F.No. 9-2/2013 MDM 2-1Government of India

Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentDepartment of School Education & Literacy

MDM Division****************

Shastri Bhawan, New DelhiDated 9th May, 2013

Subject: Minutes of the meeting of Programme Approval Board - Mid DayMeal held on 12.03.2013.

The meeting of Programme Approval Board Mid-Day Meal to consider theAnnual Work Plan & Budget 2013-14 in respect of State of West Bengal was heldon 12.03.2013 at New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Secretary (SE&L),Department of School Education & Litera~y, Ministry of Human Resource &Development.

2. A copy of the minutes of the above meeting is enclosed for information &

necessary action. L~

(Radha Krishan)Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

Tel. 011-23384687Fax: 011-23382394

e-mail: radhakrishan8050@gmail.com

1. Senior Advisor (Education)Planning Commission,Yojana Bhawan, New Delhi

2. Dr. Shreeranjan,Joint Secretary (ICDS),Ministry of Women & Child Development,Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

3. 3r'i Deepak Kumar,Join·\. ~~~t:=try,Department of Foed lx t-'ublic Distribution,Ministry of Agriculture,Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi

4. Shri A.C. Pandey,Joint Secretary,Ministry of Labour & EmploymentShram Shakti BhawanNew Delhi.

5. Shri Rajesh Bhushan,Joint Secretary,Ministry of Rural Development,Krishi Bhavan. New Delhi.

6. Joint Secretary,Ministry of Development of North-Eastern States,Vigyan Bhawan, Annexe,New Delhi- 110003.

7. Joint Secretary,Ministry of Tribal Affairs,ih Floor, Shastri BhavanNew Delhi.

8. Shri Shyam Kapoor,Joint Secretary,Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.

9. Vice Chancellor, NUEPA,Sri Aurobindo Marg,New Delhi.

10. Shri Arnab RoySecretarySchool Education Department,Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake,Govt. of West Bengal,Kolkata-700091.

11. Dr. Nagesh Singh,Economic Advisor (Education),Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.

12. Director NCERT,Sri Aurobindo Marg,New Delhi.

13. Dr (Mrs) Prema RamchandranDirector, Nutrition Foundation of India,C-13, Qutab Institutional Area,New Delhi- 110016.

14. Shri Biraj Patnaik,Principal Advisor,Office of Supreme Court Commissioner,B-68, 2nd Floor, Sarvodaya Enclave,New Delhi - 110001.

15. Shri J.H.Panwal,Joint Technical Advisor,Food & Nutrition Board,Ministry of Women & Child Development,Jeevandeep Building, New Delhi

16. Shri G.S. Patial,Under Secretary (BP),Department of Food & Public Distribution,Krishi Bhawan.

17. Dr. Uma Aiyyar,Reader,Food & Nutrition Unit,The M.S. University of Baroda,Pratapgunj, Vadodara - 390002.

18. Dr. Rafiqual Islam,Associate Professor & Nodal Officer,SSA Project,Department of Adult and Continuing Education & Extension,Visva-Bharati University,P.O. Shanti Niketan,Dis!. Birbhum - 731235.

19. Shri O.P. Dani,General Manager (Sales),Food Corporation of India,Barakhamba Road, New Delhi.

Copy also to:

1. Financial Advisor, Ministry of HRD.

2. Sr. PPS to Secretary(SE&L).

3. PPS to AS(SE) / PPS to JS(AE).

4. PPS to Additional Secretary (EE.I).

5. JS(RC) / DS(BDS).

6. SO(RK) / SO(NR) / SO(BRM) / SO(HC) / SO(RKJ).

GOVERNMENT OF INDIAMINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACYMID DAY MEAL DIVISION

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Minutes of the Meeting of the Programme Approval Board for Mid Day Meal Schemefor the State of West Bengal held on 12.03.2013.

