1. 1 Mid Day Meal Scheme Mid Day Meal Scheme Ministry of HRD Government of India MDM-PAB Meeting – Uttar Pradesh on 28.03.2014

2. Review of Implementation of MDMS in UTTAR PRADESH (Primary + Upper Primary) (1.4.2013 to 31.12.2013) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

3. ISSUES by Appraisal of AWP&B 2014-15  AWP&B Plan not yet submitted by the State through MIS-MDM web portal. MDM-MIS with IVRS is not open for Stakeholders. Since last two years it is password protected..  Persistent Low Coverage of children in Shravasti (65% non Coverage in Primary and Upper-Primary). Lowest coverage in Muzaffarnagar (68% non coverage) in Upper Primary. (JRM also reported for Shravasti).  Severely malnourished children in UP. 31% of the boys and 21% of the girls in the surveyed districts of UP by JRM. Coverage under School health programme only 59%.  In 8697 Govt. Aided Schools, State has not provided Kitchen cum stores  In 10 districts very less Utilization of Funds for payment of Honorarium to CCH upto 30% only till December 2013. In Hapur 0% utilization of Honorarium to CCH. Irregular payment ranging from 3-4 months reported in Firozabad, Mainpuri, Jhansi, Banda, Kaushambi, Jaunpur and Aligarh districts. (MI)

4. Conti…  Less days covered in Baghpat and Hathras in Pry and Upry (157 against 172 State level). Interruptions reported in Shravasti Muzaffarnagr, Aligarh and Jaunpur. (JRM & MI )  High mismatch between utilization foodgrain and cooking cost in Hapur(48%), Ghaziabad (35%), Meerut (30%) and Bulandshahar(13%)

5. Nutritional Aspects identified by the 5th Joint Review Mission Uttar Pradesh N = Boys - 400 Girls - 489

6. Best Practices  Real Time Monitoring through Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) to supervise the M.D.M. program implementation at school level on day to day basis.  Web Based Management Information System : through which reporting is done by the each and every district on monthly basis on the given prescribed format of QPRs by Government of India. All these reports are automatically compiled at the State level and generate the reports as required by the MDMA officials to analyse the information.  Web based system for monitoring Payment to FCI and lifting agencies  System of online budget allocation and e-payment : State Govt. has opened Madhyan Bhojan Nidhi for all the schools in the nearest CBS branches. Payment of honorarium to cook-cum-helpers through e-transfer to their accounts.  e-Communication All communications including GOs and MDMA circulars, fund and foodgrain releases are sent through emails to District Magistrates, AD Basic, BSAs and officials of the MDMA at Division and District level.  Stakeholder Training and Capacity Building is being regularly done.

7. Coverage : Enrolment Vs Achievement (Pry) No. of Children (in lakhs) 53%62% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India ASER, 2013 - 54.7% attendance on the day of visit. 54%

8. Coverage : Children Enrolment Vs Achievement (U.Pry) No. of Children (in lakhs) 53% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 48% ASER, 2013 - 55.1% attendance on the day of visit. 50%

9. % Non Coverage of Children vis-à-vis enrolment (Pry) (Primary – 9 Districts) District EnrolmentAvg. Availed MDM% Non Coverage % Severe Anemia among children % Severe Anemia among adolescent girls Shrawasti 1102603862765% 0.79.0 Rai Bareily 2033908036660% 1.318.6 Ambedkar nagar 1542376236060% 1.830.1 Mau 1678877167657% 2.224.4 Pilibhit 1524206675656% 1.329.8 Aligarh 1823998408854% 0.630.3 Barabanki 27321512840453% 1.418.2 Bhadohi 1266006000053% -- Banda 1778108512152% 4.352.5 Last Year poor Last 3 Years poor Shravasti,Pilibhit, Barabanki, Bhadohi and Mau State Level Anemia=3.0 Adolescent girls =28.8 State Level Coverage:54%

