1. ANNUAL WORK PLAN & BUDGET 2017-18 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
MID DAY MEAL SCHEME
ANNUAL WORK PLAN & BUDGET
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
31/12/2018

2. NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS COVERED DURING 2016-17.
PER UNIT COOKING COST DURING
Stage
Central Share
(100%)
UT Contribution
Total
Primary
Rs. 4.13
Rs. 6.00 Rs
Upper Primary
Rs. 6.18 Rs
NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS COVERED DURING
District
Number of Schools
Govt.
Govt. Aided
Local Body
Total
South Andaman
112 02
116
N & N Andaman
163 00 04
167
Nicobar 55
330 06
338

3. GOOD PRACTICES ADOPTED
Boiled egg twice a week and Ripened Banana once a week are being provided to the students of Pre-Primary Stage to Upper-Primary Stage as Supplementary Nutrition.
Washing Hands before Consuming Meals is mandatory.
Wearing Headgears, Aprons and Hand Gloves compulsory for staff cooking and serving MDM.
Tasting of food by teachers / SMC members before serving is a regular practice.
Food is served to all without any discrimination of Caste and Creed.
UT is providing Rs.6/day/child for Primary and Upper Primary level.
Every School has Standard Operative Procedures to be followed during emergency.

4. Management Structure Chief Secretary , A & N Administration.
/ Chairman SSMC
Principal Secretary (Education), A & N Admn.
Secretary (Education), A & N Admn.
Deputy Director Edn (Academics) / Nodal Officer (MDM)
Zonal Officers / Principals of Education Department
Head of Schools
MDM Supplier

5. FLOW OF FOOD GRAINS (RICE)
MHRD releases allocation orders
Food Corporation of India
Lifting by Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Dept on Quarterly basis
Transported to go-downs of CS & CA Dept located in 09 different zones of this UT
Suppliers lift from respective go-downs depending on proximity
This UT Administration lifts the required quantum of food grains from FCI through its Nodal lifting agency, the Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs on quarterly basis.
The Department of CS & CA lifts the food grains on quarterly basis from the go-downs of FCI at Port Blair and transports the same to its go-downs / warehouses located in 09 zones.
The Mid-day meal suppliers lift the rice from the go-downs of CS & CA and transport it to the kitchen cum stores.

6. FUND FLOW
MHRD
UT ADMINISTRATION
EDUCATION DEPT.
DDOs OF EDUCATION DEPT.
SELF HELP GROPUS
Fund received from MHRD towards Central Assistance is placed at the disposal of Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) of Education Department.
The suppliers submit their monthly bills through the Heads of schools to the concerned DDOs.
The DDOs process the bills and submit the same to the Pay & Accounts Office (PAO) for payment.
The payment for Cooking Cost is made through account payee cheques and the honorarium to cook cum helpers are credited in the bank account of cook cum helpers.

7. Action taken note on the commitments made by the UT in the last
PAB Meeting
1. To provide LPG connection in the schools of South Andaman District.
Out of 116 schools 98 schools of South Andaman District have been covered under LPG based cooking and efforts are being taken to cover rest of the schools of all the three Districts of this UT under LPG based cooking in a phased manner.

8. 2. To look into the non-issue of interactive voice response system (Mobile app/ SMS) and take necessary action from 1st July, 2016.
An Automated Monitoring System has been successfully launched in this UT on 12/08/2016 by the Chief Secretary, A & N Islands.
An Android based Mobile Application has been developed which functions in both Online and Offline mode. A toll free number is also made functional to receive the data from the schools where mobile connectivity is not available.

9. ACHIEVEMENT DURING F.Y. 2016-17 Till 3rd Qtr ending December 2016

10. Average number of children availed MDM till 3rd Qtr
Achievement
Stage
% coverage against enrolment
% coverage against PAB approval
Primary
77%
92%
Upper Primary
79%
93%

11. Allocation & Utilization of Food grains till 3rd Qtr
MTs
MTs
MTs
MTs
Stage
(Up to 03rd Qtr)
% of utilization against requirement.
Primary
92%
Upper Primary
93%

12. Allocation & Utilization of funds for Food grains till 3rd Qtr
Due to non-receipt of final installment of Central Assistance during the F.Y , bills amounting to Rs Lakhs for the cost of Food Grains lifted during 3rd and 4th Qtr of are pending for payment to FCI. However UT has initiated necessary action to release the same from State fund.

