MID DAY MEAL SCHEME PAB Meeting Venue Conference

MID DAY MEAL SCHEME PAB Meeting Venue: Conference Room 112 -C Wing, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi Date: May 10, 2011 Time: 10. 00 a. m

ORGANOGRAM Mid day Meal Scheme: Orissa State Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Govt. Women and Child Development Deptt. (Secretary of the Nodal Deptt. ) Director, Social Welfare (Supervision and Monitoring) Joint. Secretary (Nutrition) (Management and Monitoring of field activities and fund flow F. A cum J. S (Checking of Budget and Financial sanctions) Plan and Budget Section Nutrition Section Collector (Management of MDM ) District Social Welfare Officers ( Supervision of programme. ) Monitoring Cell District Block Development Officers Social Educational Organizer WSHGs/ Head masters/ Teachers

Monitoring Committee State Level Monitoring Committee Chief secretary (Chairman) Director (SW) (Member convenor) Secretaries (Finance, S &ME, H&FW, RD, PR, W&CD, FS&CW, H&UD) Sr. RM(FCI), OPEPA (Members) District Level Monitoring Committee Collector (Chairman) DSWO (Member convenor) CDMO, CSO, DAO, DPC, DI of schools (Members) Block Level Monitoring Committee Sub-Collector (Chairman) SEO (Member convenor) CDPO, BDO, SSWO, MO, SI of Schools (Members)

Decentralised MDM……

Why decentralisation…. . Involve communities and PRI members Ensure quality of foodstuff Concurrent monitoring and supervision Address storage issues Bring transparency in accounting

Guideline Preparation Process Initial deliberations with district collectors. Five video conferences with Collectors, DSWOs, ADMs/ PD DRDAs, all CDPOs, some supervisors, DSWOs, Nutrition Operation Plan consultants. A core group comprising of Deptt personnel, TMST, SPMU, Care, Unicef etc.

Guideline preparation…. . Field visits to districts were made and discussions held with ward members, PTAs, Head masters, SHGs and other stakeholders. Draft sent by email to all collectors for their views. Meeting under chairmanship of Hon’ble CM

Major changes Rice as usual from FCI through District S&T Agents All other foodstuff procurement decentralized to village level No central ceiling price for any commodity No particular dal specified. Can buy locally produced and processed dals, except prohibited dals-preference to SHGs.

Major changes…. . Emphasis on meeting protein and calorie norms within the ration cost. Not daily , but weekly average. Major role for PRIs and local committees Variety introduced- daily recipe of MDM standardized all over state (2 eggs/week) Involvement of WSHGs strengthened

Transparency Joint accounts in all schools Joint verification of enrolment Publication of ◦ entitlement charts[quantity per meal+ cost] ◦ photographs of janch committee members and SHG members in Schools

Transparency…… E transfers into joint account on 7 th of every month E transfers also for honorarium of cooks cum helpers

Jaanch Committee:

Monitoring State and District level control rooms State number: 1 -800 -3456 -733 District control rooms-grievance +MIS[sms based] under ADM/PD DRDA Control room numbers on all flex boards of entitlement charts

Monitoring…. . State[ departmental +NREGA] and district level squads Block wise and GP wise distribution to line officers Local publicity- CD and guidelines in Oriya District visit by senior Secretaries

Involvement of local communities Monthly monitoring at GP level Formation of village and urban area janch committee ◦ ◦ Retired govt/PSU employee One person with disability Two SHG presidents/Secretary SMC/ VEC presidents SMC and VEC involvement

Weekly Schedule of MDM Monday Rice and Dalma Tuesday Rice and Soya badi Curry Wednesday Rice and Egg Curry Thursday Rice and Dalma Friday Rice and Soya badi Curry Saturday Rice and Egg Curry

MDM: Class I - V

MDM: Class VI - VIII

Quantity per beneficiary of different Dals keeping protein requirement constant Sl. No. Dal Protein Ration size in gram per child in MDM 1 Red gram dal (Arhar) 5. 6 25 2 Bengal Gram (Buta) 5. 6 33 3 Bengal Gram (Chana) 5. 6 27 4 Black Gram dal (Biri) 5. 6 23 5 Green Gram (Gota Moong) 5. 6 23 6 Green Gram dal (Moong dal) 5. 6 23 7 Kandula 5. 6 28

Progress 95% JANCH Committees formed in the villages State toll free grievance redressal helpline operational Nutrition co-ordinators in every district monitoring grievance redressal MIS system under process

Coverage under MDM 2010 -11 Category Enrolment by OPEPA Approved by Go. I Covered by Dists. Primary (I-V) 41, 29, 953 40, 000 37, 95, 375 (95%) Upper Primary (VI-VIII) 19, 33, 347 17, 000 15, 74, 773 (93%)

2010 -11 92% utilisation of foodgrains 100% coverage of institutions 95% coverage of students No of feeding days up to Dec. 2010142 days Primary No of feeding days up to Dec. 2010155 days Upper Primary

Financial Position under MDM during the year 2010 -11 Budget provision Primary U. P. Receipt of funds from Go. I Cooking cost 9658. 83 9920. 40 28335. 85 3489. 42 Food grains Central Plan Component 42462. 30 Amount released (Rs. in lakh) OB as on 01. 04. 10 4244. 91 2965. 18 7456. 83 - MME 776. 94 989. 84 118. 51 4979. 11 - 33133. 39 42433. 49 3693. 62 - - 42462. 30 14046. 00 85. 69 Cook-cumhelper State Plan 671. 86 TC Total: - 588. 02 Cooking cost 6120. 45 6241. 31 Cook-cumhelper 1659. 70 - - Building rent 2. 47 - - 42433. 49 3693. 62 Total: - 14046. 00 14023. 93 G. Total : (CS + SS) 56508. 30 47157. 32

MME for Primary & Upper Primary Schools (2010 -11) (Rs. in lakh) O. B as on 01. 04. 2010 Funds received from Go. I Total funds available Released to districts Balance 85. 69 671. 86 757. 55 673. 71 83. 84 NB: The funds have been allocated @ 50: 35: 15 basis to School, District & State levels.

Requirement of foodgrains for Primary & Upper primary students for 2011 -12 Category Primary Upper Primary Requirem ent of food grains (In MTs) No. of beneficiaries Quantity per beneficiary/ day No. of feeding days 4129953 100 gm 210 86729 1933347 150 gm 210 60900

New initiatives Expansion of centralised kitchens in urban areas by Naandi foundation and Akshaya Patra School health programme recently launched Ongoing third party evaluation Piloting of food fortification through MSSRF Nutrition co-ordinators in every district

Issues Allocation of adequate quantity of foodgrains. Quality of rice Need for revision of cost norm.

Thank you…