Uttar Pradesh Presentation Shastri Bhawan , New Delhi 09th April, 2013

1. Project Approval Board Meeting 2013-14 Uttar Pradesh Presentation ShastriBhawan, New Delhi 09th April, 2013

2. Structure of Presentation • Coverage of Primary & Upper Primary Schools • Organizational Structure • Implementation • Monitoring & Evaluation • Action Plan 2013-14 • Efforts in MDM • Innovations in MDM

3. Coverage of Primary & Upper Primary Schools

4. Organizational Structure • 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.

5. Organizational Structure - District • District Level Task Force headed by D.M. • Block level Task Force headed by S.D.M. • MDM Cell for each Commissionaires & District • MDM Cell comprises of: • (A) Co-ordinator • (B) Computer Operator • Responsible for implementation of scheme at field level

6. Implementation • Primarily Gram Panchayat in Rural Areas • Ward Members/NGOs in Urban Areas • Mahila Samakhya in selected rural areas in 16 districts • SHG/DUDA • For Conversion Cost separate bank A/c at Gram Panchayat Level (Madhyanh Bhojan Nidhi) • Provision of MDM Register in every school for keeping account of food grain, Conversion cost & number of students availing MDM

7. Implementation • Required prescribed amount of nutrients is being provided through varied WEEKLY MENU. • A study has been commissioned to find out the ways as to how the menu can be diversified. • Move to make daily monitoring system a tool of planning also by identifying the primary reasons of default in cooking meals and accordingly of regional imbalances.

8. Distribution of Grains FCI NGOs/MahilaSamakhya where engaged State Lifting Agency 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.

9. Funds Flow (Conversion Cost) State Government (Basic Education Department) District Magistrate MadhyanhBhojanNidhi Urban Local Body/ NGO

10. Monitoring & Evaluation • 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

11. Monitoring & Evaluation • EXTERNAL EVALUATION of impact of the mid-day meal programme was commissioned by IIM Lucknow, UdyamitaVikasSansthan, Lucknow and G.B. Pant Institute of Social Science, Allahabad. • DAILY MONITORING of regularity of meals provided being successfully done through IVRS based real-time monitoring. • SPOT INSPECTIONS done for cross checking the IVRS data as part of the concurrent monitoring.

12. Progress 2012-13 Upto 3rd Qtr. • According to IVRS data peak availing figures is 8851234 For PS and 3460317 For UPS including NCLP. • Food grain lifting 229706.26 MTs against 331929.89 MTs Allocation. • Conversion Cost Expenditure of Rs. 57251.51 Lac against outlay of Rs. 76457.02 Lac. • FCI payment of Rs. 8137.75 Lac. against Bill of Rs. 11383.45 Lac received. • 100% MIS Annual Data Entry on TRGMDM.NIC.IN • More than 80% MIS Monthly Data Entry upto Dec, 2012 on TRGMDM.NIC.IN

13. Financial Progress 2012-13 Rs. In Crore • Approval of PAB • Central Share : 1316.51 • State Share : 363.36 • Status of Central Assistance • O.B. as on 01.04.2012 : 93.61 • C.A. Received under recurring component : 1222.90 • Total C.A. available under recurring component : 1316.51 • C.A. received under non- recurring component : 933.25(Kitchen Devices) • Fund Released From State Budget • Under recurring cost • Central Share : 1265.17 • State Share : 361.91 • Total : 1627.08 • Under non-recurring cost • Central Share (Kitchen Devices) : 933.25 • Interim Expenditure till Jan’13 : 1143.76

14. Action Plan 2013-14

15. Action Plan 2013-14

16. Action Plan 2013-14 at a glance Rs. In Cr.

17. Main Deviation from FY-2012-13 • CONVERSION COST increased from Rs. 3.11 to 3.34 for Primary and Rs. 4.65 to 5.00 for Upper Primary Schools • COOKING GAS component costing Rs. 690.13 Cr. • KITCHEN SHED requirement in 5833 schools. • ADDITIONAL MME for monitoring of MIS & IVRS reports up to block level for stringent & effective monitoring.

18. Awards received for IVRS based Daily Monitoring System. • National Gold Award 2012 for e-Governance by GOI • UNICEF Recognition for Innovation for Children Award in NASSCOM Social Innovation Honors 2013 organized by NASSCOM Foundation. • mBillionth Award South Asia 2011 under the auspices of I.T. Department, GOI. • Special Recognition by Vodafone Mobiles for Good 2011. • India Digital Award 2011 by Internet & Mobile Assosiation of India. (I.A.M.A.I.) • Manthan Award: South Asia and South Pacific 2012 for e-Governance under the auspices of I.T. Department of GOI.

19. Innovations in MDM • Successful implementation of IVRS based Daily Information System • Module for sending information of fund transfer in “MadhyanBhojanNidhi” through System generated SMS to teachers is being rolled-out soon • Login allotted to Block Education Officers for exception report based intensive monitoring of MDM scheme • Web based online Reconciliation mechanism being proposed for Food grain payments to FCI • Training Program with co-ordination of UNICEF for Block Education Officers

20. Additional Demand for better implementation • One time central assistance is required for gas connections. • Eating Plates, Glass and Spoon for all children • (@ Rs. 100 per child) • One Computer Operator at each Block. (@ Rs. 8000 per month)

26. Thanks