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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.
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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
12
Co-ordinator [Training]
1
13
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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
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 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
provided through varied weekly menu.
is
being
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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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FCI
State Lifting Agency
NGOs/Mahila
Samakhya where
engaged
Fair Price Shops
Gram Pradhan
Urban Local Body
School
 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.
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State Government- Basic Education Department
District Magistrate
Madhyanh Bhojan
Nidhi
Urban Local Body/NGO
 Fund flow through E-Payment mode from State to Districts
and Districts to Schools/FCI/Lifting Agencies.
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 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 DM
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 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.
Average Availing in Lac (% against Enrollment) in 2013-14
60
50
74.28(53%)
69.65(49%)
77.30(56%)
32.24(54%)
29.81(50%)
40
25.91(44%)
Primary
Upper Primary
30
20
10
0
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3 Qtr
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Foodgrain (In Lac MTs.)
4.00
3.50
3.41
2.97
3.00
2.83
2.50
2.21
Upto 3rd Qtr
2.00
2.04
Upto 3rd Qtr
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
Approved by
GOI
Released by
GOI
Released by
State to
Districts
Lifting
Consumption
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Financial Progress
(In Rs. Crore)
1600
1400
1200
1459.51
1424.69
1207.5
1000
960.9
Upto 3rd Qtr.
800
600
400
200
0
Approved by GOI
Released by GOI Released by State
to Districts
Expenditure
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No. Of Cook-Cum-Helper (In Lac.)
5.00
0.30
4.00
3.00
2.00
4.34
3.70
1.00
0.00
Approved
Engaged
Female
Male
15
Working Days
Primary Schools
Enrollment in Primary Schools
(as on 30-09-2013)
Upper Primary Schools
Enrollment in Upper Primary Schools
(as on 30-09-2013)
234
1,14,373
1.38 Crore
54,019
60.00 Lac
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Working Days for NCLP
NCLP Schools
Enrollment in NCLP Schools
287
1078
51,682
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 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
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Rs. In Cr.
S.No.
Component
Central
Share
State
Share
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Cost of Food Grain (100% CA)
Cooking Cost (75% CA)
Honorarium to Cook-cumHelper (75% CA)
Transportation Assistance
(100% CA)
MME (100% CA)
Kitchen-cum-Store (75% CA)
Kitchen Devices (100% CA)
Total
Total
5
179.62
882.55
0.00
291.88
179.62
1174.43
358.08
119.36
477.44
24.56
0.00
24.56
54.90
2.84
52.32
1554.86
0.00
0.95
0.00
412.18
54.90
3.79
52.32
1967.04
Fund is available for construction of Kitchen-cum-store with State.
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Physical
S.N.
1
Head
No. Of Schools
NCLP Schools
Total Schools
2
Total Enrollment
3
Average Availing
4
Requirement of foodgrain (In MTs)
5
Working Days
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Requirement of Cook-cum-helper
7
Rquirement of kitchen-cum-store
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Requirement of Kitchen Utensils
2013-14
Approval
1,68,337
1,284
1,69,621
2,00,97,201
1,23,22,910
3,41,186.28
243
4,34,032
5,833
45,539
2014-15
Proposal
1,68,392
1,078
1,69,470
1,98,24,273
1,22,18,594
3,27,483.80
234
4,34,032
4794
1,04,630
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Financial
Rs. In Cr.
S.No.
Component
2013-14
Approval
2014-15
Proposal
Increase in
%
1
2
3
4
5
1
Cost of Food Grain (100% CA)
2
Cooking Cost (75% CA)
3
Honorarium to Cook-cumHelper (75% CA)
4
Transportation Assistance
(100% CA)
5
MME (100% CA)
6
7
182.87
179.62
1123.13
1174.43
4.37
434.03
477.44
9.09
25.59
24.56
Kitchen-cum-Store (75% CA)
24.79
0.00
54.90
30.56
100.00
Kitchen Devices (100% CA)
22.77
52.32
129.77
1813.18
1993.83
9.96
Total
54.85
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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.
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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 Budget
Rs. (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
23
18,64,000
264.60
Total
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Strengthening of Mid Day Meal Cell (District level)
Rate
(Rs. Per Month)
Annual Budget
Rs. (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)
Block Co-ordinators
• 820 Blocks
• 48 (12x4)Mahanagar
• 58 Nagar kshetra)
926
Annual Budget
Rs. (In Lac)
11,000
1,222.32
Strengthening of Management (School level)
MDM Supervisor
Office Contingency @ 3.8%
Grand Total
1,70,000
5,000
1,02,000.00
3,931.65
1,07,430.45
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 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
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District: Gorakhpur, Primary School Barauwa, Block Piprauli
District: Gorakhpur, Primary School Barauwa, Block Piprauli