10. Less Coverage of Children vis-à-vis enrolment (Upper Primary – 18 Districts) DistrictEnrolmentAvg. Availed MDM % Non Coverage Severe Anemia among children Severe Anemia among adolescent girls Muzaffarnagar 604681960968% 9.270.1 Bulandshahar 1012733306867% 0.912.1 Ambedkar nagar 849082789067% 1.830.1 Rai Bareily 940163240266% 1.318.6 Shrawasti 355081235265% 0.79.0 Hapur 26789 10059 62% -- Agra 959223659262% 3.720.3 Badaun 976453898960% 9.643.3 Baghpat 365621484759% 7.261.7 Cont…. State Level Anemia=3.0 Adolescent girls =28.8 State Level Coverage:50%

11. % Non Coverage of Children vis-à-vis enrolment (Upper Primary) District EnrolmentAvg. Availed MDM % Non Coverage Severe Anemia among children Severe Anemia among adolescent girls Mau 810603296459% 2.224.4 Shamli 23745 9673 59% -- Mainpuri 576392410458% 1.824.4 Pilibhit 744503128758% 1.329.8 Gorakhpur 1214735139658% 1.715.1 Bareily 987024210757% 3.125.6 Aligarh 1127954831457% 0.630.3 Sultanpur 847913664657% 2.113.2 Firozabad 629452802055% 4.925.8 Cont…. State Level Anemia=3.0 Adolescent girls =28.8 State Level Coverage:50% Last 3 Years poor Mau,Pilibhit

12. Performance Score Card Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

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

14. % Mismatch in AWP&B and MIS % Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

15. Proposals and Recommendations Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India S. No ComponentPAB Approval 2013-14 Proposal 2014-15 Recommendation by Appraisal Team 1Children (Pry)89000008679126 2Children (U Pry) 34000003519736 3NCLP2291019732 4Working Day (Pry & U Pry) NCLP 243 287 234 287 234 287 5Kitchen cum Store 5833Nil 6Cook cum Helper 434032 7Kitchen Devices10932 (N) 34607(R) 4502 (N) (R) FY-2006-07= 53129 FY-2008-09=46999 Total = 104630 4502 (N) (R) FY-2006-07= 53129 FY-2008-09= 46999 Total = 104630 MME PlanRs. 54.90 Cr (3.8%)Rs. 23.91 Cr (1.8%) 8Notional Funds (Recurring & Non Recurring ) Existing1405.09 Cr Last year approved allocation Rs. 1419.03 Cr

16. Analysis of State’s Proposal for 2014-15 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

17. Proposals for 2014-15: Children (Primary) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India As per MIS web portal for the month of May, 2013 Average availed: 6214378

18. Proposals for 2014-15: Children (Upper Primary) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India As per MIS web portal for the month of Sept. 2013 Average availed :2761556

19. Thank You Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Thank you Dining Hall in Tripura

20. Component-wise performance under Primary Stage Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

21. Component-wise performance under Upper Primary Stage Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

22. Coverage Institutions: Existing Vs Achievement (Pry) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of Institutions 91% 94% ASER, 2013 - MDM was served in 92.1% schools on the day of visit. 97%

23. Coverage Institutions :Existing Vs Achievement (U.Pry) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of Institutions 97% 98% ASER, 2013 - MDM was served in 92.1% schools on the day of visit. 99%

24. Coverage : Working Days Approval Vs Achievement (Primary & Up.Pry) first 3 qtr) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of Working Days 105 % 94%

25. Coverage : Children Approval Vs Achievement (NCLP) No. of Children 85% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Approved institutionApproved days 1284287 Schools covered= 755 days covered= 179 Schools covered= 755 days covered= 179

26. Approval Vs Achievement: Number of Meals (Pry + U. Pry.first 3 qtr) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of Meals (in crore) 79% 102% 79%

27. FOOD GRAIN : ALLOCATION vs. UTILISATION Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Quantity in MTs 57% 74% 60%

28. Foodgrains : Opening Balance, Allocation & Lifting (1.4.13 to 31.12.13) Foodgrains (in Thousand MTs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 60%77%

29. Payment of cost of Food grains to FCI upto 31 st December 2013 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Cost of Food Grain (Rs. In Lakh ) 59% As per FCI’s Statement Outstanding position against issue of foodgrains under MDM Scheme upto 30.12.2013 is Rs. 7611 lakh (81%). FCI has intimated the GOI that there is outstanding pendency for the year 2011-12 Rs. 4.40 lakhs and for the year 2012-13 is Rs. 136.93 lakhs.

