Mid-Day Meal Programme Annual Work Plan and Budget 2009–10 Tamil Nadu

Best practices followed in the State Supply of DFS Supply of three boiled eggs Modernization of kitchens School Health Programme Introduction to Banana to the MDMS Introduction of time scale of pay Introduction of Special Pension Scheme Training programme in collaboration with CII

Banana in MDMS Beneficiaries Weight- 100 gms Cost- Rs Nutritional Value Carbohydrate gms Calcium gms Phosphorus- 36 m.gms Calories- 116 Protein- 1.2 gms

Number of Centres CategoryCentresNumber serving MDM Government + Local Body10265 Government Aided1984 EGS Centres00 AIE Centres00 Total12249 CategoryCentresNumber serving MDM Government + Local Body Government Aided4388 EGS Centres92 AIE Centres Total Primary Upper Primary

No. of Children enrolled and availing Mid-Day Meal CategoryTotal Enrolment Total Beneficiaries % Primary Upper Primary Total

Number of School Working Days Category PrimaryUpper Primary Days Total number of days in a year365 Vacation days4033 Holidays (Sundays+other school holidays)105 Total Holidays Anticipated number of working days220207

No. of Mid Day Meal Staff Scale of PayAverage salary (per month) N.M.O Rs (Non Standardized time scale) Cook Rs.1525 (Special Time Scale) Cook Asst Rs.1158 _______ Total Retirement Benefits Lump sumSpl. P.F. cum G.S. Special Pension N.M.O.Rs.50,000 Rs.10,000 Rs. 700 Cook Rs.20,000 Rs.10,000 Rs. 600 Cook Asst. Rs.20,000 Rs.10,000 Rs. 500 Staff Strength

Utilization of cooking cost Rupees in lakhs Primary Upper Primary Year AllocationExpenditure%Balance Year AllocationExpenditure%Balance NB: Expenditure upto

Utilization of Rice MTs Primary Upper Primary Year AllotmentUtilized%Balance Year AllotmentUtilized%Balance NB: utilization upto

MME component Primary and Upper Primary Rupees in lakhs YearAllocationReleasedExpenditure%Balance NB: Expenditure upto

Construction of kitchen sheds Year Total allocationCompletedIn progressYet to be started PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial Kitchen devices Year Total allocationCompletedIn progressYet to be started PhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancialPhysicalFinancial ( ) NB: Financial Rs. in lakhs

Monitoring of the scheme State Level Steering cum Monitoring Committee District, Block and Village level committees Field inspections

External Evaluation of Schemes Avinasilingam University for Women, Coimbatore evaluated the programme in 2008 The salient features are Study covered 180 centres, beneficiaries, non-beneficiaries, 1080 parents and 100 officials by 158 trained investigators

Infrastructural facilities and performance of MDMS centres 80% of rural & urban centres had proper roofing Majority of the centres had proper cement flooring Only 50% of rural and urban centres had good lighting & air circulation in the kitchen In more than 70% of the centres washing of vegetables, rice & dhall was done before cutting / cooking Participation and help rendered by VEC members and the community in the SMP was very weak Percentage of attendance was more or less similar between the days of egg feeding and without egg feeding (92.3 & 91.0%) Greater mean heights and weights of beneficiaries than non-beneficiaries though the difference is very meager Urban children have better growth records than their counterparts in rural and town panchayat areas Mean percentage of marks obtained by the beneficiary and non-beneficiary boys was 51.1 & 49.5 respectively and in girls 54.2 & Beneficiary boys and girls recorded higher percentage of attendance (85.9 & 86.6) than non-beneficiary (84.4 & 83.5)

Recommendations Efforts are needed to improve the infrastructure The funds allotted for fuel and vegetables need to be increased Evaluation should be inbuilt in the programme Refresher training programme must be organized to all nutritious meal organisers on proper cooking methods and maintenance of hygiene and basics of good nutrition Possibilities of tapping solar energy for water heating and use of hot water for cooking and drinking needs to be explored Explore the possibilities of using the precooked fortified rice as a measure to save fuel and labour and at the same time make the meal more nutritious

Requirement for Sl. No.DetailsPrimaryUpper Primary 1.Food grains MTs MTs 2.Cooking AssistanceRs lakhs.Rs lakhs. 3.Transporting AssistanceRs lakhs.Rs lakhs. Sl. No.Details Primary and Upper Primary CentreAmount 1.Kitchen Sheds717Rs lakhs. 2.Kitchen Devices9615Rs lakhs

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