MDM

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• MDM
• Uttarakhand

Annual Work Plan Budget 2007-08
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UTTARAKhand- Administrative, demographic
Literacy profile

• Divisions 2
• Districts 13
• Development blocks 95
• Educationally backward blocks 21
• Gram panchayats 7261
• Villages 16742
• Uninhabited villages 954
• Population 8.49 million
• SC population 17.9 of the total
• ST population 3.0 of the total
• BPL population 34.66
• Literacy rate 72.28
• Male literacy 84.00
• Female literacy
  60.26
• Total population of children (6-11) 11,89,062
• Total Children enrolled 11,85,372

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Nutritional Status

• Data not collected by Education dept
• In case of Uttarakhand, WFP conducted a study in
  2001on nutritional status of children. Report
  submitted in 2004 (latest data available wrt
  state). Conducted a small area estimates for
  three welfare indicators poverty, wasting and
  stunting. According to WFP findings
• Highest concentration of poverty adjacent
  districts of Rudraprayag and Chamoli.
• Malnutrition was found uniformly distributed
  across the state.
• Though not clear cut relation was found between
  poverty and malnutrition at the State level, same
  was witnessed within district.
• Male-female gap in stunting is less as compared
  to all India
• Stunting rates are far higher in urban areas with
  no major gap between male and female.
• In rural areas, girl child is more
  undernourished.
• Stunting rates are highest in Uttarkashi followed
  by Champawat, Tehri Garhwal, Pauri, Udham Singh
  Nagar and Haridwar.
• Relation between poverty and nutrition varies
  from district to district

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Nutritional Status

• At national level
• 1. National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau.
• 2. National Family Health Survey (NFHS)
  conducted
• two surveys to collect various anthropometric
• information. (Latest data of 2005-6 NFHS-3
• available)
• According to NFHS 3
• 1. Status of anemia amongst children 6 to35
  months is
• State 61.5
• Rural 62.0
• Urban 60.2
• 2. IMR Urban 17 Rural - 50

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Food Centric Programmes in Uttarakhand

• Programmes targeted towards nutrition of young
  children are
• Mid Day Meal Programme (6 -14 age group)
• Integrated Child Development Scheme (0 6 age
  group
• World Food Programme (6-14 age group)
  Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Tehri Garhwal

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MDM In uttarakhand

• Till May 2002 Dry rations
• Implementation of cooked mid day meal in
  Uttaranchal
• First phase May 2002 November 2002 Sahaspur
  block. District Dehradun 107 schools (10494)
• Second phase November 2002 July 2003 two
  blocks per district of every district 3196
  schools (2,37,248)
• Third phase July 2003 onwards. Primary schools
  of entire state 11331 schools (7,87,193)
• Fourth phase coverage of all primary schools
  and EGS and AS. 11698 PS, 1442 EGS AS (as on
  February 2007)

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mDM Coverage

• Universal coverage covering all Primary
  schools, EGS and AIE centres.
• No. of Primary Schools
• Govt. (local bodies/Govt. aided) 12141
• No. of EGS Center 1609
• No. of AIE Center 187
• Enrollment
• Enrollment EGS 41431
• Enrollment AIE 10062
• Enrollment in Govt. aided Schools 1124467
• Total enrolment (6-11)
• Boys 613470
• Girls 562490
• Total 1175960
• Total (6-11) Drop Out
• Boys 2649
• Girls 2528
• Total 5177

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Implementing agency

• School Education Department implements MDM
• Budgetary provision
• Procurement of foodgrain and distribution
• Supervision and monitoring
• Implementing agency of School Edn. Dept
• Directorate of Edn. (Till Dec 2005)
• SSA Society (Since Dec 2005)
• Assisting departments
• Food and Civil supplies Dept.

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monitoring agencies

• Monitoring agencies
• State level Steering committee under the
  chairmanship of Chief Secretary
• District level monitoring committees under the
  chairmanship of District Magistrates. DIETS
• Block level committee under the chairmanship of
  Block Development Officer
• Village level School Management Committee under
  the chairmanship of Gram Pradhan

• Role of monitoring agencies
• Presence of teachers during meal times.
• Food is being served regularly/ daily.
• Timely and regular supply of food grain in
  schools is ensured.
• Quality of food.
• Discrimination on the basis of gender, caste,
  class, community, religion or region not to
  happen
• That there are no difficulties in ensuring
  regular supply of food to schools.

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Management mechanisms / institutions Grain
transport
FCI ? (DSO) RFC ? DSO ADEO B) Fair
Price Shop (VEC/ ? NPRC) School

• FCI ? RFC ? FPS ? schools
• Fair price shop ? NPRC centres (provides help) ?
  Schools
• Till districts and Fair Price Shops DSO
  responsible
• District magistrates nodal officers responsible
  for ensuring coordination between the civil
  supplies and Education dept.
• Districts to Schools ADEO (B) responsible for
  ensuring distribution till schools
• NPRC CRC at cluster provide assistance for
  distribution
• SMC responsible for lifting grain from FPS
  supplying till school
• Transport charges are decided at district level
  by the District Magistrate. Increased from Rs.100
  per quintal to Rs.180.

