1. ANNUAL WORK PLAN & BUDGET – 2015-16 PAB MEETING 27. 3
ANNUAL WORK PLAN & BUDGET – PAB MEETING Directorate of MDM EDUCATION DEPARTMENT GOVT. OF BIHAR

2. Items to be covered The scheme as in operation in Bihar
Third party reports
The recent initiatives
The AWP&B for
Issues/Suggestions

3. The scheme as in operation in Bihar

4. GOAL 100% coverage of school attending children
Ensuring quantity, quality, hygiene and timeliness in food served
Timely payments – salary, honorarium, vendor payments, etc.
Timely and accurate reporting

5. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE-MDM BIHAR
Department of Education/ Departmental Ministers/ Principal Secretary-cum-Chairman BRMBYS
State Level
Directorate of MDM/Bihar Raya Madhyan Bhojan Yojana Samiti (BRMBYS)
State level steering cum Monitoring committee –Headed by Chief Secretary
Director/Dy.D/OSD/Asst. Dir
/Finance Manager /IT Manager/Monitoring officer /Account officer/Data officer/ APC/Nutrition Expert/ Accountant/Asst/ Steno/Computer Operator
District MDM OFFICER
DC/DRP/Accountant / Executive Assistant
District level steering cum Monitoring committee –Headed by DM
District Level
Block Level
BLOCK RESOURCE PERSON
Block level Steering cum Monitoring committee Headed by BDO
School Level
Vidyalaya Shiksha Samiti (VSS) -
Headmaster/Senior Teacher
Vidyalaya Shiksha Samiti (VSS)

6. Coverage Against Enrolment & PAB in 2014-15
Quarter
Enrolment
( )
PAB (14-15)
Average per day Beneficiaries in ( )
Coverage against Enrolment
Coverage against PAB
First
62%
92%
Second
67%
101%
Third
66%
99%

7. Monitoring
Surprise school visit by Principal Secretary , Secretary Primary Education and Director MDM
Directorate level officers visit of districts started since Dec-13 – one third districts covered every month.
Surprise and regular inspections by MDM I/C and BRP
Inspections by other officers of education department – DEO, DPO, PO and BEEO
Inspections by other officers of the district
Inspection reports are available on MIS.
Upto Third Quarter all 38 districts and 523 blocks level SMC have been organized at districts and block level

8. Continued …….
State Level SSMC meetings were held on And under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary.
District Level steering – cum – Monitoring Committee meetings are held on quarterly basis. Emphasis on Regular meeting is being pursued.
Block Level steering – cum – Monitoring Committee meetings are held on quarterly basis.

9. Third party reports

10. A.N. Sinha Institute, Patna 2nd half yearly report for 2014-15
Study covered five districts namely, Banka, Bhagalpur, Kaimur, Kishanganj & Purnia with a sample of 200 schools.
87.5% of sample schools visited were having buffer stock of food grains for one month & timely releases of fund.
88% of sample schools visited were getting cooking cost in advance regularly.
100% cook-cum-helpers of sample schools visited were paid honorarium of rupees 1000/- per month out of which 48.5% were paid through banking channel.
88% of sample schools visited were serving hot cooked meal on regular basis.

11. Continued …….
48% of sample schools visited were reported serving average quality meal.
There was no caste/gender/community based discrimination seen during the serving of the MDM to students in all samples schools
In 67% of sample schools visited health cards were maintained.
In 83.5% of sample schools visited one time yearly health check-ups were conducted.
In 95.5% of sample schools, children were given deworming medicine and in 83.5% of sample schools, children were given micronutrients

12. Continued …….
In 87% of sample schools visited kitchen-cum-stores were found constructed and in use.
In 99.5% of sample schools visited cooking utensils were available.
In 94.5% of sample schools visited was found insufficient number of eating plates.
In 88% of sample schools visited the general impression of environment safety and hygiene was found maintained and children were encouraged washing hand before and after eating.
Parents/SMC participation was found only in 66.5% of sample schools.
Impact was summarised as “MDM has improved the enrolment attendance retention of children in sampled schools” and it has helped in improvement of the social harmony to some extent.

13. Report of Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow
Evaluation was conducted with a sample of schools selected from five districts namely Saran, Vaishali, Lakhisarai, Begusarai & Sheikhpura.
Findings have been nearly similar to the findings of A.N. Sinha Institute, Patna.

