ANNUAL WORK PLAN & BUDGET –2014-15 in Andhra Pradesh National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools in Andhra Pradesh Project Approval Board Meeting on 02.05.2014 Department of School Education GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH 1 1 28.4.14 1
Mid Day Meal Scheme GOI launched the MDM Scheme in January, 2003 for Primary Schools (Classes I-V). Extended to Upper Primary Schools (Classes VI to VIII) in October, 2008 Extended to (Classes IX & X) in October, 2008 with 100% A.P.State funds Further extended to Special Schools under NCLP from the academic year of 2010-11 Further this Scheme extended to Model Schools from the year 2013-14. Objectives: To avoid classroom hunger, to increase school enrolment, to increase school attendance, to reduce gender gap, fostering social equality, to address malnutrition, promoting schools participation, woman empowerment. 28.4.14 2
Quantity per day per child Food Norms SI. No Items Quantity per day per child Primary Upper Primary 1 Food Grains 100 grms 150 grms 2 Pulses 20 grms 30 gms 3 Vegetables 50 gms 75 gms 4 Oil & Fat 5 gms 7.5 gms 5 Salt & Condiments As per need Menu is flexible, with cooked rice, dal and vegetables, sambar, “Pulihora” being generally the main menu, with egg twice a week and banana to students who do not eat eggs Cooking Cost (2013-14) Sl. No Category Unit Cost Central State* Total 1 Primary Rs.2.51 Rs.1.84 Rs. 4.35 2 Upper Primary Rs.3.75 Rs.2.25 Rs. 6.00 *Enhances every year by 7.5% from 1st July, onwards. * Including Rs.1/- Additional given by State. 3
Release of Food Grains during 2013-14 (In MTs) Items Primary Upper Primary & NCLP Total Allocation I & IV Quarters 69540.080 42141.400 111681.480 Lifted (up to Dec.2013) 52637.053 41616.702 94253.755 12783.920 MTs and 25228.100 MTs of Foodgrains of previous years closing balances are being utilised during this year for Primary and Upper Primary respectively. Since GOI has released foodgrains duly deducting the closing balances of previous years. (as per PAB GOI allocation 139256.85)
Budget vs Expenditure 2013-14 (Released under Green channel) (Rs. In Lakhs) Sl.No Items Central share State share Total Exp. As on 31.12.2013 1 Cost of Foodgrains (100%) 9182.10 - 6095.80 2 Cooking Cost (75:25%) 37467.98 20661.53 58129.51 41670.34 3 Transport Assistance (100%) 1206.79 664.95 4 MME (100%) 1024.48 476.87 5 Honorarium to CCHs (75:25%) 12392.03 4130.68 16522.71 11654.65 TOTAL 61273.38 24792.21 86065.59 60562.61 *The actual amount released by GOI during the year 2013-14 under Central share is Rs.55133.66 Lakhs *PAB approved budget (Rs.56947.03 lakhs) central share. 5 28.4.14 5 5
Achievement 2013-14 Sl.No Type of Schools Enrolment As per PAB approval Achievement No.of children No. of Children Availed 1. Primary (I to V) 58,775 39,75,413 36,00,000 57,384 34,66,861 NCLP 122 14,950 17,500 314 11,840 2 Upper (VI to VIII) 19,338 23,54,991 18,00,000 19,784 18,93,840 TOTAL 78,235 63,45,354 54,17,500 77,482 53,72,541 Working Days : Mid Day Meal provided for 220 working days Meal for the children in Special Schools of NCLP provided for 302 days 6 28.4.14 6 6
QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORTS COMPARISON FOR 2013-14 Primary Upper Primary No. of children enrolled (including NCLP) Availed No. of children enrolled I 3927289 3643034 2280002 1842277 II 3997547 3108618 2310085 1768763 III 3617464 1988447 Quarter Inspections Payment of Foodgrains (Rs. in Lakhs) Payment of Honorarium to CCHs I 3295 75.98 3304.54 II 11929 1077.76 3943.74 III 12990 5327.8 4206.36 7