A meeting of the Programme Approval Board for Mid-Day Meal was held at New Delhi on

12.03.2013 under the Chairmanship of Shri Rajarshi Bhattacharya, Secretary, Department

of School Education and Literacy (SE&L), Government of India. The agenda before the PAB

was:

a) To review the status and progress of the implementation of the Mid-Day Meal

(MOM) programme for the State of West Bengal.

b) To consider Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B) 2013-14 proposal of West

Bengal for MOM Scheme.

Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Government of India welcomed

the members of PAB-MDM and other partiCipants. List of participants is annexed at

Annexure-I. The representatives of the State Government were asked to highlight the

achievements in the implementation of the scheme during 2012-13, best practices followed

in the State, constraints, if any, in the implementation of the programme and their proposal

for 2013-14

2. West Bengal

Shri Arnab Roy, Secretary, Department of School Education, Govt of West Bengal briefed

the PAB members on the highlights of the scheme and made a detailed presentation on the

performance of Mid Day Meal Scheme in the State and the initiatives taken by the State

Government to improve its effectiveness and proposal for the next financial year.

Representative of the two Monitoring Institutes also made a presentation on the

performance of the scheme based on the findings of 4th Half Yearly Monitoring Report(April

2012- September 2012). Shri Gaya Prasad, Director(MDM), Government of India presented

an analysis of the performance of the implementation of Scheme in the State during the first

three quarters of the year 2012-13 i.e. April to December, 2012. The salient features of the

presentations are as follows:-

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i) Coverage of Institutions:

The State has covered 67,975 primary schools, 13,605 upper primary schools, 311

primary with upper primary schools and 945 NCLP schools against the PAB

approval of 74,542 primary, 13,447 upper primary and 927 NCLP schools

respectively. The number of existing institutions is mentioned as 68,524 primary,

14,650 upper primary, 311 primary with upper primary and 963 NCLP schools.

The State has not covered 549 Primary, 1,045 Upper Primary institutions and 18

NCLP under MOMS during the 2012-13. State has given reasons for non-coverage

to those institutions due to lack of infrastructure and space constraint for construction·

of kitchen cum store. AS(EE.I) advised the State to cover all eligible institutions

under the Mid Oay Meal Scheme.

ii) Coverage of Children:

On an average 78,12,092 (91%) children were covered at primary level against the

enrolment 86,15,752; and 41,46,089 children (87%) were covered at upper primary

stage against the enrolment of 47,54,049. The PAB-MOM 2012-13 had approved

coverage of 77,82,000 for primary, 46,089 for NCLP and 38,45,600 children for

Upper Primary stages during 2012-13. An analysis of the data shows that the State

has covered 30,092 and 2,54,400 more children in primary and upper primary stages

respectively.

AS (EE.I) drew the attention of the State Government to the low coverage of the

children at primary stage in Murshidabad, Birbhum, North 24 Parganas, Maida, East

Medinipur, Burdwan and Cooch Behar districts, where the percentage of less

coverage of children ranges from 12.28% to 21.21 %. Similarly, low coverage of

children at upper primary stage was also highlighted in the districts of Murshidabad,

New Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Nadia, Birbhum, East Medinipur, South 24 Parganas,

North 24 Parganas, Burdwan and Kolkata where percentage of less coverage of

children ranges from 11% to 41%. AS (EE.I) has also pointed out on the high

prevalence of severe anemia among children especially among adolescent girls and

underweight children in these districts. He emphasized that efforts should be made

to cover all the children especially in these district under MOMS. He requested the

State Government to look into the matter and advised to strengthen the monitoring

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mechanisms for proper implementation of MOMS in these districts, AS (EE.I) also

requested the Monitoring Institutes to visit these districts to find out the reasons for

low coverage,

Secretary, Gov!. of West Bengal has informed that Ayurvedic Doctors have been

deputed to do the health check-ups and height weight measurement of children. He

further assured to look into this aspect under intimation to the Department of School

