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Performance (Upto Dec 2010)[ Primary] Financial Year No of Institution s EnrolmentPAB Approval Coverage% of PAB Approval % %

Performance (Upto Dec 2010)[ Upper Primary] Financial Year No of Institution s EnrolmentPAB Approval Coverage% of PAB Approval % %

Financial Achievement (Upto Dec 2010) Head of Expenditure Annual Allotment (including State Share) (in Rs Lakhs) Expenditure ((in Rs Lakhs) Expenditure as Fraction of annual allotment Conversion Cost (Primary) % Conversion Cost (Upper Primary) % Honorarium to Cook-cum- Helper %

Financial Achievement (Upto Dec 2010) Head of Expenditure Annual Allotment (including State Share) (in Rs Lakhs) Expenditure ((in Rs Lakhs) Expenditure as Fraction of annual allotment Cost of Food grains (Primary) % Cost of Food grains (Upper Primary) % Transport Assistance %

Food Grain Lifting Rice from FCI Allotment: MTs Total Offtake (incl OB): MTs Total Consumption: MTs % Consumed: 73% % Consumed of Allotment: 48% Payment to FCI: 30% of Bills Raised

Issues Identified by the State Government Food grain Flow Management Multiplicity of Agencies involved: FCI, SFC and Local Transport Agent Non Availability of Rice in FCI Godowns at certain points Lack of Storage Capacity in Schools leading to early spoiling of stored food grains Lack of robust Information Systems as to exact balance in schools

Issues Identified by the State Government (Cont’) Fund Flow Management to Schools Lack of robust information systems as to the exact financial requirements at the school level Time taken in fund transfers Delays at the District Unit Level Lack of expertise in handling large cash transfers Delays at the level of Banks only 51% of schools have CBS Bank Accounts Actual fund transfers by banks take an inordinate amount of time

Issues Identified by the State Government (Cont’) Provisioning is required all round the year, while provision for cooks-cum-helpers is only for 10 months The monthly honorarium for cooks-cum-helpers at Rs 1000/- per month is too low Monitoring the quality of rice supplied Ensuring payments to the FCI against quantities offtaken

Solutions Being Attempted Internet Based Management Information System The BRPs (Block Resource Persons) obtain reports from schools at end of month and enter them by the 7 th of the succeeding month Software flags schools which would require funds/ food grains The District i/c transfers funds by 15 th RTGS transfers for CBS Accounts Cheques to be made available otherwise by 15th

Solutions Being Attempted (Cont’) Internet Based Management Information System (Cont’) The State Headquarters gets exception reports and initiates action in cases of lapse Accounting Functions being outsourced to CA firms in the Districts to ensure continuity and uniformity of practices SMS based daily reporting system is being designed and would be operationalised this year

Solutions Being Attempted (Cont’) State Food Corporation shall stamp all bags with the logo of the scheme Districts to ensure payment within a week of FCI informing them of offtake of grains Cylindrical Storage Bins being proposed for each school to improve storage

Requests to the PAB To sanction a sum of Rs 1 crore towards Internet Based MIS To sanction a sum of Rs 3 crore towards daily SMS/ IVRS based monitoring To sanction a sum of Rs 36,72,12,000 towards providing Cylindrical Storage Bins in each school To sanction a sum of Rs 1500 for a period of 12 months towards honorarium of the cooks-cum-helpers

Requests to the PAB (Cont’) To sanction additional amounts to each school to purchase plates and cutlery for the children To sanction a sum of Rs 9.17 crore towards imparting training to cooks-cum-helpers on Hygienic Cooking Methods To increase the Transportation Allowance from the present Rs 75/- per qtl to Rs 95/- per qtl

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