1. Mid Day Meal Scheme Mid Day Meal Scheme Ministry of HRD Government of India Ministry of HRD Government of India

2. Global Hunger Index International Food Policy Research Institute Country119020012012 India30.324.222.9 China11.86.65.2 B’Desh37.927.823.3 Rwanda28.225.619.7 India ranks 65 th out of 79 countries, no change since 2001; Anything over 10 is very serious GHI composite of three equally weighted indices; Under nourished people, Child mortality; Proportion of under weight children Proportion of underweight children 43.5% worst in 129 countries Stagnation in GHI when gross national income per capita doubled

3. Level of Anemia (6-35 months old) & Level of Mal nutrition as per NFHS - III STATE SEVERE ANAEMIA ANY ANAEMIA UNDERWEIGHT WASTED STUNTEDIndia2.969.5 481938 Bihar1.678.0582842 Jharkhand1.970.3593141 Orissa1.665.0441938 West Bengal 1.561.0441933 3

4. Nutritional status of children and adults NFHS 3 The rationale of MDMS Promoting school participation Preventing classroom hunger Facilitating healthy growth of children Intrinsic educational value Fostering social and gender equality Psychological benefits 4

5. Overall Performance

6. Coverage : Enrollment Vs. Average children

7. MDMS served

8. Saakshar Bharat Ministry of HRD Government of India

9. Growth rates of population India, EAG States and non-EAG States and Union Territories, 1951-1961 to 2001-2011 9 Similarly with ICDS; DW&S; MNREGA & MDMS

10. Availability of Drinking Water

11. Availability of functional toilets

12. Availability of functional toilets for girls

13. 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, 201216800 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. 2011 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

14. 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 (31 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…

15. 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.

16. 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 State @ Rs. 30 lakh per district.  States’ observations to refine the guidelines further

17. 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.

18. MDM MIS Portal  Ministry of HRD has launched web enabled MIS for MDMS.  All States / UTs have completed annual data entry for more than 11.16 lakh schools  Monthly data entry into the portal is low and requires personal attention.

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

20. MONTHLY DATA ENTRY STATUS: % COMPLETED

21. 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

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