Mid Day Meal Scheme

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Mid Day Meal Scheme
Ministry of HRD Government of India
MDM-PAB Meeting Puducherry on 05.03.2009
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Review of Implementation of MDMS in
Puducherry(1.4.2008 to 31.12.2008)
Part-I
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Questions?

• What is the level of unspent balances as on
  31.03.08?
• How regular is the lifting of food grains? Is
  there any disruption/shortage in availability of
  food grains?
• What is the level of lifting?
• How about cooking cost? Was it disbursed to
  Districts? What is the level of utilisation at
  school level?
• How synchronous is utilisation of food grains and
  cooking cost?
• contd

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Contd ..,
Questions?

• How much MME was utilized? Under what activities?
• What is the progress of construction of Kitchen
  Sheds and procurement of kitchen devices?
• Part II
• What is the trend in Enrollment and No. of
  children availing MDM from 2007 to 2008?
• How well MDM data compares with SSA data and
  Census data?

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Benchmarks

• Desirable stock in hand 15 ( or - 5)
• Lifting of foodgrains 1.4.08 to 31.12.08 69
  ( or - 10)
• Utilisation of foodgrains and cooking cost
  1.4.08 to 31.12.08 94 ( or 10)
• Every month 1/12th of foodgrains is lifted
  distributed.
• Utilisation of foodgrains cooking cost is
  synchronous.
• States AWPB is in accordance with M/HRDs
  guidelines.
• Data in the AWPB is authentic, reliable based
  on the records.

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Analysis Foodgrains lifting (Month-wise
cumulative)
Foodgrains (in MTs)
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Analysis Foodgrains lifting (Month-wise)
Foodgrains (in MTs)
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Level of Unspent Balance of foodgrains
( of annual allocation)
As on 31.3.2008
( of annual allocation)
As on 31.12.2008
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Analysis Foodgrains lifting (1.4.08 to 31.12.08)
Benchmark 85
Foodgrains (in MTs)
100
65
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Foodgrains lifting (Availability) Dist. wise
Benchmark 85
Availability
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Foodgrains utilisation (1.4.08 to 31.12.08)
Utilisation
Benchmark 75
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Foodgrains Utilisation Dist. wise
Utilisation
Benchmark 75
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Cooking cost disbursed to Districts
Cooking Cost (in Disbursed to Dists)
Benchmark 85
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Cooking Cost Disbursed and Utilisation(1.4.2008
to 31.12.2008)
Benchmark 72 Disbursed 100 Utilisation 74
Cooking Cost (in Disbursed and utilisation.)
Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India
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Cooking cost utilisation (1.4.08 to 31.12.08)
Utilisation
Benchmark 75
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Cooking Cost Utilisation Dist. wise
Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India
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Mismatch in Utilisation of foodgrains and cooking
cost (District-wise)
Utilisation
Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India
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Mismatch in Utilisation of foodgrains and cooking
cost (District-wise)
Utilisation
Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India
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Reconciliation No. of meals Vs Qty of Cooking
Cost
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MME Utilisation (1.4.08 to 31.12.08)
Amount (Rs. in lakhs)
100
70
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Achievement under Kitchen Devices
Amount (Rs. in lakhs)
100
100
Central assistance of Rs. 15.40 lakhs for
procurement of kitchen devices in 308 schools has
been utilised on replacement of 22 steam boilers
in 9 central kitchens.
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Transport Assistance Utilisation
(1.4.08 to 31.12.08)
Utilisation(Rs. In lakhs)
69
Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India
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Performance Audit Report No. PA 13 of 2008 -

• State Governments did not fix the target for
  inspections (25 of schools every quarter) and
  consequently no inspections were carried out at
  all (para 13.2).
• Essential records containing of meal cooked and
  served, presence of parents at the time of
  cooking, testing and serving of meal were not
  maintained in any of the States. (Para 18.6).
• Macronutrients and supplements were not
  administered. (Para 13.3).
• No inspection with regard to Fair Average Quality
  (FAQ) of food grains had been carried out.
  (Para-21).
• Mismatch in utilization of food grains and
  utilization of was noticed. (Annexure- IX) (Para
  18.1).
• In Pondicherry, 11 teachers were posted as full
  time kitchen in charge in the central kitchens.
  (Para-21).
• State level SMCs were not constituted. (Para-23).
• SMCs were not constituted at District/Block
  levels.(Para-23).

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Performance Score card A Summary
Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India
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Analysis of States Proposal for 2009-10
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Time Series No. of Children (Primary)
No. of Children (in Thousands)
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Time Series No. of Children (Upper Primary)
No. of Children (in Thousands)
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Primary School Enrolment SSA Govt.
Govt.-aided LB) Vs MDM
No. of children (in thousands)
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Primary School Enrolment SSA Govt.
Govt.-aided LB) Vs MDM
No. of children (in thousands)
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