1. 1 Mid Day Meal Scheme Ministry of HRD Government of India MDM-PAB Meeting – West Bengal On 08.03.2011

2. Review of Implementation of MDMS in WEST BENGAL (Primary + Upper Primary) (1.4.2010 to 31.12.2010) Part-I Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Foodgrains : Availability & Utilisation (1.4.10 to 31.12.10) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 232026 MTs 129239 MTs 128959 MTs 11

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

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

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

15. 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

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

17. Approval Vs Achievement Engagement of Cook cum Helpers during 1.4.10 to 31.12.10) No. of CCH Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India (Primary + Upper Primary) 17

18. Honorarium to Cooks-cum-Helpers Rs. In Lakh Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 66% Central Share in allocation : 17612.56 Lakh State Share in allocation : 5870.86 Lakh

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

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

21. Achievement up to 2010-11 (Kitchen cum Stores) Progress (in %) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 21 31019 KS 17631KS 8419 KS Total Sanctioned : 57069 Kitchen Cum Stores

22. Achievement up to 2010-11 (Kitchen Devices) Progress (in %) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 22 Total Sanctioned : 87971 units of Kitchen Devices

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

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

25. 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

26. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India  Meeting of State level Steering cum Monitoring Committee held on 31.12.2010 SSMC Meeting

27. 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

28. Findings of Supreme Court Commissioners-(2008-2009) o Coverage o West Bengal Government could not cover 10.72 Lakhs in primary(11%) & 20.33 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……

29. Findings of Supreme Court Commissioners-(2008-2009) 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.

30. 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.

31. 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.

32. Analysis of State’s Proposal for 2011-12 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

33. Population Vs Enrolment Vs Availing MDM during 2010-11 (Primary) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 2011-12 (Proposed) Q-3Q-2 33 Q-1 72

34. Population Vs Enrolment Vs Availed MDM during 2010-11 (Upper Primary) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 2011-12 (Proposed) Q-1Q-2 34 Q-3 29

35. Proposal for Cook-cum-helper engaged in MDM Scheme Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Already Engaged Proposed (2011-12) Cook-cum- helper 2,34,83422,284 (9,314Pry + 12,970Upry) MDM-PAB approved 2,34,834 Cook cum helpers to be engaged during 2010-11. 35

36. 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

37. 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

38. Proposals and Recommendations Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India S. No componentPAB Approval 2010-11 Proposal 2011-12 Recommendati on1 Children (Pry) 725474472044437205000 2 Children (U Pry) 260000028869852890000 3NCLP452564528245300 4 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 1080910809 6 Cook cum Helper 23483422,28422,284 7 Kitchen Devices 02,8502,850 8 Draught affected area NANANA 9 MME Plan 19.15 Crore Within MME Limit 38

39. 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

40. Thank You Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India