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Organizational Structure

Implementation

Monitoring & Evaluation

Progress 2013-14

Action Plan 2014-15

Best Practices

Issues

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Independent Mid-Day Meal Authority under a Director

with Chief Secretary being the Chairman of State level

Governing Body

Director assisted by Additional Director, Joint Director,

Deputy Directors, Asst. Directors & Finance Controller.

Authority co-ordinates with Food & Civil Supplies, FCI,

Panchayati Raj, Health, Urban Dev. & other related

Deptts.

Monitors implementation of the scheme

Co-ordinates with GOI & Govt. of UP.3

S.N. Post No. of Post

S.N. Post No. of Post

1 Director 1 13 Administrative Officer 1

2 Additional Director 1 14 Personal Assistant 1

3 Finance Controller 1 15 Senior Assistant 1

4 Joint Director 1 16 Accountant 1

5 Deputy Director 2 17 Senior Account Clerk 2

6 Finance and Account Officer

1 18 Senior Clerk 1

7 Assistant Director 4 19 Steno 3

8 Nutrition Expert 1 20 Store Keeper-cum-Cashier 1

9 Statistical Officer 1 21 Computer Operator 8

10 System Analyst 1 22 Daftari 1

11 Co-ordinator[Information, Education, Broadcasting]

1 23 Peon 13

12 Co-ordinator [Training] 14

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MDM Cell Headed by District Basic Education Officer

MDM Cell has 02 Personnels in 18 Divisions and 75 Districts

MDM Co-ordinator

Computer Operator

Primarily Gram Panchayat/SMC in Rural Areas

Ward Members/NGOs in Urban Areas

Mahila Samakhya in selected schools of rural areas in 15 Districts.

SHG/DUDA

For Conversion Cost separate bank Account at School Level (Madhyanh Bhojan Nidhi)

Provision of MDM Register in every school for keeping account of food grain, Conversion cost & number of students availing MDM

Required prescribed amount of nutrients is being provided through varied weekly menu.

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Info. Of fund transfer and food grain allocation from district to schools through Daily Monitoring System generated SMS to teachers.

Fund transfer from State to Districts and Districts to Schools through online budget allocation and E-Payment method.

At FY beginning State releases advance fund to districts even without receiving CA from GOI.

All accounts of “Madhyanh Bhojan Nidhi” in CBS Branch. Payment to cook-cum-helper through cheques only. Out of 400578 cooks working in 2013-14, 93% are women. Ward of cook-cum-helper studying in that school is a mandatory

condition for cook’s appointment. Block Education Officers monitoring the scheme through exception

reports generated out of DMS. Training Program with co-ordination of UNICEF for BEOs & BSAs Toll free number 1800-419-0102 A web based system developed on www.upmdm.org to co-ordinate

payment to FCI and Lifting Agencies.

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Quality of foodgrains is inspected at FCI godown at district level by a joint team comprising of nominee of Collector, Representative of FCI & State Lifting Agency.

FCI

NGOs/Mahila Samakhya where

engaged

Fair Price Shops

Gram Pradhan

School

Urban Local Body

State Lifting Agency

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State Government- Basic Education Department

District Magistrate

Madhyanh Bhojan Nidhi

Urban Local Body/NGO

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Fund flow through E-Payment mode from State to Districts and Districts to Schools/FCI/Lifting Agencies.

Executive Committee of MDM Authority – Quarterly

Regular visits by Task Force

District level Task Force: 12 officers – 5 school visits

per month by each officer

Block level Task Force: 8 officers – 5 school visits per

month by each officer

Each school visited every Quarter

Monthly review at district level by DM10

External evaluation of impact of the mid-day meal programme was commissioned by IIM Lucknow, Udyamita Vikas Sansthaan, Lucknow and G.B. Pant Institute of Social Science, Allahabad.

Suggestions given by External Evaluation Agencies are under consideration of MDM Authority.

Daily monitoring of regularity of meals provided being successfully done through IVRS based real-time monitoring.

Spot inspection based on exception reports generated out of DMS.

Spot inspection done for cross checking the IVRS data as part of concurrent monitoring.

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Upto 3rd Qtr.

