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

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 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 S. No. DesignationSanctionedEngagedVacant 1.Chief Consultant32*1 2.Sr. Consultant73**4 3.Consultant761 4.Research Assistant431 5.Support Staff 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 Performance against approval Physical S. No. Workshops/Meetings As per PAB 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 Financial (Rs. in Lakh) (Contd..)

7 % Utilization against funds received

8 Targets Achieved –  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  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  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, Contd….

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

12 Financial Performance during Funds Available as on : Funds Received from MHRD in F.Y : Total Funds Available with Ed.CIL in F.Y : Funds utilized during FY : Funds Available as on : (Rs. In Lacs)

13 Activity Approved budget Expenditure Consultancy fee/Salary & Allowances of Staff Workshop / Seminars / Meetings / Review Missions Field /State Visits & Monitoring Research Evaluation & Documentation Space & Utilities Others (Resource Persons Fee and contingency) Office Premises Rent Advertisement & Publicity for MDM Scheme Printing of Brochures, etc. for MDM Scheme Contingencies Sub-Total EdCIL Overhead (16%) & Service Tax (12.36%) Total Funds Approved/Expenditure Funds Available FY Activity-wise Expenditure during (Provisional & Unaudited) (Rs. In Lacs)

14 PROPOSALFOR

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

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 PROPOSED UNIT-WISE FIELD VISITS/ MONITORING/ FACILITATIONS ETC. FOR

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 ).  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 Requirement of funds for in Comparison to Rs. In Lakhs

19 Particulars % DifferenceRemarks Consultancy fee %Increase in staff Salary & Allowances of Staff %Increase in staff Workshop/ Seminar/ Meeting/ Review Mission % Field & State Visit, Monitoring etc % Research, Evaluation & Documentation % New Proposals for Nutrition, Research & Eval, Plan Monitoring Publicity of MDM Scheme (Advertisement, Printing of Brochures etc.) % Amount (Rs. in Lakhs) Activity-wise Requirement of Funds for

20 Particulars % DifferenceRemarks Others (Resource Person Fee, Contingency etc.) % Space & Utilities (Office expenditure including Rent) % Additional Proposal for engagement of Messengers (Support Staff-III) % Sub-Total % Ed.CIL Overhead & Taxes (16% for & 13.5% for ) & Service Tax (12.36%) % Total Proposed Budget % Contd…. Contd…. Amount (Rs. in Lakhs)

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 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 lakhs for

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