30. COOKING COST: ALLOCATION vs UTILISATION Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Rs in Lakh 56% 74% 59%

31. Approval Vs Achievment Engagement of Cooks-cum-Helpers No. of CCH Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 92% Primary + Upper Primary 33454 CCH not engaged

32. Honorarium to Cooks-cum-Helpers Rs. In Lakh Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Central Share in allocation : 32552.40 Lakh State Share in allocation : 10850.80 Lakh

33. MME: ALLOCATION vs UTILISATION Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Rs in Lakhs 36% 47% 42%

34. Transportation Assistance : ALLOCATION vs UTILISATION Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Rs in Lakhs 33% 65% 19%

35. Achievement up to 2013-14 (Kitchen cum Stores) Progress (in %) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 110194 65373 Total Sanctioned : Physical: 122572 Kitchen Cum Stores Financial : 75000.66 lakh 139 303 3264 1850

36. Achievement up to 2013-14 (Kitchen Devices) Progress (in %) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Total Sanctioned : 222648 including Replacement

37. Availability of Infrastructure ASER data -2013 Usable toilets for girls 44.3%. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Availability in % schools

38. Coverage : School Health Programme No. of Institutions Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 120% IFA Distributed in 120% Schools De-worming 120% Schools 169470 schools Vitamin 'A' Distributed 0 % SchoolsSpectacles 120% Schools

39. Coverage : School Health Programme No. of Children in Lakh Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India 36126 Distribution of spectacles to Children Total Enrolment 19824273( Pry & U.Pry) 59%

40. Proposal for Cook-cum-helper engaged in MDM Scheme Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India PAB Approval 2013-14 Already Engaged Additional Reqmt (2014-15) 4,34,032400578Nil  33454 CCH not Engaged.

41. Proposal for Construction of Kitchen-cum-Store Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of Inst. Eligible for Kitchen –cum- Store SanctionedConstructed through convergence GapRequirem ent 16839212257220129 Saturated 445 Note: State is not providing kitchen to 8697 Govt. Aided Schools and 17401 UPS within Primary campus. Total kitchen requirement for Govt. and Localbody Schools comes out to be 25733. Districts have submitted Non-Availability of land for kitchen construction for 7861 Schools and 26 (PS:25, UPS: 1) Schools have been merged. Hence Total Requirement of Kitchen comes out to be 445 (PS: 128, UPS: 317 AND Govt: 0)=(25733- 7861-17401-26). Note: The Central Share of Rs. 74.76 Crore is available with the State Govt. No separate Central Assistance is required for this purpose. State needs just permission of GOI to construct 445 Kitchen Sheds from the fund available with State.

42. Proposal for Procurement of Kitchen Devices Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India No. of institutions Sanctioned including Replacement Procured through convergence Additional requirement State Proposal for replacement 169470222648424502100128 Note ;In the above sanctioned unit of 222648, 178373 new procurement for the year 2006-07 to 2013-14 and 44275 unit for replacement for 2006-07 & 2007-08 is included. Note: The sanction order of GOI dated 26-02-2013 for 604 Units was conveyed to us only in AWP&B 2014-15 appraisal on 11-03-2014. 1.Balance Requirement=4502. 2. Net Pendency for replacement for 2006-07=53129 (62797-9668). 3. Replacement of Kitchen Devices in 2014-15=Sanctioned in year 2008-09 is 46999 4. Total Requirement of Kitchen Devices=4502 (New)+53129(R:2006-07)+46999(R:2008- 09)=104630.

43. Pre requisite steps for submission of AWP& B 2014-15 Pre-requisite stepsStatus Plan should be approved by SSMC MeetingYes 100% payment of honorarium shall be made to cook cum helpers up to December 2013 Yes 100% payment of cost of foodgrains shall be made to FCI upto 31 st December 2013 NO only 59% payment to FCI against the Bills raised Separate and detailed MME plan.Yes Bank account should be opened for cook cum helpers Yes in all districts

44. Contd…. Contd…. Pre-requisite stepsStatus Plan should also be submitted through MDM-MIS No Annual and Monthly data entry for the FY 2013-14 should be completed up to December 2013. 99 % Annual 89% monthly ATN on commitments given by the State Govt. during PAB Meeting of 2013-14. No ATN on findings of reports of MI and recommendations of JRM reports Yes Plan should be submitted within the scheduled date in hard and soft copies both. Yes

45. It may be Painted at prominent Places on the outside wall of the school.  It may be Painted at prominent Places on the outside wall of the school. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India The MDM Logo should be Widely Publicized The MDM Logo should be Widely Publicized.

