1. 1 EdCIL’s ANNUAL WORK PLAN & BUDGET 2013-14 FOR NSG-MDM

2. 2 ABOUT NSG-MDM  An agreement was signed on 22 nd December, 2005 between the MHRD and EdCIL to set up National Support Group for Mid Day Meal Scheme on the lines of TSG-SSA with the objective to provide Management Support Service to MHRD.  Accordingly, EdCIL’s NSG has been providing all logistic support, as desired by MHRD since 2006.

3. 3 NSG-MDM : SET-UP The Units for MDM-NSG are as under: 1. Research & Evaluation 2. Food & Nutrition 3. MIS 4. Plan Monitoring 5. Financial Management 6. Information Education & Communication 7. Civil Works 8. Capacity Building 9. Community Mobilisation & Grievance Redressal

4. 4 S. No. DesignationSanctionedEngagedVacant 1.Chief Consultant32*1 2.Sr. Consultant73**4 3.Consultant761 4.Research Assistant431 5.Support Staff23185 6.Messenger57***0 Total 4939 (12-2) =10 Staff Strength Against Sanctioned * 1 Sr. Consultant adjusted against the post of Chief Consultant ** 1 Consultant adjusted against the post of Senior Consultant *** 2 Additional Messengers are working against vacant posts of Support Staff

5. 5 Performance against approval Physical S. No. Workshops/Meetings As per PAB 2012-13 TargetAchievement 1.Workshops (National)33 2.Workshops (Regional)88 3.Quarterly Review Meetings80 4.Other Seminars/ Meetings22 5.Review Missions88 6.Field visits8062 Total10983

6. 6 Financial (Rs. in Lakh) (Contd..)

7. 7 % Utilization against funds received

8. 8 Targets Achieved – 2012-13  4 Plan Orientation Regional Workshops to orient State/UT officials on preparation of AWP&B and to review the MDM-Scheme were held at Madurai, Udaipur, Gangtok and Bhopal.  2 Regional Workshops on MIS were held at Amritsar and Thiruvananthapuram.  1 National Workshop on MIS was held at New Delhi.

9. 9  2 Regional Workshops with Monitoring Institutes were held at Amritsar and Thiruvananthapuram.  1 National Workshop – Exposure Visit-cum- Training Programme for smooth functioning of MDM Scheme was held at Akshaya Patra, Vrindavan (Mathura).  1  1 National Workshops on Professionalizing MDM Human Resources was held at Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute, New Delhi. Contd….

10. 10  1 Follow-up Workshop on MDM Scheme was held at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana  Facilitated Review Mission to visit 8 States viz. J&K, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland and Haryana.  Assisted MHRD in organization of National level Review Meeting with all Education Secretaries on 28 th July, 2012 & on 29th January, 2013. Contd….

11. 11 Field Visits by Consultants - 2012-13 Targeted no. of visits Achieve- ments States visitedReasons for Shortfall 8062All States/UTs  Late appointment of Consultants  Vacant position of Consultants Contd….

12. 12 Financial Performance during 2012-13 Funds Available as on 01.04.2012:122.94 Funds Received from MHRD in F.Y. 2012-13:501.22 Total Funds Available with Ed.CIL in F.Y. 2012-13:624.16 Funds utilized during FY 2012-13:481.17 Funds Available as on 01.04.2013:142.99 (Rs. In Lacs)

13. 13 Activity Approved budget 2012-13 Expenditure 2012-13 Consultancy fee/Salary & Allowances of Staff170.45137.22 Workshop / Seminars / Meetings / Review Missions 160.0074.67 Field /State Visits & Monitoring20.0013.05 Research Evaluation & Documentation120.0015.00 Space & Utilities108.2962.67 Others (Resource Persons Fee and contingency)10.000 Office Premises Rent 77.21 77.22 Advertisement & Publicity for MDM Scheme 8.00 0 Printing of Brochures, etc. for MDM Scheme 35.00 0 Contingencies 7.56 0 Sub-Total 716.51 379.83 EdCIL Overhead (16%) & Service Tax (12.36%) 115.81101.36 Total Funds Approved/Expenditure 832.32481.19 Funds Available FY 2012-13 624.16142.97 Activity-wise Expenditure during 2012-13 (Provisional & Unaudited) (Rs. In Lacs)

14. 14 PROPOSALFOR2013-14

15. 15 1.APPROVAL OF WORKSHOPS, REVIEW MISSIONS & REVIEW MEETINGS FOR 2013-14 –National Level Workshops/ Orientation Meetings 06 –Regional Workshops08 –Other Meetings 06 –Review Missions08 Total28

16. 16  Research & Evaluation - 03  Food & Nutrition - 06  MIS - 17  Plan Monitoring - 18  Information Education & Communication - 06  Financial Management - 04  Civil Works - 00  Capacity Building - 03  Community Mobilization & Grievance Redressal - 03 Total Field Visits/Monitoring/Facilitations etc. 60 Total Field Visits/Monitoring/Facilitations etc. 60 2. PROPOSED UNIT-WISE FIELD VISITS/ MONITORING/ FACILITATIONS ETC. FOR 2013-14

17. 17 Justification  Field visits are proposed on per Consultant basis.  Each Consultant shall make approx. 6 visits.  Total Field visits proposed are – 60.  Average cost proposed per visit is Rs. 25,000/- (same as 2012-13).  It is also proposed that Consultants shall make use of workshop visits by extending 1-2 days extra on field visit in respective State/City.

18. 18 Requirement of funds for 2013-14 in Comparison to 2012-13 Rs. In Lakhs

19. 19 Particulars2012-132013-14% DifferenceRemarks Consultancy fee68.25112.3065%Increase in staff Salary & Allowances of Staff60.9084.6039%Increase in staff Workshop/ Seminar/ Meeting/ Review Mission 160.00165.003% Field & State Visit, Monitoring etc. 20.0015.00-25% Research, Evaluation & Documentation 120.00200.0067% New Proposals for Nutrition, Research & Eval, Plan Monitoring Publicity of MDM Scheme (Advertisement, Printing of Brochures etc.) 43.00 0% Amount (Rs. in Lakhs) Activity-wise Requirement of Funds for 2013-14

20. 20 Particulars2012-132013-14% DifferenceRemarks Others (Resource Person Fee, Contingency etc.) 10.0016.0060% Space & Utilities (Office expenditure including Rent) 193.07206.107% Additional Proposal for engagement of Messengers (Support Staff-III) 41.304.20-90% Sub-Total716.52846.1918% Ed.CIL Overhead & Taxes (16% for 2012-13 & 13.5% for 2013-14) & Service Tax (12.36%) 115.80221.2391% Total Proposed Budget832.321067.4328% Contd…. Contd…. Amount (Rs. in Lakhs)

21. 21 SUBMISSIONS 1.Engagement of 5 Messengers (Support Staff – III).  Justifications Setting up of new units Due to vacant post of regular Group-D staff in MDM Bureau. 6 th Pay Commission and IFD Bureau of MHRD has advised to engage Group-D through outsourcing.

22. 22 2. Proposal for change in name from EdCIL’s National Support Group to Technical Support Group.  Reasons: To bring similarity with other Support Groups i.e. TSG-SSA, TSG-RMSA, TSG-NLMA, etc. Our ISO auditors have also suggested for change in the name from NSG to TSG. 3. Approval of funds of Rs. 1067.43 lakhs for 2013- 2014.

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