Mid Day Meal Scheme Conference of Education Secretaries

Mid Day Meal Scheme Conference of Education Secretaries 29 th January, 2013, New Delhi Ministry of HRD Government of India

Saakshar Bharat 90 82. 14 80 74. 04 70 PERCENT 60 50 20 10 0 52. 21 45. 96 40 30 65. 46 64. 13 39. 29 34. 45 27. 16 18. 33 25. 05 53. 67 21. 97 24. 84 21. 59 16. 68 8. 86 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 CENSUS YEAR Persons Males Females Male - Female gap in literacy rate

Growth rates of population India, EAG States and non-EAG States and Union Territories, 1951 -1961 to 2001 -2011 26. 17 25. 43 26 25. 12 24. 99 24. 66 23. 00 24. 80 23. 01 23. 87 24. 08 22. 92 22 21. 54 21. 64 20. 92 19. 91 18. 90 18 17. 64 EAG India 2001 -11 14. 99 1991 -01 1981 -91 1971 -81 1961 -71 14 1951 -61 Similarly with ICDS; DW&S; MNREGA & MDMS Non EAG 3

Overall Performance 100 75 84. 4 73 56. 5 87. 1 48. 2 50 25 0 Drinking Water Toilet Usable 2010 Girls Toilet Usable 2011 Kitche Shed for MDM served on cooking MDM the day of visit 2012

MDMS served

Social Equity S. No. Action taken Number of Schools covered by Monitoring Institutes during October, 2010 to March, 2012 16800 Total no. of schools reported for caste discrimination by Monitoring Institutes 183 Oct, 2010 – Mar, 2011 Madhya Pradesh (10 districts), Rajasthan (4 districts), Uttar Pradesh (6 districts), Gujarat (1 district) April, – Sep. 2011 Madhya Pradesh (11 districts), Odisha (1 district), Rajasthan (8 districts), Uttar Pradesh (3 districts) Madhya Pradesh (8 districts), Rajasthan (5 districts) Oct, 2011 – Mar, 2012 66 82 35

Contd… State District 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 (29 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…. Monitoring Institute – Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (April to September, 2012) q 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.

Revision of MDMS guidelines q q The draft guidelines after incorporating the following major changes in the Scheme have been prepared: v Upward revision of cooking cost v Introduction of separate component for honorarium v TA at par with PDS rate for special category States v Determination of cost of kitchen-cum-stores on the basis of plinth area norm and State Schedule Rate. v MME for smaller State @ Rs. 30 lakh per district. States’ observations to refine the guidelines further

Reimbursement of Additional Funds on account of withdrawn subsidy on LPG cylinders q The MPNG withdrew the subsidy on LPG cylinders from 18. 9. 2012 and advised that subsidy may be met from the Scheme. q The Ministry of Finance has concurred the proposal to reimburse additional funds with some suggestions. q The proposal from Andhra Pradesh (33%), Haryana (74%), Nagaland (79%), Uttar Pradesh (59%), Uttarakhand (47%), Mizoram (50%), Maharashtra (14%), Jharkhand (5%), West Bengal (6%) is awaited.

Construction of Kitchen-cum-Store q 9, 55, 479 kitchen-cum-stores were sanctioned from 2006 -07 till 2011 -12. 5, 90, 394 (62%) kitchen-cum-stores have been constructed so far. Construction is in progress in r/o 111660 (12%) kitchen-cum-stores. q Construction is yet to start in Andhra Pradesh (69319), Assam (13087), Maharashtra (46222), Jharkhand (26455), West Bengal (7531), Bihar (15934), Uttar Pradesh (12738) and Odisha (10930). q States viz. Maharashtra and Haryana are requested to submit the proposals for remaining requirements.

%Construction of Kitchen-cum-Store The data for Meghalaya, Manipur and J&K is in match with ASER data for Arunachal Pradesh shows availability of kitchen cum store in 54% schools.

MDM MIS Portal q Ministry of HRD has launched web enabled MIS for MDMS. q All States / UTs have completed annual data entry for more than 11. 16 lakh schools q Monthly data entry into the portal is low and requires personal attention.

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

MONTHLY DATA ENTRY STATUS: % COMPLETED 60% 49% 50% 36% 40% 30% 11% % April % July % November % December W l es t Be ng a a iss Or ar k ha n d i Jh Isl N A & De lh an ds m sa As ra Ar un ac Pu du ch er r de sh y an d al Na g M eg ha l ay a r ha Bi 2% 1% 0% 0% ha l. P 10% 0% 24% 20% 43% 40%

Revision of Norms q q q q 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. q Children of pre-primary schools located in the premises of primary and upper primary schools.

Availability of Drinking Water

Availability of functional toilets

Availability of functional toilets for girls

Major concerns 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Needs based to a RIGHTS based Paradigm Social equity Timely movement of funds; foodgrains & payment to cooks Release of state share Nutrition focus - LOCAL Nutritional foods Capacity building MIS - Variations with regard to number of children Community involvement – social audit Integration with NRHM 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

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