14. The recent initiatives

15. INITIATIVE TAKEN IN
Jingle prepared for media propagation and also given news paper advertisement for involvement of Vidyalaya Shikha Samiti.
Information collected through IVRS regarding meeting of Vidyalaya Shikha Samiti.
Conducting Social Audit in two districts on pilot basis (Lakhisarai & Saran)- In Progress
One day training programme of cook cum helpers was organized during 15th January 2015 to 15 march 2015 for preparation of hygienic food and cleaning of kitchen shed.

16. Continued …….
All Block Resource persons provided with Tablet PC and CUG Mobile connection.
Tracking of CUG mobile connection of block resource persons to know their mobility towards ensuring effective monitoring.
Implementation of Tablet PC based inspection system – geo-tagging and time-stamping of inspection photos
Availability of bank account details of cook-cum-helpers in the MIS.
Uploading of photo database of kitchen sheds, cooks and other infrastructure.
Launching of new website madhyanbhojanvihar.in

18. Information at Website
Websites of schools ( which present information like :-
About the school including bank account number,
Name & Mobile no. of Headmaster,
Name & Mobile no. of the Secretary of the VSS,
Name of Cooks,
Name & Mobile no. of the concerned Block Resource Person,
Contact no. of Primary Health Centre,
Information about the mid-day meal scheme, Menu,
Last three months grain & fund status,
IVRS based day wise information about enrollment, attendance & beneficiaries, weekly availability of grain & fund, information about VSS meeting;
Photographs of kitchen & other related items

19. AWARD TO VIDYALAYA SHIKHA SAMITI
Award to one VSS from each district has been implemented for better implementation of MDM. VSS of 34 districts were awarded during Bihar Diwas 2015 by the Education Minister.
Criteria for award are:-
Regular meeting of VSS
Decision taken on better quality of MDM in VSS meeting
Physical presence against Enrollment in school
Proper maintenance of register and accounts of MDM
Cleanliness and quality
Absence of any untoward incidence during serving of MDM.
MDM served days against school opened days .
Proper implementation of menu.
Cleaning of Kitchen shed and near by area.
Availability of kitchen garden and its use.

20. GRIVANCE REDRESSAL
A toll free no has been installed at directorate level . This toll free no is integrated with online MIS .
E.mail address and telephone numbers of all district level officers and state level officers have been posted on dopahar org. for the public view and for sending grievance regarding mid day meal scheme.
Mid-day Meal issues are also dealt with at Weekly Janta Darbar of district magistrate and monthly Janta Darbar of the Honorable chief minister.
Every Friday Director Mid-day Meal meets people having complain against MDM.
Appeal against the decision of the district mid-day meal authorities are heard by Director mid-day meal on first and fourth Tuesday of every month.
Second appeal at the level of Principal Secretary is heard when ever required .

21. Proposal for

22. Basis of the Proposed Provisions for 2015-16
Component
Provision in
Proposed Provision in
Per day Beneficiary (Primary)
Per day Beneficiary (Upper Primary)
NCLP (National child labour project)
4100
6750
No of Days
245
Cost of Food grains
Rs.5932 per M.T
Rs.5932 Per M.T
Cooking cost (Primary)
Rs.3.59
Rs.3.86
Cooking cost (Upper primary)
Rs.5.38
Rs.5.78
Transportation Assistance (Per M.T)
Rs. 750
Rs.750
Cook Cum Helper
2,45,316
MME
1.8%
Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helper
(per cook)
Rs. 1000
Kitchen-cum-store
1358 New kitchen shed
Kitchen Devices per school
Replacement for 4777
1718 New kitchen device 5000)

23. Budget Provision in 2014-15 and Proposed Budget Provision for 2015-16
COMPONENT
Budget Provision in (Crores)
Proposed Budget Provision in (Crores)
Cost of foodgrains
223.01
225.86
Cooking Cost
Transportation Assistance
28.19
28.55
MME
27.79
35.43
Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helper
245.30
Kitchen-cum-store
26.76
Kitchen Devices
3.06
TOTAL

24. ISSUES / SUGGESTIONS
Increase of monthly honorarium cook-cum-helper from Rs. 1000/- to Rs. 2000/-
Increase in the rate of transportation cost from`750/- per MT to ` per MT which has not been revised since 2006.
Grant for kitchen device needs to be increased(Presently Rs per school).

25. THANK YOU