Education & Literacy. He further added that the coverage of children both in primary

and upper primary stages in Kolkata District has been improved in comparison to

2011-12; the coverage of children in Kolkata District is 91% and 89% in primary and

upper primary stages respectively during the current year.

iii) Daily Menu

Secretary, Gov!. of West Bengal informed the PAB that almost all the schools are

displaying the menu. Head teachers of the schools in consultation with other

teachers, SLMC and SHG members decide the menu on the basis of local palate

and seasonal availability. Normally, the menu consists of rice, dal, seasonal

vegetables etc. Eggs are served once a week. The experts of Indian Institute of

Hotel Management (IIHM), Kolkata have suggested an ideal menu, which has

already been sent to all schools for guidance.

iv) No. of Working Days MDM served:

The number of working days approved is 163 school days for implementation of

MOM in the State upto the 3rd quarter for both the primary and upper primary stages.

Against which State Government has served MOM for 133 days at primary and 128

days in upper primary levels which is 84% and 81% against PAB approval for

primary and upper primary stages respectively.

AS (EE.I) pointed out that the Monitoring Institute has reported that MDM is not

being served on Saturdays in few places of visited districts. He emphasized that the

authorities should ensure serving of MOM on Saturdays also.

Secretary, Gov!. of West Bengal informed the PAB that they are also aware about

this fact of non - serving of MOM on Saturdays in few Blocks and they are taking

appropriate action to resolve this issue.

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v) Lifting (availability) & Utilization of Food grains: (01.04.12 to 31.12.12):

The Central Gov!. has allocated full & final quantity of food grains in time to State

based on the number of children and working days approved by PAB-MDM for the

year 2012-13. Considering that three-fourths of the year was over by 31.12.2012, the

districts should have lifted at least 85% and utilized 75% of the allocated food grains.

The State Government had 4337.9 MTs of opening balance as on 01.04.12 and has

lifted 143351.95 MTs (46% of allocation) up to 31.12.12. The State has utilized about

157316.24 MTs i.e. (50%of allocation) of food grains as on 31.12.2012 which is

considerably less than the expected consumption. The analysis indicates that most

of the districts have utilized below 60% of the allocated food grains up to 31.12.12;

Nadia (36%), North 24 Parganas (37%), Kolkata (24%), Jalpaiguri (43%) and

Howrah (44%) have reported less than 50% utilisation!

In response to query raised by AS (EE.I), Secretary, Gov!. of West Bengal informed

that the quality of rice supplied by FCI has been satisfactory during this year.

vi) Delay in release of Central Assistance at State Level

It was observed from the information submitted by the State Government in the

Annual Work Plan & Budget 2013-14 that there was a delay of 2-5 months in the

release of Central Assistance by the State Nodal Department to the Districts.

Although the information about release of funds from District to Block I School level

has not at all mentioned in the Annual Plan of the State. The delay impacts the

smooth implementation of the scheme.

Secretary (SE&L) advised the State Government to set up a monitoring mechanism

to improve the situation and to ensure timely release of Central Assistance along

with State Government's share to the schools and implementing agencies.

AS (EE.I) suggested that the State may follow the Andhra Pradesh Government's

Green Channel Scheme under which, the schools are authorized to draw their

monthly requirement of funds in advance for each month. Government of West

Bengal may introduce the scheme in the State for making timely availability of funds

to schools. Secretary, Gov!. of West Bengal mentioned that appropriate steps would

be taken to release the funds in a timely manner for smooth functioning of the

scheme.

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vii) Utilization of Cooking Cost (Primary and Upper primary) :

An analysis of the utilization of cooking cost during 2012-13 shows that State has

utilized Rs. 51976.76 lakhs i.e. 52% against the allocation of Rs. 100229.81 lakhs.

Less than 50% utilization has been reported in the districts like Cooch Bihar (34%),

Kolkata (37%), North 24 Parganas (39%), Dakhin Dinajpur (40%) and Maida (46%).

These districts have also not served expected meals to enrolled children, which has

resulted poor coverage of the children and poor utilization of cooking cost.