46. Thank You Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Thank you Dining Hall in Tripura

47. Findings of Interim Report by MIs  Interruption in serving of MDM in 9 schools in district Mujaffarnagar due to non availability of cooking cost. Mid Day Meal was not served in the schools namely Chandpur Tagan, and Sahojini Tagar – II since, December, 2013.  Irregular serving in one upper primary school (UPS Ishapur, Jaunpur city) as meal was not served for 10 days in the month of November, 2013 due to non availability of fuel and other material and 02 primary schools in district Aligarh.  In Muzaffarnagar 75% visited schools and in Bijnaur all the visited schools have not received cooking cost in advance.  Releasing of cooking cost is a problematic area in Mujaffarnagar district This has resulted in discontinuation of MDM in few schools and some times delayed by 2-3 months.  The remuneration paid to cooks/helpers has found to be delayed by 3 to 4 months in majority of the sample schools in Firozabad Mainpuri Jhansi Banda Kaushambi, Jaunpur and Aligarh districts)

48.  In Bijnaur buffer stock was not maintained in any of the visited schools and in district Aligarh, the buffer stock for one month was not found available in about 50 percent of the schools  In Muzaffarnagar in 25% visited schools and in Bijnaur in 15% of the visited schools there was no safe cooking as the meals were either cooked in open or the makeshift kitchen very near to the classrooms.  Kitchen-cum-store was not available in 6 upper primary schools in Kaushambi and in 6 upper primary schools in Jaunpur  Health cards of the children were not maintained in 4 schools in kaushmabi and 4 schools in Jaunpur and the health of children was not checked in 5 primary schools in Kaushambi and in Jaunpur in 4 schools.  There was no toilet in 3 primary schools and in one upper primary school in Jaunpur Conti….

49. ISSUES reported by JRM  Poor nutritional status of Children: Nutritional status of children is very poor in Shravasti. Severely malnourished (BMI below-3SD). 31% of the boys and 21% of the girls in the surveyed districts of UP).  Low coverage of children: on an average 44% of children availed MDM against enrolment In Shravasti 37% and in Sitapur 51% children availed MDM against enrolment.  Huge Disruptions in serving of MDM:  In the months of March, April and few days of July 2013 due to non supply of food grains by Village Pradhans in district Shravasti.  In the District in most of the schools of Ikona Block and Hariharpur Rani block, MDM was served for 150 days as against the approval of 234 days during 2012-13.  There was also misappropriation of Food Grains by Village Pradhans which led to the disruption  No record of Food Grains: maintained by Pradhans in Shravasti.

50. Cont..,  Poor Inspection and Lack of Community involvement:  There is practically no inspection by block and district level authorities on availability of food grain, cooking of MDM  Lack of security in the schools: Cooking devices, Plates fans are stolen frequently..  Lack of eating plates. Insufficient water facility and Unhygienic Toilets:  State Government has a Toll-Free Number 1800-4190-102 for registration of complaints regarding the implementation of scheme. Toll- Free number was not found to be displayed on the prominent wall of the schools in both the districts.

51. District issues raised by JRM  In Shrawasti out of 227 children, 50 per cent children were normal and 50 per cent were moderately and severely undernourished in primary schools. In upper primary school of Shrawasti district, incidence of under nutrition was higher i.e. 63 per cent. Proportion of under nutrition was higher among upper primary schools showing continued malnutrition with increasing age.  In Sitapur district similar trend was observed in primary school i.e. 52 per cent were normal and 48 per cent were having moderate and severe under nutrition, respectively. The condition in upper primary school was better in Sitapur district as the percentage of normal children was 54 per cent and about 46 per cent were undernourished.