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Working Days 234

Primary Schools 1,14,373

Enrollment in Primary Schools (as on 30-09-2013)

1.38 Crore

Upper Primary Schools 54,019

Enrollment in Upper Primary Schools (as on 30-09-2013)

60.00 Lac

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Working Days for NCLP 287

NCLP Schools 1078

Enrollment in NCLP Schools 51,682

Requirement of Kitchen Shed : 445 (Money Available with State)

Kitchen Shed for Govt. Aided Scools : 4349

Requirement of Kitchen Utencils : 1,04,630

Requirement of Cook-cum-helper :4,34,032

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Detailed MME Plan

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Detailed MME Plan

Budgeted Amount

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Detailed MME Plan

Budgeted Amount

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Detailed MME Plan

Budgeted Amount

S.No.

ComponentCentral Share

State Share

Total

1 2 3 4 5

1 Cost of Food Grain (100% CA) 179.62 0.00 179.62

2 Cooking Cost (75% CA) 882.55 291.88 1174.43

3Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helper (75% CA) 358.08 119.36 477.44

4Transportation Assistance (100% CA) 24.56 0.00 24.56

5 MME (100% CA) 54.90 0.00 54.90

6Kitchen-cum-Store (75% CA) 2.84 0.95 3.79

7 Kitchen Devices (100% CA) 52.32 0.00 52.32Total 1554.86 412.18 1967.04

Rs. In Cr.

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Fund is available for construction of Kitchen-cum-store with State.

Physical

S.N. Head2013-14 Approval

2014-15 Proposal

1No. Of Schools 1,68,337 1,68,392NCLP Schools 1,284 1,078Total Schools 1,69,621 1,69,470

2 Total Enrollment 2,00,97,201 1,98,24,2733 Average Availing 1,23,22,910 1,22,18,5944 Requirement of foodgrain (In MTs) 3,41,186.28 3,27,483.805 Working Days 243 2346 Requirement of Cook-cum-helper 4,34,032 4,34,0327 Rquirement of kitchen-cum-store 5,833 47948 Requirement of Kitchen Utensils 45,539 1,04,630

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S.No.

Component2013-14 Approval

2014-15 Proposal

Increase in %

1 2 3 4 5

1 Cost of Food Grain (100% CA) 182.87 179.62  

2 Cooking Cost (75% CA) 1123.13 1174.43 4.37

3Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helper (75% CA) 434.03 477.44 9.09

4Transportation Assistance (100% CA) 25.59 24.56  

5 MME (100% CA) 24.79 54.90 54.85

6Kitchen-cum-Store (75% CA) 0.00 30.56 100.00

7 Kitchen Devices (100% CA) 22.77 52.32 129.77

Total 1813.18 1993.83 9.96

Rs. In Cr.Financial

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Software based performance management for ranking of each

entity.

Move to implement the scheme through SMCs in all schools.

Move to involve SMC in appointment of cooks and monitoring of

their performance.

Move to verify the DMS data through IVR Calls to SMC members.

Inspections of Randomly generated schools in exception reports

from Daily Monitoring System.

Move to make daily monitoring system a tool of planning also by

identifying the primary reasons of interruptions in cooking meals.27

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Food Security Act – 2013 Applicable on enrolled or attending children? Allowance sharing between centre and state? Allowance to be recovered from defaulting official(s) or not? Timeline for release of funds and food grains from GOI? If money is given by GOI instead of food grain u/s-23 of Food

Security Act, then the Rate of Cost of food grain? Fund will be required for setting up/strengthening of

management structure. To maintain one month buffer stock of food grain at school level,

GOI should inject that much quantity at least once in the food grain chain.

Central Assistance of Rs 19830.28 Lac released for additional fuel cost in 2012-13 & 2013-14 to be diverted to other recurring heads e.g. CC & CCH in FY 2014-15.

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Internal Grievance Redressal Cell (State Level)

Staffing Pattern

Rate (Rs. Per Month)

Annual BudgetRs. (In Lac)

Dy. Director 1 70,000 8.40

Asstt. Dyrectors 2 55,000 13.20

Steno 3 35,000 12.60

Senior Assistants 5 35,000 21.00

Computer Operators 5 13,000 7.80

Class-IV 5 6,000 3.60

10 Seater Call Centre 1 2,50,000 30.00

Grievance Redressal Computerised Platform

1 14,00,000 168.00

Total 23 18,64,000 264.60

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Strengthening of Mid Day Meal Cell (District level)

Rate (Rs. Per Month)

Annual BudgetRs. (In Lac)

BEO Headquarter as MDM Incharge

1 45,000 5.40

Accountant cum Clerk 1 35,000 4.20

Additional Computer Operator 1 13,000 1.56

Class-IV 1 6,000 0.72

Total 4 99,000 11.88

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Strengthening of Management (Block level)

