722
74%
13129
WEST BENGAL

21. Procurement of Kitchen devices
As on
Total No. of eligible schools
Total No. of sanctioned units + Replacement
Procured
Proposal for replacement of kitchen devices procured in
84448
89914
18734 (6533)
WEST BENGAL

22. Status of LPG 84448 6641 388 1168.37 6468.51 Total no. of Institutions
Physical
Financial (Rs. in Lakh)
No. of Institutions with Gas based cooking
No. of institutions proposed to be covered with LPG connections
Expenditure on use of LPG cylinder
Requirement of funds for use of LPG cylinders during
84448
6641
388
WEST BENGAL

23. Mid Day Meal Menu Almost all the schools are displaying the menu.
Head teachers of the schools in consultation with other teachers, SLMC and SHG members decide the menu on the basis of local palate and seasonal availability.
Experts of IIHM, Kolkata have suggested an ideal menu, which has been sent to all schools for guidence.
Normally the menu consists of rice, dal, seasonal vegetables etc. Eggs are served once a week.
WEST BENGAL

24. Arrangement for official inspection
(From April to Dec. 2012)
Visiting Officers
No. of Schools visited
Findings
No. of schools running satisfactorily
No. of intermittent schools
No. of schools not running MDM
State Level 47 44 3
District Magistrates & his Officers (ADMs, SDOs,
OC-MDM, BDOs & Jt. BDOs)
13731
12621
983
127
DIs & his Officers
(ADIs, AIs, SIs,)
13692
13439
129
124
Total
27470
26104
1115
251
Percentage of visited Schools – 35.53%
WEST BENGAL

25. External Monitoring & Evaluation
The School Education Department has engaged the following Experts / Agencies for better monitoring and evaluation :-
Prof. Utpal Roy Chowdhury, Department of Food Technology & Bio-chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University.
Dr. Rafiqul Islum, Associate Professor, Department of Rural Extension, Visva Bharati.
Dr. Nabin ananda Sen, Associate Professor, Department of Business Management, Calcutta University.
Anuradha Talwar, Advisor to the Commissioner of Supreme Court of India.
Dr. Kamalesh Sarkar, Officer-in-charge, National Nutrition
and Monitoring Bureau (NNMB)-WB unit.
Pratichi (India) Trust, Pratichi Institute
WEST BENGAL

26. External Monitoring & Evaluation
Terms of Reference of the Monitoring Experts / Agencies
1) They will visit at least 100 schools of various categories in a District.
2) They will see the daily attendance, menu, storage, hygiene etc.
3) Visits will be unannounced and unscheduled.
4) They will submit quarterly report to the State Head Office
5)They have already started monitoring work from November’12.
WEST BENGAL

27. Observations by MI Positive Points:
There is direct impact of MDM in the school attendance as observed by MI. The parents and teachers opined the same.
Students of the sample primary and upper primary schools expressed their satisfaction about the quality.
All the sample schools are in use of iodized salt.
Backward community women are involved in cooking & serving the MDM.
No gender or caste or community discrimination found in cooking/serving and sitting arrangements of the MDM takers in both primary and upper primary level.
In most cases buffer stocks are maintained.
WEST BENGAL

28. Observations by MI Areas of concern:
MDM service on Saturdays is still not regular.
Not all cook-cum-helpers are trained.
Door step delivery of food grains is not done in the case of certain
schools by the MR dealers.
Irregular payment of the cook cum helpers.
Uneconomic use of fire wood in most of the places for cooking MDM.
WEST BENGAL

29. Good Practices
Solar Energy harnessing equipment is used for heating water which is used for cooking MDM and other purposes in Vidyasagar G.S.F.P. Vidyalaya under Taherpur in Nadia district. State is exploring replication of the model in consultation with the WBREDA and WBGEDC. 100 schools are being covered in the Sunderban Areas.
Many schools in different districts grow vegetables in the kitchen gardens of the schools and utilize the vegetables in MDM . This kitchen garden initiative is being taken up in convergence with MGNREGS.
In some places the community people, members of concerned Village Education Committees/Managing committee contribute fund to purchase the additional requirement of kitchen devices.
All children are served food by making them sit in rows irrespective of caste and creed.
System of harvesting rain water is being practiced in some schools.
In some schools of Purba Medinipur district the community members often contribute their agricultural produce to this programme.
WEST BENGAL

30. Quality control mechanism on rice
Advance identification of stack of rice in FCI depot.
Lifting of rice from the identified stack.
Drawal of joint sample of rice at the time of lifting .
Safe keeping of sample bags of rice duly signed by QC Officials of
FCI and State Govt. at different levels (DM , SDO, BDO and DCF & S).
Sealed packets of samples of the rice are kept to tackle any problem if
cropped up at subsequent stage in regard to quality and quantity of rice.
Quality control training is imparted to MDM Officials at the District
Level.
Strict vigil is kept during lifting of rice at the FCI depot.
WEST BENGAL

31. Impact
Attendance in school and coverage under the Scheme is increasing.
Gender empowerment by opening employment opportunities for
poor rural women.
Community people are coming forward gradually and participate in
the Mid-Day Meal programme.
(Report of internal monitoring team, Hooghly).
The coverage of MDM in rural areas is more satisfactory than that of
Urban areas.
MDM has a direct beneficial impact on flood/drought affected
people in some areas of West Bengal.
WEST BENGAL

32. Challenges To reach 100% coverage.
Space problem specially in Urban areas.
Cost of Kitchen devices per school still remains at Rs. 5000/- which
is insufficient for schools where MDM takers are high.
Community participation is not adequate in all the schools.
Insufficient Management Structure.
Construction of dining halls in schools.
WEST BENGAL

33. Budget Proposal for the year 2013-14
(Rs in Lakh)
Sl. No
Component
Primary
Upper Primary
Grand total
For Central Share
For State Share
Total
Recurring Assistance 1
Cost of Food grain 2
Cooking Cost 3
Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helper 4
Transportation Assistance 5
MME
2701.4
Non Recurring Assistance  6
Kitchen Devices
936.07
 TOTAL
WEST BENGAL

34. Mid Day Meal Programme N-24 Parganas Paschim Medinipur Birbhum
S-24 Parganas
Birbhum 34

35. Jenkins school, Coochbehar District, WB
Mid Day Meal Programme
Jenkins school, Coochbehar District, WB

37. Fire Extinguisher & Kitchen Store
Krishna Chandrapur
High School,
South 24 Parganas

38. Mid Day Meal Programme
Krishnagar Holy Family Girls’ H.S. School Under Krishnagar Municipality, Nadia

39. Members of SHG

40. Cleaning of Utensils

41. Lodhasuli, Paschim Medinipur
Hand washing
Lodhasuli, Paschim Medinipur

42. Lodhasuli, Paschim Medinipur
Measuring Height
Lodhasuli, Paschim Medinipur

44. Remote school in Birbhum District

46. Mid Day Meal Programme Solar Equipment is used for heating water
Vidyasagar G.S.F.P. Vidyalaya under Taherpur Block, Nadia
WEST BENGAL

47. Mid Day Meal Programme
Kolkata

48. Mid Day Meal Programme
Kolkata

49. Metiagacha F.P. School, North 24 Parganas
Model of Dining Hall
Metiagacha F.P. School, North 24 Parganas

50. School Education Department
Mid Day Meal Programme
Thank You   
School Education Department
Mid Day Meal Section
West Bengal
WEST BENGAL