Action taken after the incidents occurred in other States like Bihar, Tamilnadu, Goa etc. Regular fortnight video conferences with all the RJDSEs/DEOs in the State are being held by the Commissioner and Director of School Education and the scheme is reviewed and they are being instructed on the steps to be taken. A D.O. letter was addressed to all the District Collectors by Principal Secretary, School Edn., Govt. of A.P. for effective monitoring and implementation of the MDM scheme. State Level Monitoring Committee meeting conducted in august and reviewed Mid Day Meals implementation by Chief Secretary. District level Monitoring Committee meetings conducted in four districts. The inspecting officers visiting schools regularly and inspecting MDM Scheme this year 28,214 schools were visited by the inspecting officers up to 3rd quarter. Action taken with the cooperation of AP Civil Supplies corporation for supplying FAQ rice to schools. Due to several steps taken it is noted that no incidents were occurred in AP State in the academic year 2013-14. Regular Health Check-up camps were also conducted with the cooperation medical and health department during 2013-14. 8
Status of Construction of Kitchen Sheds PHASE.I (2007) Sanctioned : 50,529 Unit Cost : 60,000 + 15,000 Completed : 13,359 In Progress : 7,910 Budget Released : Rs.303.18 Cr. Expenditure : Rs. 90.90 Cr. Agency : 1. APEWIDC 2. PR Dept. PHASE.II (2012) Sanction : 24,754 Unit Cost : 1.5 Lakhs Completed : Nil Budget Released by GOI : Rs.278.48 Cr. Budget Released by GO AP : Rs.211.63 Cr. Agency : PR Dept. 9
Proposals for 2014-15 Sl.No Detail Proposal 1 Children, (Pry) Enrollment 3976557 2 Children (UP) Enrollment 2266276 3 NCLP Enrollment 14,937 4 CCH 1,68,482 Working Days 220 6 Working Days NCLP 302 10
Requirement of Food grains 2014-15 Sl.No Stage Quantity In MTs * 1 Primary Classes (I-V) 76270.942 2 Upper Primary Classes (VI-VIII) 62496.720 3 NCLP 536.352 TOTAL 139304.014 * 3 QTRs average meals availed X No. of working days per year X Foodgrains per child per day 11 28.4.14 11 11
Requirement of Budget for 2014-15 Rs in Lakhs Sl.No Items Primary Upper Primary NCLP TOTAL Central State 1 Cost of Foodgrains 4352.40 0.00 3566.38 30.61 7949.39 2 Cooking Cost 20402.13 14431.16 16637.01 9736.23 142.64 83.51 61432.68 3 Transport Charg. 572.03 468.73 4.02 1044.78 4 MME 609.21 446.21 3.19 1058.62 6 Honorarium to CCHs 8518.58 2839.52 4117.58 1372.52 16848.20 34454.35 17270.69 25235.91 11108.76 180.46 88333.67 *The Budget requirement is prepared on the basis of 3 QPRs average MDM availed i.e., 3466861 (PS) 1893840 (Ups) and 11,840 (NCLP) due to Samaikyandhra strike the meals availed in 2nd quarter is less. Hence we request the GOI to approve PAB for 36.00 Lakhs in PS, and 19.00 Lakhs in Ups. 12 28.4.14 12 12
Best practices followed… Introduction of Green Channel scheme for uninterrupted flow of funds and budget for whole year will be released by State Govt. in April every year. Coverage of IX and X class children also by State Govt. (100% State share) Providing of Rs.1/- as additional cooking cost per child per day by State Govt. Creation of Monitoring and Evaluation Cell. Conduct of Social Audit in two districts (Khammam & Chittoor) Regular review by the State officials through Video conference. Cook cum Helpers Training being started in our State with the cooperation of UNICEF. The State Resource Persons have already been trained from 27/11/2013 to 05/12/2013. 13
ISSUES Andhra Pradesh State is going to become two states i.e., Telangana & Andhra Pradesh. Hence a separate Additional Director (MDM) and one Assistant Director (MDM) along with regular staff is to be sanctioned for Telangana State. Here onwards from 2nd June, 2014 budget and other releases are to be given separately for two states. Enhancing of honorarium to Cook cum Helpers from Rs.1000/- to atleast Rs.2000/- per month. Enhancement of Construction cost of Kitchen Sheds phase II to Rs.2.00 lakhs or to decrease the plinth area to 253 Sft. for constructing the kitchen sheds @ Rs.1.50 lakhs. (as per latest SSR) 14
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