AS (EE.I) suggested this aspect needs to be monitored rigorously as cooking cost is

critical to nutritious meal. AS (EE.I) has advised that State representatives should

provide other food items like banana, milk, egg to the children more than once a

week and utilize the cooking cost fully. Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal assured the

PAB to take appropriate action in the matter.

viii) Engagement of Cook-cum-Helpers:

2,32,142 no. (93%) of Cook-cum-Helpers were engaged by the State during 2012-13

against PAB-MDM's approval of 2,48,799. An analysis of the utilization of funds for

honorarium to CCH during 2012-13 shows that State has utilized Rs.15357.98 lakhs

i.e. 62% funds against the allocation of Rs. 24879.90 lakhs. The district wise

analysis indicates that most of the Districts have utilized more than 50% of the

allocated fund. However, below 50% fund utilization has been observed in the

districts like Kolkata (24%), Maida (47%) and Murshidabad (48%). Poor utilization of

funds reflects the fact that there is a considerable delay in release of honorarium to

cook cum helpers. Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal admitted that Irregular payment

to the cook cum helpers has been a major area of concern for the State

Government.

Director (MDM), Govt. of India suggested that the State should develop a system for

ensuring timely payment of honorarium to the Cook-cum-Helpers who are from

economically weaker and disadvantaged sections of the society. He added that

payment may be made to them through bank accounts of the cook-cum-helpers.

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ix) Utilization of Transportation Assistance:

The central assistance towards transport cost is Rs. 2321.09 Lakhs for financial year

2012-13. The transportation rate was Rs. 750 per MT during this period. The State

Government has shown expenditure of Rs. 638.03 lakhs (27%) by end of the

3 quarters.

Secretary, (SE&L) asked the State Government about reasons for low utilization of

Transport Assistance. Secretary, Gov!. of West Bengal replied that the transporting

agencies are not submitting the bills within time and as a result of which, the

utilization is low. He also added that doorstep delivery of food grains is not being

done in the case of certain schools. Secretary (SE&L) advised the State Government

to take necessary steps and ensure delivery of foodgrains at the doorstep of the

schools.

x) Utilization of MME:

Allocation for MME fund for financial year 2012-13 was Rs.1988.84 Lakhs. The State

Governrnent has incurred an expenditure of Rs. 1045.67 lakhs i.e. 53% by end of the

3'd quarter, which is lower than the expected expenditure. As per the State's AWP&B

2013-14, only 38% schools have been inspected during this period.

AS (EE.I) reflected that poor utilization of MME fund depicts poor rnonitoring of the

scheme. He suggested that State Government may engage some expert

iprofessional institutes for better evaluation, monitpring and implementation of the

scheme. He also suggested to engage manpower at the District and Block level for

smooth functioning of data entry work for the MOM MIS web portal.

State has presented a detail MME plan of Rs. 27.01 Crore for the year 2013-14,

which is beyond the admissible limit of 1.8%. PAS-MOM advised the State to

prioritize activities and utilize funds within the approved limit of 1.8% for the MME.

xi) Construction of Kitchen-cum-stores :

Central assistance of Rs.66124.94 Lakhs has been released for construction of

Kitchen-cum-Stores for 68,185 schools during 2006 -07 to 2012-13. Out of 68,185

kitchen-cum-stores sanctioned till December 2012, 50713 kitchen-cum-stores have

been constructed and 11,751 kitchen-cum-stores are in progress. The State

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Government has not yet started any construction work for kitchen-cum-stores in

5,722 schools. Total expenditure incurred is Rs. 60346.75 lakhs i.e. 91% of the

allocated expenditure.