13. Allocation & Utilization of funds for Cooking Cost till 3rd Qtr
PRY
( ) +
Up. PRY
(153.60)
PRY
( ) +
Up. PRY
(151.87)
PRY
( ) +
Up. PRY
(100.23)
% of Expenditure against annual allocation
Primary Stage
Central Assistance
56%
UT Fund
64%

14. Achievement against annual allocation
Allocation & Utilization of funds for Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helpers
(In Lakhs)
Stage
Achievement against annual allocation
Primary
72%
Upper Primary

15. % of Expenditure against fund released
Allocation & Utilization of funds for MME (Management , Monitoring & Evaluation) till 3rd Qtr
% of Expenditure against fund released
Till 3rd Qtr
74%

16. % of Expenditure against fund released
Allocation & Utilization of funds released towards Transportation Assistance till 3rd Qtr
% of Expenditure against fund released
Till 3rd Qtr
73%

17. Financial Achievement till 31st January, 2017
Central Assistance :-
(in Lakhs)
Sl. No.
Component
Approved outlay
Fund received
Fund utilized till 31/01/2017
% of Expenditure 1
Cooking Cost
308.69
297.78
234.10
79% 2
Cost of Foodgrain
21.63
20.94
15.25
73% 3
Transportation Assistance
5.41
5.23
4.13 4
Honorarium to CCH
72.01
69.76
57.68
83% 5
MME
7.34
7.07
5.60
Total
415.17
400.78
316.76
UT Fund:-
(in Lakhs)
UT Fund
Fund Allocated for MDM including UTs Scheme of supplementary nutrition
Expenditure till 31/01/2017 %
471.00
388.12
82%

18. Status of construction of Kitchen cum Stores
No. of Kitchen Cum Stores sanctioned by MHRD
Constructed
In progress
251 Units
96 Units
45 Units
251 Kitchen cum Stores sanctioned in the year with a project cost of 1720 Lakhs to be shared by MHRD and UT on 75:25 sharing basis.
Out of 1290 Lakhs being the Central Share MHRD released Lakhs.
Out of Lakhs , this UT booked an amount of Rs Lakhs and Rs Lakhs was surrendered.
The Balance amount of Central Assistance has not been received so far, although request for release was made in the AWP&B for , and
Central Share in respect of completed 96 projects is Rs. 499 Lakhs. Central Share available in respect of ongoing works is Rs Lakhs (Rs Lakhs – Rs. 499 Lakhs = Rs Lakhs).
As per present Schedule of Rates (SOR) the project cost has been changed and UT requires Rs Lakhs to complete remaining 155 Kitchen (Including the kitchens in progress).
MHRD has been requested to release Central grant of Rs Lakhs for completion of 155 KS. (Rs Lakhs –Rs Lakhs (balance of fund received in the year ).

19. Status of Kitchen Devices
No. of institutions
Sanctioned by MHRD
Procured through UT fund in
Units proposed for Replacement
338
226
127
The GOI has sanctioned 127 units of Kitchen devices in but UT could not utilize the amount as the LOA was expired. Therefore, the UT has procured the units from UT fund.
MHRD sanctioned and amount of Rs Lakhs for procurement of 226 Units of Kitchen Devices during
During the PAB meeting of , UT had requested for release of fund for replacement of Kitchen Devices procured from UT during
Accordingly, MHRD sanctioned an amount Rs Lakhs for replacement of Kitchen Devices in 127 Schools . But due to delay in receipt of LOA from GOI, the fund could not be utilized and was surrendered.
During the year , no fund was released for replacement / procurement of Kitchen Devices.
MHRD has been requested to release the fund for replacement of Kitchen Devices in 127 Schools during the year

20. Distribution of IFA Tablets Distribution of Spectacles
Coverage under School Health Programme till 03rd Qtr.
221
No. of schools covered
No. of students covered
Health Check Up
No. of students covered
Distribution of IFA Tablets
No. of students covered - 452
Distribution of Spectacles

21. PROPOSAL FOR F.Y 2017-18 Anticipated number of working days :
220 days (Primary & Upper Primary)
Proposed per unit cooking cost for
Stage
Central Share
UT Contribution
Total
Primary
Rs. 4.13
Rs. 6.00 Rs
Upper Primary
Rs. 6.18 Rs
Central Assistance for recurring components (in Lakhs)
Sl. No.
Component
Requirement 1
Cooking Cost
285.08 2
Cost of Foodgrain
20.73 3
Transportation Assistance
5.18 4
Honorarium to Cook cum helpers
72.10 5
Management Monitoring and Evaluation
6.90
Total
389.99

22. ISSUES
During the F.Y MHRD released only an amount of Rs lakhs as central assistance under Mid Day Meal Scheme against the approved outlay of Rs lakhs. The balance amount of central assistance is still awaited from MHRD.
Secretary (Education), A & N Administration has repeatedly written D.O Letters to MHRD to release the funds but till date this UT has received any communication.
The Department has requested MHRD to release an amount of Rs Lakhs being the committed liability for F.Y
Ministry has also curtailed an amount of Rs Lakhs from the proposed outlay of Rs Lakhs for the current financial year
The Hon’ble Member of Parliament, A & N Islands has raised the issue for enhancement of honorarium being paid to the Cook cum Helpers and transportation assistance. MHRD may consider the same.

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