1. 1 Mid Day Meal Scheme Ministry of HRD Government of India PAB-MDM Meeting – Punjab On 20.02.2015

2. Review of Implementation of MDMS in Punjab (Primary + Upper Primary) (1.4.2014 to 31.12.2014) Part-I Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

3. Best Practices  State Government is contributing Rs.450 against Rs. 250 towards honorarium per cook-cum-helper per month.  A SMS based Web system has been started in the District Roopnagar on Pilot basis for daily monitoring of Mid-Day-Meal.  Two Iron storage bins provided to each schools out of the sale proceeds of empty gunny bags.  The mothers of the students are participating in cooking and serving of mid day meal in schools.  Students motivated to help in producing the vegetables in kitchen gardens in some schools.

4. Cont…  Students wash their hands with soap before and after taking the meals.  Use of Double Fortified Salt with Iron and Iodine has been made mandatory in the schools.  Kheer as Sweet Dish has been introduced in the schools on any day of a week along with the regular meals  Punjab Government has provided Rs. 9.60 lakh for eating utensils.  Training provided to Cook-Cum-Helpers through various Institutes. Workshop on food safety, Quality and personal hygiene for Cook- cum-helpers was held in District Mansa, Faridkot and Muktsar by NGO Akshaya Patra, New Delhi

5. Issues  3 months Delay in the release of central assistance to schools.  Less coverage of working days (8 days)  Monthly Data entries in MIS web portal is incomplete  Negative closing balance of cooking cost on 31 st December, 2014 with five districts namely Fatehgah Sahib, Pathankot, Ptiala, SAS Nagar and Taran Taran.  Surplus food grain with Sangrur (131%) and Firozepur (50%) on 31 st December, 2014.

6. Findings of the Monitoring Institute  2-3 month’s delay in release cooking cost to the schools.  Some schools were managing MDM on credit basis.  All the visited schools had kitchen-cum-stores but 20% of them are not in good condition.  Hand wash with soap by all children before and after meal. But no grant for soap given to the schools since September, 2014.  MDM Ingredients such as oil, red pepper powder/ turmeric powder are not of good quality in most of the visited schools.  All the visited schools had buffer stock of food grain which are delivered up to school level.  Hot cooked mid-day meal is served and students were happy with the quantity and quality of MDM in all the visited schools.

7. Cont….  Storage bins provided in all the schools.  Social Audit in two districts for transparency through community participation.  LPG and Fire Extinguishers available in all the visited schools.  Inclusion of more Green and Leafy vegetables in the menu is needed.  The rights and entitlements of children, menu, MDM logo, and emergency contact numbers should be displayed prominently on the walls of the schools.  Phone number and email address for grievance redressal need to be displayed prominently in schools.  Emergency phone numbers of health center, police station, fire brigade office etc. need to be displayed in schools.

8. Coverage of children – Primary 84% 85% 86% Children (in Lakh) ASER, 2014 - 92.7% attendance on the day of visit.

9. Less Coverage of Children vis-à-vis enrolment (Primary) District EnrolmentAvg. Availed MDM % Less Coverage Ludhiana 11832092797-22% Moga 5195141006-21% Bathinda 6157050043-19% Muktsar 4509736507-19% Kapurthala 3706230184-19% Mansa 4145934373-17%

10. Coverage of children – Up. Primary 85% 83% 84% Children (in Lakh) ASER, 2014 - 92.7% attendance on the day of visit.

11. Less Coverage of Children vis-à-vis enrolment (Up. Primary) District Enrolment Avg. Availed MDM % Less Coverage Ludhiana 7354156130-24% Bathinda 4332634684-20% Moga 3530728757-19% Muktsar 2982424082-19% Ferozepur 2994024413-18% Kapurthala 2330719158-18%

12. FOOD GRAIN : ALLOCATION vs UTILISATION Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Quantity in Thousand MTs 69% 63% 70%

13. Foodgrains : Opening Balance, Allocation & Lifting (1.4.14 to 31.12.14) Foodgrains (in Thousand MTs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 69% 80%

14. Payment of cost of Food grains to FCI (as on 31.12.2014) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Cost of Food Grain (Rs. In crore ) 100%

15. COOKING COST: ALLOCATION vs UTILISATION Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Rs in Crore 64% 65% 69%

16. Honorarium to Cooks-cum-Helpers Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Rs in Crore 68%65% Against the PAB approval of 49,449 Cook-cum-helpers, State has engaged only 41,820.

17. MME : ALLOCATION vs UTILISATION Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Rs in Lakh 51% 74%72% 100% inspection of institutions in every quarter.

18. Transportation Assistance : Allocation vs Utilisation Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Rs in Lakhs 72%75%

19. Achievement up to 2014-15 (Kitchen cum Stores) Progress (in %) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 19 18771 KS 198 KS Total Allocation : 18969 Kitchen Cum Stores

20. Achievement up to 2014-15 (Kitchen Devices) Progress (in %) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 20 Total Allocation : 29286 units of Kitchen Devices included 10317 for replacement

21. Availability of Infrastructure Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Availability in % schools

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

23. Comparison of data: MIS vs AWP&B Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

24. Proposals and Recommendations Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India S. No ComponentPAB Approval 2014-15 Proposal for 2015-16 Recommendati on 1Children (Pry)1070000 1099692 1100000 2Children (NCLP)5350 3Children (U Pry)680000 697765 698000 4Working Day (Pry and U Pry) 244 – Pry 244 – U Pry 300 - NCLP 244 – Pry 244 – U Pry 300 - NCLP 244 – Pry 244 – U Pry 300 - NCLP 5Kitchen cum StoreNA 6Cook cum Helper49449No additional 7Kitchen DevicesNA 8Kitchen Devices (Replacement/Repair) Not eligible8652 9 Notional Requirement of Central Assistance Rs. 199.16 croreRs. 228.58 crore 24

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

26. Proposal for 2015-16 : Children (PRIMARY) No. of children (in lakh) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 2015-16 (Proposed) Q-3Q-2 26 Q-1

27. Proposal for 2015-16 : Children (Upper Primary) No. of children (in lakh) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 2015-16 (Proposed) Q-3Q-2 27 Q-1 6.8

28. Summary of performance - Physical Percentage

29. Summary of performance – Financial Percentage

30. Coverage : School Health Programme Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India DetailsInstitutionsChildren Total in State 203541971513 Health Check UP 206192196470 IFA Distribution 217056272163 Vitamin ‘A’ Distribution 219020 Deworming Tablets 221572660541 Spectacles 2057914337

31. Status on Pre-requisite steps for AWP&B Pre-requisite stepStatus Plan should be approved by SSMC Meeting Yes 100% payment of honorarium shall be made to cook cum helpers up to December 2014 Yes 100% payment of cost of foodgrains shall be made to FCI upto 31st December 2013 4 Yes Separate and detailed MME plan. Yes Bank account should be opened for cook cum helpers Yes Plan should also be submitted through MDM-MIS Yes

32. Contd.. Pre-requisite stepStatus Annual and Monthly data entry for the FY 2014-15 should be completed up to December 2014. Yes ATN on commitments given by the State Govt. during PAB Meeting of 2014-15. Nil ATN on findings of reports of MI and recommendations of JRM reports MI report received two days ago. It is being sent to the State. Plan should be submitted within the scheduled date in hard and soft copies both. Yes