It has also been mentioned by the State Govt. that they have already submitted the

proposal for construction of 13,129 kitchen cum stores for Sishu Shiksha Kendras

(SSK) and Madhyamik Shiksha Kendras (MSK). Director(MDM), MHRD enquired

from the State Government whether these types of schools are Govt. aided or not

and mentioned that kitchen-cum-stores have been sanctioned for all the eligible

schools in the State. Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal informed that the erstwhile

EGS centres run under the name of SSK and MSK have been formalized into primary

and upper primary schools respectively. He added that a Cabinet decision has been

taken to this effect Accordingly, 16100 SSK (primary) and 1920 MSK (upper primary)

will be recognized by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education and West Bengal

Board of Secondary Education respectively. Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal stated

that these institutions are under the administrative control of Panchayat and Rural

Development Department. Secretary (SE&L) stated that the matter will be examined

separately by Government of India.

Secretary, Govt of West Bengal reflected that few dining halls have already been

constructed in convergence with other scheme. AS (EE.I) suggested that the MP

LAD funds may be used for this purpose. In this connection Monitoring Institute of

Visva Bharati reflected that taking of food by the children is a major problem is

schools where enrolment is high. He also suggested that additional rooms can be

constructed for this purpose.

xii) Procurement of Kitchen Devices

Central assistance of Rs. 6212.75 lakh has been released to Government of West

Bengal towards procurement of kitchen devices for 1,24,255 schools during 2006-07

to 2012-13. The analysis of the data indicates that the State has procured kitchen

devices for 89,914 schools so far, which is 72% and utilized Rs. 4495.7 lakh (72%).

Director(MDM), MHRD informed that 941 units of new kitchen devices and 33400

units for replacement have been sanctioned by GOI in the month of March, 2013.

PAB-MDM ratified the decision of the Secretary(SE&L) to approve replacement of

kitchen devices sanctioned in the year 2006-07.

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PAB-MOM approved kitchen devices in 6533 schools sanctioned in year 2006-07 to

be replaced during 2013-14.

xiii) Inspections:

As per the information provided by the State Government, out of 84,448 number of

schools 31,865 schools (46%) have been inspected which is quite low. AS(EE.I)

suggested to utilize MME fund in proper manner for better monitoring of the scheme.

Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal clarified that due to Insufficient Management

Structure the monitoring is not up to the mark. He also added that the community

participation is not adequate in all the schools. The State School Education

Department has engaged five reputed Experts I Agencies for better monitoring and

evaluation of the scheme.

xiv) Findings of the Monitoring Institutes:

The findings of the Visva Bharati University, Monitoring Institute for the State

contained in the 4th Report for the period 01.04.2012 to 30th September, 2012 for

Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur and South 24 Districts were discussed and the

State was requested to take immediate action on areas of concern, such as:

i) Irregular supply of rice for MDM .

. ii) Delay in providing cooking cost fund to schools

iii) Irregular payment of cooks I helpers which is hampering the MDM Scheme

iv) Involvement of too many SHGs in a particular school.

v) MDM was not served in few schools of all these three districts on Saturdays

as per the instruction of Local Authority.

vi) Too many responsibilities I activities are being periormed by Headmasters

affecting their regular duties.

vii) There are differences in attendance of students & students consuming the

MDM.

viii) Excess use of fire wood in most of the places for MOM.

ix) Community participation is not up to the mark.

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x) Poor performances of School health program.

xi) Due to space problem MOM is unmanageable in the overcrowded UPS.

The other Monitoring Institute, University of Calcutta has also presented the salient features

of their observation which are as follows:

i) Irregularity of payment of cooking cost and honorarium to cook cum helpers.

ii) Micro-nutrition's are not being giving in 60% schools.

iii) Problem of pucca kitchen shed in some of the visited schools.

iv) No health card found in 80% of the visited districts.

v) Potable water not available in some of the visited schools especially in

Purulia, New Jalpaigudi districts,.

vi) Fire safety mechanism is unavailable in large number of visited schools

vii) Utensils like plates, spoons are not being provided to children and hence they

are bringing small containers! plates from home.

viii) Due to small containers, children are getting small quantity of meal and

because they are coming from poor background, they don't ask meal for a

second time.

ix) Government officials should visit schools for inspection more frequently.

