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

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

ISSUES by Appraisal of AWP&B  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 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)

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%)

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

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 s 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.

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

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

% 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 % Rai Bareily % Ambedkar nagar % Mau % Pilibhit % Aligarh % Barabanki % Bhadohi % -- Banda % 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%

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 % Bulandshahar % Ambedkar nagar % Rai Bareily % Shrawasti % Hapur % -- Agra % Badaun % Baghpat % Cont…. State Level Anemia=3.0 Adolescent girls =28.8 State Level Coverage:50%

% 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 % Shamli % -- Mainpuri % Pilibhit % Gorakhpur % Bareily % Aligarh % Sultanpur % Firozabad % Cont…. State Level Anemia=3.0 Adolescent girls =28.8 State Level Coverage:50% Last 3 Years poor Mau,Pilibhit

Performance Score Card Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

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

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

Proposals and Recommendations Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India S. No ComponentPAB Approval Proposal Recommendation by Appraisal Team 1Children (Pry) Children (U Pry) NCLP Working Day (Pry & U Pry) NCLP Kitchen cum Store 5833Nil 6Cook cum Helper Kitchen Devices10932 (N) 34607(R) 4502 (N) (R) FY = FY =46999 Total = (N) (R) FY = FY = Total = MME PlanRs Cr (3.8%)Rs Cr (1.8%) 8Notional Funds (Recurring & Non Recurring ) Existing Cr Last year approved allocation Rs Cr

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

Proposals for : 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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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%

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

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

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 is Rs lakh (81%). FCI has intimated the GOI that there is outstanding pendency for the year Rs lakhs and for the year is Rs lakhs.

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

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

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

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

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

Achievement up to (Kitchen cum Stores) Progress (in %) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Total Sanctioned : Physical: Kitchen Cum Stores Financial : lakh

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

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

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

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

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

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 Saturated 445 Note: State is not providing kitchen to 8697 Govt. Aided Schools and UPS within Primary campus. Total kitchen requirement for Govt. and Localbody Schools comes out to be 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)=( ). Note: The Central Share of Rs 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.

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 Note ;In the above sanctioned unit of , new procurement for the year to and unit for replacement for & is included. Note: The sanction order of GOI dated for 604 Units was conveyed to us only in AWP&B appraisal on Balance Requirement= Net Pendency for replacement for =53129 ( ). 3. Replacement of Kitchen Devices in =Sanctioned in year is Total Requirement of Kitchen Devices=4502 (New)+53129(R: )+46999(R: )=

Pre requisite steps for submission of AWP& B 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

Contd…. Contd…. Pre-requisite stepsStatus Plan should also be submitted through MDM-MIS No Annual and Monthly data entry for the FY should be completed up to December % Annual 89% monthly ATN on commitments given by the State Govt. during PAB Meeting of 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

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.

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

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,  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)

 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….

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  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.

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 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.

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.