Mid Day Meal Scheme MDM-PAB Meeting – Kerala on 19.03.2009 Ministry of HRD Government of India MDM-PAB Meeting – Kerala on 19.03.2009

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Part-I Review of Implementation of MDMS in Kerala (Primary + Upper Primary) (1.4.2008 to 31.12.2008) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Questions? What is the level of unspent balances as on 31.03.08? How regular the lifting of food grains? Is there any disruption/shortage in availability of food grains? What is the level of lifting? How about cooking cost? Was disbursed to Districts? What is the level of utilisation at school level? How synchronous utilisation of food grains and cooking cost? How utilisation of foodgrains reconcile with number of meal served? …… contd Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Contd ….., Questions? How much MME was utilized? Under what activities? What is the progress in construction of Kitchen Sheds and procurement of kitchen devices? Part –II What is the trend in Enrollment and No. of children availing MDM from 2007 to 2008? How well MDM data compares with SSA data and Census data? Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Benchmarks Desirable stock in hand : 15% (+ or - 5%) Lifting of foodgrains [1.4.08 to 31.12.08]: 80% (+ or - 10%) Utilisation of foodgrains and cooking cost [1.4.08 to 31.12.08]: 70% (+ or – 10%) Every month 1/12th of foodgrains is lifted & distributed. Utilisation of foodgrains & cooking cost is synchronous. State’s AWP&B is in accordance with M/HRD’s guidelines. Data in the AWP&B is authentic, reliable & based on the records. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Plan vs. Performance ( No. of meals in Q1+Q2+Q3) . (14% Less) No. of meals (crore)

Plan vs.Performance (No. of children in Q1+Q2+Q3) (5% Less) (4% Less) (6% Less) No. of children in Lakhs

Plan vs.Performance (working days in Q1+Q2+Q3) (10% Less) No. of working Days

Analysis: Foodgrains lifting (Month-wise cumulative) Foodgrains (in MTs) *: Including unspent balance as on 31.3.2008 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Level of Unspent Balance of foodgrains As on 31.3.2008 (% of annual allocation) No. of Districts 0% Less than 5% 5%-10% 11%-20% Above 20% Total 8 6 14 As on 31.12.2008 (% of annual allocation) No. of Districts (-) ve 0% Less than 5% 5%-10% 11%-20% Above 20% Total 7 3 4 14

Analysis: Foodgrains Availability (1.4.08 to 31.12.08) Benchmark : 80% Foodgrains (in MTs) 100% 72% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Foodgrains lifting (Availability) – Dist. wise (Table No. 1.5 of AS) : Below 65%: Wayand (42%), Ernakulam (64%) Above 80%: Kannur (118%), Idukki (90%) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Foodgrains Utilisation (1.4.08 to 31.12.08) Benchmark : 70% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Foodgrains Utilisation – Dist-wise Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Cooking Cost Disbursed and Utilisation (1.4.2008 to 31.12.2008) Cooking Cost (in % Disbursed and utilisation.) Benchmark : 70% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Cooking Cost Utilisation – Dist. wise (60%) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Mismatch in Utilisation of foodgrains and cooking cost (District-wise) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India MME Utilisation (1.4.08 to 31.12.08) Utilisation(Rs. In lakhs) 12 % Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Transport Assistance Utilisation (1.4.08 to 31.12.08) Utilisation(Rs. In lakhs) 61% Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Achievement during 2008-09 (Kitchen Sheds) Progress (in %) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Achievement during 2008-09 (Kitchen Devices) Progress (in %) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Performance Score card – A Summary Sl. No. Component Achievement Benchmark 1. Foodgrains Lifting 72% 80% 2. Foodgrains Utilisation 59% 70% 3. Cooking Cost Utilisation 60% 4. MME Utilisation 12% 75% 5. Kitchen Shed construction 62% 100% 6. Kitchen Devices procurement 76% 7. QPRs 3 nos. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

C A G Audit para (P.A. – 13 of 2008) Registered a consistent annual decline in the enrollment between 2002-03 to 2006-07 (para 10.1.1) No mechanism of health checks. (para 12) State Governments did not fix the target for inspections (25% of schools every quarter) and consequently no inspections were carried out at all. (para 12.2) Essential records/accounts not maintained. (para 12.2)

Contd.. Micronutrients and supplements were not administered. (para 12.3) Significant disruption in providing cooked meal was noticed. (para-16.1) Instances of delay and short delivery of food grains in schools were noticed. (para 16.2) Diversion of 40 per cent foodgrains worth Rs.42.51 crore for upper primary classes during 2002-07 (para-18) Meetings of State SMCs were not held or held only once against the prescribed 5 meetings during Dec 2004 to March 2007.(para-26)

M I Observation (Centre for Development Studies, Kerala ) Districts covered: Palakkad, Malappuram, Wayanad In 95 per cent of the schools visited, same cooked rice and grams were supplied. No school was observed to supply vegetables. Schools had plates and utensils donated by local banks/other organizations. Separate shed for cooking is available in all schools. In most of the schools firewood was the common fuel used for cooking. The head teacher, teachers and the PTA supervised the MDM programme daily.

Analysis of State’s Proposal for 2009-10 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Time Series – No. of Children (PRIMARY) (down by 11%) (down by 4%) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Primary School Enrolment – SSA [Govt. + Govt.-aided + LB) Vs MDM No. of children (in lakhs) 20.18 (+15 %) (-11%) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Population Vs Enrolment Vs Availing MDM (PRIMARY) No. of children (in lakhs) (29% Less) (31% Less) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Population Vs Enrolment Vs Availing MDM during 2008-09 (UPPER PRIMARY) No. of children (in lakhs) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

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