Rate (Rs. Per Month)

Annual BudgetRs. (In Lac)

Block Co-ordinators• 820 Blocks• 48 (12x4)Mahanagar• 58 Nagar kshetra)

926 11,000 1,222.32

Strengthening of Management (School level)

MDM Supervisor 1,70,000 5,000 1,02,000.00

Office Contingency @ 3.8% 3,931.65

Grand Total 1,07,430.45

As a Grievance Redressal Mechanism, A toll free number has been developed by the Basic Education Officer Badaun at MDM cell in his office, where the complaints are registered on a Toll free complaint register and are accordingly sorted out, which are regularly monitored by the District Magistrate Badaun.

In Barabanki, under School Health Programme, along whith students, the health checkup of cooks is also being done and a medical fitness certificate is provided to them.

In Primary School Gularia in Barabanki, one teacher himself has arranged plates, belts and sweaters for students. This school is a Model School in the district.

In Faizabad, Food inspectors have picked 37 samples of Mid day Meal for tasting them in laboratories. This is being done regularly. In Jhansi, they are also checking water samples along with food samples.

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Sarees and aprons have been distributed to all the cooks in Shikohabad block of district Firozabad.

Cooks are being educated under Literacy Mission in Etawah, so that they can perform their duties more efficiently.

In Hathras, the whole cooking process of all NGO's involved in Mid Day Meal scheme is being recorded. This has led to an improvement in quality of food.

Kitchen Garden has been developed in 87 schools of Sitapur. Similarly, in Unnao, along with maintenance of kitchen garden in school campus, facility of dining tables is also being provided through "Vidyalay Anudan Nidhi" and with the help of teachers. Multi taps have also being installed in some schools for easy availability drinking water for all children.

Water filters and R.O. have been provided to 30-40 schools of Unnao and some schools of district Sonbhadra and G.B. Nagar.33

Utensils for serving food to children and containers have been provided through various sources in some districts. The description of which is as follows:-

Arrangement of plates in 195 schools in district Allahabad. Arrangement of plates, glasses in more than 100 schools in

Kaushambi. The primary teacher association in the district has decided to provide plates, glasses and spoons in another 40 schools.

In Unnao, plates and glasses are available for all children in all schools. schools through Vidyalaya Vikas Abhidaan.

In Jhansi, the District Magistrate has provided 2 big containers and 4 plastic containers (for masalas) in all schools with the help of State Finance Commission.

In Lakhimpur Kheri, plates, spoons and glasses have been purchased in 72 schools through Vidyalaya Vikas Abhidaan.

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To Provide Mid day Meal to children with dignity, dining sheds have been constructed in some districts, the discription of which is as follows:-

In Kaushambi, dining shed has been constructed in 10 schools with the help of 13th finance commision.

In Sonbhadra, dining shed has been constructed in 20 schools with the help of Panchayati Raj Department.

In Unnao, dining shed has been constructed in 1070 schools with the help of 12th finance commision.

In Allahabad, dining shed has been constructed in 130 schools with the help of Panchayati Raj Department.

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In Rampur, attendance office students has improved which is the impact of regular monitoring of schools by the officers of different departments under the leadership of District Magistrate. A 36 points format has been developed at district level in which all people related to the scheme viz. Kotedar, Pradhan, Teacher, Rasoiya are supposed to note down the responsibilities they have performed.

In Kushinagar, students of standard 2-5 are supposed to sign in Hindi in the attendance register. while those of standard 6-8 sign in English. With the effort of District Magistrate, 80 % of all the kitchens have been tiled through State Finance Commission.

In Lakhimpur Kheri, Health Checkup of cooks is also being done under School Health Programme and medical certificate is provided to them. Gas cylinders have been provided to schools situated in Samagra Grams through 5000/- of Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi.

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In Varanasi, various organizations such as Akanksha Samiti and Rotary Club are doing appreciable efforts such as distributions of aprons to cook and study chowkis to students, motivation to develop kitchen gardens, adoption of some schools and distribution of Sankalp Patrika in Schools.

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District: Shrawasti

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Kitchen Garden District: Sitapur

Primary School MAU

Primary School FARIHA

Primary School FARIHA

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Dining Shed District: Sonbhadra

Primary School Butt, Block Robertsganj

District: Gorakhpur, Primary School Barauwa, Block Piprauli

District: Gorakhpur, Primary School Barauwa, Block Piprauli