Secretary, (SE&L) requested the State Government to look into the issues reflected

by Monitoring Institutes and take corrective measures to improve implementation of

MOMS in the State.

xv) Management Information System (MIS)

It has been appreciated that the State has completed the annual data entry for 99%

of the schools in the MIS web portal. Although, the monthly data entries have been

completed in 65% of the schools upto the Month of December, 2012. State

Government officials are requested to complete the monthly data entry as early as

possible.

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xvi) Coverage under School Health Programme:

25,684 schools (30%) of the total schools were covered under School Health

Programme (SHP). Health checkup was carried out for 30,26,290 children (23%)

9,51,735 children (7%) were given deworming tablets, 7,32,428 children (5%) were

given Iron and folic acid, 17,44,830 children (13%) were given Vitamin 'A' tablets.

Spectacles were provided to 18,230 children.

AS(EE.I) expressed that the coverage of School Health Programme is not

satisfactory and appropriate action should be taken for successful implementation of

this programme to complement the benefits of MOMS. The State Gov!. was further

advised that efforts should be made to converge with % Health for effectivlO

implementation of SHP. He also added that the State Government may link with

reputed institutes for height weight measurement of the children on a pilot basis.

xvii) Score Card/Performance Report :

The overall analysis of the performance of scheme upto 3'd quarter has been done.

A score'card on each of the components of the scheme is as under:-

Institution 9.4dren 8.9

8.2Working Days

6.5Monthly Data E Fund Flow 5.0

Payment to Fel 9.5

5.2

7.2

Secretary (SE&L) advised the State Gov!. to take necessary action to improve the

performance of the scheme on above indicators viz. coverage of children, timely

release of funds, utilization of cooking cost, delivery of foodgrains to the doorstep of

the schools, payment of transportation cost to lifting agencies, School Health

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Programme and inspection and regular monitoring by State officials. He further

advised that a mechanism should be developed to ensure timely payment to cook-

cum-helpers

xviii) Best Practices reflected by the State Government

The representative of the State Government informed that following best practices

being followed in the State to improve the effectiveness of the Mid Day Meal

Scheme:

i) Solar Energy harnessing equipment is used for heating water, which is used for

cooking MOM and other purposes in Vidyasagar G.S.F.P. Vidyalaya under

Taherpur in Nadia district State is exploring replication of the model in

consultation with the WBREOA and WBGEOC. 100 schools are being covered

in the Sunderban Areas.

ii) Many schools in different districts grow vegetables in the kitchen gardens of the

schools and utilize the vegetables in MOM. This kitchen garden initiative is

being taken up in convergence with MGNREGA.

iii) In some places the community people, members of concerned Village

Education Committees I Managing committee contribute fund to purchase the

additional requirement of kitchen devices.

iv) All children are served food by making them sit in rows irrespective of caste

and creed.

v) System of harvesting rain water is being practiced in some schools.

vi) In some schools of Purba Medinipur district, the community members often

contribute their agricultural produce to this programme.

3. PAB-MDM Approval for FY 2013-14:

Based on the achievement during 2012-13, the PAB-MOM approved the following

number of children, number of school days etc. for quantifying the Central assistance

for State of West Bengal for 2013-14:-

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No Details State's Proposal for RecommendationsbyFY 2013-14 Appraisal Team for F.Y.

, 2013-14. ~.'."". No. of S!=hopl~.& I':JO..G,fChi,ltlnin ",,:,,: , '

(A) Primary No. of No. of No. of No. ofSchools Children Schools Children

1,1 Gov!. + Local Bodies 596 5961.2 Gov!. Aided 50934 509341.3 SSK 16743 7807896 & 16743 78078961.4 Madarsas/Maqtabs 251 45885 2511.5 NCLP 963 (NCLP) 963 45885

