Annual Work plan & Budget 2013-14 Mid-Day Meal Scheme

1. Annual Work plan & Budget 2013-14 Mid-Day Meal Scheme Presentation by Department of Education, Government of Gujarat

2. MDM Scheme in Gujarat • Gujarat introduced MDM scheme in 1984 and is pioneer state in providing hot cooked meals. • Total 33623 Schools are Covered by the MDM • Approximately 43.55 Lakhs children take MDM benefit. • Approximately 89,374 Cook cum Helpers working for the scheme. • Total budget for 2012-13 is Rs. 628.21 crores (Central Share Rs. 428.21 crores and Total State provision Rs. 200.00 crores). • Total budget proposed for 2013-14 is Rs. 746.09Crores (Central Share Rs. 582.50 Crores and Total State Provision Rs. 260 Crores).

3. Administrative Structure-MDM Gujarat Commissioner Education Department State District Joint Commissioner Collector/ Municipal Commissioner Asst.Commi.(Impl/Admin) Dy.Collector/Dy.Muni.Commisioner Dy. D.P.E.O. Other Staff Other Staff

4. Status of Establishment at State Level Status of Establishment at District / Taluka Level

5. Coverage Comparison Cook-Cum Helper-Comparison

6. Coverage Comparison

7. Food Grain Flow Chart 7

8. Achievements of 2012-13

9. Coverage of Students NGOs Coverage

10. SMC pilot project

11. Gas Connection to MDM Centers • Planning to cover all 30377 centers by march 2013

12. Major Achievements (2012-13)

13. NGO Participation in MDM Scheme The State Government has taken various steps to enhance quality of MDM food through participationof NGOs

14. Proposals for 2013-14

15. An initiative:PilotSukhadi Project • Aim:To increase the utilization of food grain and enhance calorie and protein intake by students to enhance the coverage • Sukhdi will be served once in a week • “Sukhdi” recipe is approved by the CFTRI & nutrition experts • It will be prepared using wheat, jaggery and oil • State government will contribute Rs. 18.70 crores for oil and jaggery • Nutritional characteristics of each serving of sukhdi: Std.1-5(gms) Std. 6-8(gms) • Wheat 20 25 • Jaggery 15 20 • Oil 10 12 • Total calories 214 267

16. Economics of “Sukhadi”

17. Project of “Sukhdi” approved by Government of Gujarat(Rs. Lakhs)

18. Saving of food grains and cooking cost Average beneficiary against enrolment - 70%, Saving of food grain & cooking cost – 30 % Note: To increase the beneficiaries, we kindly request central Government to approve “SUKHADI” project one day in a week. If Approved, we will send the separate project proposal.

19. Additional State Components for year 2013-14 (Rs. in Crores)

20. Requirement for 8th Standard students in 2013-14No. of schools: 660 , Total No. of beneficiaries: 13200 , Days :240, Requirement of food grain (150 g per day per student) : 475.2 Metric Tonnes Rs. Lakhs

21. Annual Data entry

22. Annual Data entry

23. Monthly Data entry Status-December Month

24. Monthly Data entry Status-December Month

25. Proposal to GOI for Strengthening of MIS • The state include Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal have made additional staff • arrangements for MDM • Similarly in Gujarat , reinforcement of HR is proposed as under (Rs. in lakhs)

26. Third Party Evaluation of MDM

27. Observations by Maharaja SayajiraoUniversity,Vadodara • Adequate buffer stock maintained in most of the schools • Gas cylinders being provided in many schools which minimized the cooking time • Menu was painted in most of the schools • Low use of vegetables and condiments • Observations by Sardar Patel Institute of Economics and Social Research, Ahmedabad • Hot cooked food served without any interruption • More than 73% children attended the school on the visit day • More than 76% children availed the MDM on the visit day • Did not find any gender, caste, community discrimination in cooking, serving and sitting arrangement • Dal & vegetables are served irregularly • Inadequate inspection of MDM centers

28. Observations by Sanguine Management Services Pvt. Ltd, Ahmedabad • The weekly menu and norms was displayed in the schools and Center. • 33% of the Government official Supervise and Monitor MDM. 56% mother and SMC have supervised MDM during lunch time. • 66% of organizer maintained and update their register on daily basis. • The health program conducted regularly in southern region. • The organizers and cooks complained of low and irregular wages compare to existing wage rate. • Lack of adequate storage facilities.

29. Comparative appraisal of MDM through NGO and Government by Sanguine mgt ltd: 573 centres of 7 Districts of Central Region

30. Summary of Major Recommendation and action contemplated

31. Summary of Major Recommendation and action contemplated

32. Proposed Annual Work Plan 2013-14 of Gujarat State Rs. In Lakh

33. Proposed Annual Work Plan 2013-14 of Gujarat State Rs. In Lakh Cont….

34. Issues to be Considered • Linking transport subsidy with fuel price hike The figure of transport subsidy should be in proportion to fuel prices i.e. as fuel price increase, there should be proportionate increase in transport subsidy. The actual difference in the transport subsidy borne by the Government of Gujarat due to lower rate of the Government of India is Rs. 484 Lacs from April-12 to December-12. • Linking cooking cost with rise in the cost of LPG Presently we include fuel charge into the cooking cost but it should be separated from cooking cost because LPG connection have been released/ being released to all MDM centers and LPG price depends on international market rate which shows frequent fluctuations which in turn affects the cooking cost. Cooking cost should be as per actual cost of commercial connection of LPG fixed by PSU. • Linking Cooking Cost to food price Inflation Index As per the present guideline NP-NSPE-2006, the cooking cost is increased by 7.5% every year. There should be proportionate increase in cooking cost in proportion to food inflation index.

35. Revision of the norm for Kitchen Devices As per the MDM guideline an amount of Rs.5000 is admissible for kitchen devices. But it should be increased to Rs.8000 taking into increase in raw material price. • Supplying MDM in rural area through NGO The guideline permits for the supply of MDM in urban area through NGO. The policy may be revised to include the rural area in light of increased Road transport facility and faster vehicles. • Supplement like Sukhdi for increasing consumption of grain: It is observed that the children can not consume the full quantity of food grain 100 gm (primary) and 150 gm (upper primary) consumed at a time hence an additional supplement like Sukhadi is suggested from the quantity that is saved

36. Improving norm for protein The protein content from the present daily allowable quantities (in gms) of grain and pulse for primary and upper primary are as under: food Grain Protein Pulse Protein Total protein Primary 100 8 20 5 13 Upper pri. 150 12 30 7.5 19.5 The current norm of protein should be enhanced through suitable supplement of protein. • Increase in the honorarium for cook The honorarium of MDM cook cum helper should be increased from present Rs.1000 • Deletion of the word poor It is suggested that the word “poor” should be removed from the guideline (Chapter- 1, para 1.7) and Para 2.2.1.II of draft guideline to avoid perception of people - “the scheme for poor children”

37. Thank You