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Management mechanisms / institutions AT School
level

• Uttaranchal has an institutionalized system of
  management at the village level.
• Government Order (no.78/basic. edn /2003) issued
  on June 06, 2003 laid out the roles and
  responsibility of VEC and SMC.
• The Agency School Management Committee
• Membership Gram Pradhan (president), School
  Head teacher (secretary), mother of one of the
  children from each class (member), two male
  members three other prominent members form the
  village community, and a Bhojan Mata (mother of
  one of the child enrolled in the same school
• Role of SMC
• Presence of teachers during meal times.
• Food is being served regularly/ daily.
• Timely and regular supply of food grain in
  schools is ensured.
• Quality of food.
• Discrimination on the basis of gender, caste,
  class, community, religion or region not to
  happen
• That there are no difficulties in ensuring
  regular supply of food to schools.

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Management mechanisms / institutions AT School
level

• Bhojan mata
• Criteria for selection -
• Mother of one of the child enrolled in same
  school
• Belonging to same village
• Belonging to BPL community
• Preference to SC, ST, minority, OBC
• Selected by the VEC
• Honorarium Amount doubled in January 2007.
• 25 Rs 500
• 26- 50 Rs 700
• 50 100 Rs 900
• More than 100 helper (Rs 500)
• Record Keeping -
• Grain stored in schools in grain bins (PMGY)
• two types of registers maintained for keeping
  records
• 1) Attendance

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Audit and independent Evaluation

• Independent Evaluation of the Programme
• SSA society has a panel of independent research
  agencies. 2 studies conducted on MDM.
• Capacity and effectiveness of SMCs and VECs in
  managing MDM
• Extent of convergence for effective
  implementation of programme.
• NIAR ToR with monitoring institutions assigned
  by GoI for independent evaluation of SSA also
  includes evaluation of MDM since 2006-07.
• FCI conducted study in 2005-06 of effectiveness
  in transporting grain

• Audit CAG audit
• Decision to conduct CA audit taken in
  2006- 07

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Initiatives taken in 2006-07

• Large scale training of community members
• Guidelines on conversion of food with break down
  of cost and calories prepared with the help of
  nutritionists experts.
• Food varieties introduced haluwa, fruits,
  eggs, salad,
• Parents (mothers) involved in monitoring of the
  programme
• MDM made into learning programme utensils and
  grain bins converted into TLMs
• Campaign for community participation through
• Posters
• Meghdoot post cards
• CMs and Edn Ministers messages

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Fund provision for MDM

• Funding mechanism till March 2005
• Rs 1/- per child per school day. Cost borne
  entirely by the State Government.
• Transport charges and honorarium to Bhojan mata
  provided by the State.
• Food grain provided free of cost by the GoI
• Funding after December 2004
• Additional assistance of Rs. 1/- from GoI making
  convergence cost Rs. 2/- per child per school
  day. Rest of the arrangements being same.
• Funding from October 2006
• Additional assistance of Rs 1.50 from GoI
• State govt continued to provide Rs.1/-per child
  per school day assistance. (GO issued on December
  2006)

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Financial progress - 2006-07

• Beneficiaries from PS, EGS AIE 6,96,845 /
  7,75,828
• Working days 233
• Average attendance 80
• Food grain utilized Allocation 14535.95
  Quintals
• Utilized (till 31/12/06) 9031.40
  Quintals (62)
• State Budget Provision of Rs. 43.43 Crores
• GoI Share 17.96 Crores.
• Releases GoI release - 8.98 Crores (Nov
  16, 2006)
• State releases - 34.15 Crores
• Total releases/ available funds
  43.12 Crores
• Provision for additional 50 paise -
  13.27 Crores (in supplementary
  budget) not released
• Expenditure 26.95 Crores (63 against total
  available funds) (till 31/12/2006)
• Anticipated Expenditure 100 (Expenditure on
  the basis of Rs 2/- per child per school
  day in 2006-07)

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Proposal for 2007-08

• Focus of 2007-08 plan
• School as a package of wholesome development of
  children
• Streamlining monitoring and inspection systems
• Continuing campaign for involving community
• Converging funds for better management

• Proposal for Upper primary in EBBs
• Number of EBBs - 21
• Number of UPS - 710 UPS
• Number of beneficiaries - 81086
• Proposal for EBBs - 4.26 Crores (kitchen sheds)
  0.36 Crores (kitchen devices) 0.06 Crores
  (MME) 2.93 Crores (convergence cost)
• 7.61 Crores

Proposal for primary Schools 12,173
Working days 241 Average attendance
90 EBBs 21 Beneficiaries in class VI to VIII -
81086 Total no of beneficiaries 7,91,345 0.74
Crores (MME) 28.60 Crores (Convergence cost)
1.90 Crores (transport charges) 31.24 Crores
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Proposal for 2007-08

• Proposal for primary Rs. 31.24 Crores
• Proposal for Upper primary in EBBs Rs. 7.61
  Crores
• Total Proposal 38.85 Crores
• State Budget Provision of Rs. 46 Crores (
  13.27 Crores)
• State Contribution Rs.1/- per child per school
  day 19.07 Crores.
• State also contributes for and bhojan mata
  honorarium

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Mid Day Meal Programme to inculcate discipline
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Primary school in Dehradun checking nails
hygiene before meals
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• Bhojan Mata Sahayika are cooks and Change
  Agents helping children learn about hygiene,
  discipline and social integration

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Mid Day Meal Meal times are also learning times
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