TOTAL (A) 69487 69487 7853781(8) Upper Primary1.1 Gov!. + Local Bodies 54 541.2 Gov!. Aided 12728 127281.3 MSK 1914 4089942 1914 40899421.4 Madarsas/Maqtabs 576 576

TOTAL (8) 15272 15272GRAND TOTAL'(A)+(8):, :,' 84759 , 11943723 84759 11943723

2. No. of Working days2.1 Primary 230 2302.2 Upper Primary 230 2302.3 NCLP 312 312, 3. No of Cook-cum-Helpers3.1 Primary + Upper Primary 248799 2487994. Kitchen-cum-Stores 15139 To be examined

separately for SSKsand MSKs

5. Kitchen New Schools 0 0Devices Replacement for 6533 6533

2007-08

It was further clarified that the above guantification is only an estimate for

release of Central Assistance during 2013-14 under MDM Scheme. The MDMS

provides that every student attending the eligible institutions, is to be covered

under the Scheme and shall be served mid day meal on all school days. In the

event of State Govt. finds that the average number of children availing mid day

meal and the working days are more than the above approved figures, it may

approach the GOI at any time with evidence for additional Central Assistance.

This should be clarified to all the field functionaries, so as to enable all the

eligible institutions to ensure that every student attending the eligible schools is

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fed on all school working days irrespective of the above approvals. They should

submit their proposal for enhancing the resources, for MOMS if needed, to their

higher authority.

The additional proposal for drought affected districts, for construction of

Kitchen-cum-Stores, procurement of Kitchen devices and LPG, if any, should

also be submitted with full justification for taking the approval of the competent

authority for additional Central Assistance as per MOM guidelines.

The Central Assistance for West Bengal for Financial Year 2013-14 has been

worked out on the basis of above mentioned number of children and number of

working days as approved by the PAB-MOM which is enclosed as Annexure-II.

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Annexure-/

List of Participants

1. Shri R. Bhattacharya, Secretary (SE&L), Ministry of Human Resource Development,Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.

2. Dr. Amarjit Singh, Additional Secretary (EE.I), Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, NewDelhi.

3. Shri Arnab Roy, Secretary, School Education Department, Bikash Bhavan, SaltLake, Govt of West Bengal, Kolkata - 700091.

4. Shri Gaya Prasad, Director (MDM), Ministry of Human Resource Development,Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.

5. Shri B. D. Shivani, Deputy Secretary (MDM), Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, NewDelhi.

6. Shri Anil Kakria, Deputy Secretary (Finance), Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, NewDelhi.

7. Shri N.N. Burman, Project Director, School Education Department, AP.C Bhavan,Salt Lake, Govt of West Bengal, Kolkata - 700091.

8. Shri Aditya Chamoli, Under Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development,Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.

9. Shri Radha Krishan, Under Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development,Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.

10. Shri G.S. Patial, Under Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, KrishiBhavan, New Delhi.

11. Dr. Kiran Devendra, Professor & Head, DEE, NCERT, 16 Sri Aurobindo Marg, NewDelhi - 110016.

12. Professor Neelam Sood, Head, NUEPA, Department of School & Non FormalEducation, New Delhi.

13. Shri Dyutish Chakrabarti, Associate Professor & Nodal Officer, North BengalUniversity, Department of Political Science, District Darjeeling, Pin - 734013.

14. Shri Nabin Ananda Sen, Associate Professor cum MI, West Bengal for SSA-MDM,University of Calcutta, Department of Business Management, 1 Reformatory Street,Kolkata - 700027.

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15. Shri B.R. Meena, Section Officer (MDM 2-1), Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, NewDelhi.

16. Ms. Bhardwaj Yukti Narender, Assistant (MDM 2-1), Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, NewDelhi.

17. Shri Deepak Shaw, Assistant (MDM 1-2), ), Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, NewDelhi.

18. Ms. Shashi Sachdeva, Manager, Food Corporation of India, Head Quarter, NewDelhi - 110001.

19. Shri Amol Jawale, Chief Consultant, NSG-MDM, Ed.CIL.

20. Shri Rajat Gupta, Senior Consultant (MIS), NSG-MDM, Ed.CIL.

21. Shri Tanmoy Ghatak, Senior Consultant (Plan Monitoring), NSG-MDM, Ed.CI L.

22. Shri Sunil Kumar Sinha, Senior Consultant, NSG-MDM, Ed.CIL

23. Shri KK Sharma, Consultant (Finance), NSG-MDM, Ed.CIL

24. Dr. Mridula Sircar, Consultant, (Plan Monitoring), NSG-MDM, Ed.CIL

25. Dr. Anindita Shukla, Consultant (Food & Nutrition), NSG-MDM, Ed.CIL.

26. Shri Bhupender Kumar, Consultant, NSG-MDM, Ed.CIL

27. Shri Dinesh Pradhan, Consultant, NSG-MDM, Ed.CIL

28. Mrs. Tulika Tiwari, Consultant, NSG-MDM, Ed.CIL

29. Shri Lokendra Mahovar, Consultant, NSG-MDM, Ed.CIL.

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ANNEXURE-II

WEST BENGAL

QUANTIFICATION OF CENTRAL ASSISTANCE FOR 2013-14

1. Food grains:

179582

2 Upper Primary (@150 gms Ichild I~~"nnl

day)141103

3 45885 12 2147.42

2

2. Recurring: Cooking Cost, Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helpers, TA & MME

;;;rCSI}'. ! ,';r;;"'j", "~~t,~:~~1~lo!'~Off·~·j;;i'J·~'-i;··~~·~. in 'ft/" 'pot ,~; ";'. f ~;"., ',-/, ,.•, ~,. Amount admissibl~.'. roc: '," ·.·..·"'~-'.".:;,sf~"~::'·~0omp·6nen Norm ~ ,~~N"::1jn~~o~~..: ' 'c'" .:,(~;!" "" ~~''''.•",. -;.;;.ii:' , '0 (Rs.'ln lakhs) . '",. , '.' .. , .', .. ~'" ' ..' "'.1 2 3

'S\lfpliirpary\c: .., t:~-"l'SI .'~",~':':t!;·;-~1 "':~; . .. "j.. i',':..: . .. " . ,.,."":" .

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1 Cost of food grains @ RS.5650 per MT 10247.82(Rs.5650 x 179582 MTs+1% Val)

2 Unit Cooking Cost- Unit Cooking Cost Rs. 3.11 per day I per child for 49 daysand Rs. 3.34 per day I per child for 181 days

i. Central Share 44386.33(7807896x49days x Rs.2.33)+(7807896 x181days x Rs.2.51)Minimum Mandatory State Share

ii. (7807896 x 49days x Rs.0.78)+(7807896 x 181 days x 14713.98Rs.0.83)

3 Transportation Cost @ RS.7501MT 1346.86(Rs. 750 x 179582MTs)4 Honorarium to Cook cum helpers

Central Share 18659.9I.(248799 x RS.750 x 10 months)

ii. Minimum Mandatory State Share 6219.98(248799 x RS.250 x 10 months)

16

1.8% of i)

5 1343.54

15984.48

34754.69

2

re(4089942 x49days x Rs. 3.49 )+(4089942 x 181days x Rs.3.75

11578.22

i.

Transportation Cost @ Rs.750.00 / MT(Rs.750.00 x 141103 MTs) 1058.27

ii.Minimum Mandatory State Share @ Rs. per child/day(4089942 x49 days x Rs.1.16 )+(4089942 x 181 days xRs.1.25

789.57

122.54

527.55

175.73

16.11

11.99

121317.24

2per child for 78 days and Rs. 5.00 per day /

17

3

4

5

i.

ii.

3

(MME) 1.8% of i)

4

To be examinedKitchen-cum-Store for SSKs and MSKs

Kitchen Devices for replacement (6533 x Rs.5000) 326.65

Grand Total for recurring and Non-recurring Central Assistance 121643.89

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