Lok Sabha Question No. 2640 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Mid-Day Meal
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NAND KUMAR SINGH CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2640 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## Mid-Day Meal

## † 2640.  SHRI NAND KUMAR SINGH CHOUHAN::

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any assessment regarding the cooks working under mid-day meal scheme during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the State/UT-wise details thereof;
- (c) the amount of honorarium being paid to these cooks and since when;
- (d) whether the Government proposes/has received any proposals to increase the honorarium of the cooks;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the status of the present proposals?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a) & (b): Under the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS), one cook-cum-helper (CCH) is engaged for schools up to 25 students, two cooks-cum-helpers for schools with 26 to 100 students and one additional cook-cum-helper for every addition of up to 100 students.  The State and UTwise  number  of  CCH  engaged  under  the  scheme  during  the  last  three  years  are  given  at Annexure.
- (c) to (f): The requests for increasing the honorarium to Cook-cum Helpers (CCHs) under the Scheme have been received. However, it is stated that the CCHs engaged under the Scheme for preparing and serving mid-day meals at schools, are honorary workers who have come forward for rendering social services. In recognition of their services,  the  CCHs  are  paid Rs.1000 per month for 10 months in a year from 01.12.2009 as honorarium and this is being continued.  The  honorarium  expenditure  is  shared  between  the  Central  Government  and States  and  UTs  as  per  the  approved  sharing  pattern.  The  State  Governments  and  UT Administrations also supplement the honorarium by providing additional funds from their own resources.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2640 for 12.03.2018 raised by Shri Nand Kumar Singh Chouhan regarding Mid Day Meal.

## Number of Cooks-cum Helpers Engaged during last three years under MDMS

| S.No   | States            | Number of Cooks-cum Helpers Engaged under MDMS   | Number of Cooks-cum Helpers Engaged under MDMS   | Number of Cooks-cum Helpers Engaged under MDMS   |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|        |                   | 2014-15                                          | 2015-16                                          | 2016-17                                          |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 97251                                            | 92105                                            | 92105                                            |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 7736                                             | 7729                                             | 6749                                             |
| 3      | Assam             | 122724                                           | 121441                                           | 122724                                           |
| 4      | Bihar             | 235181                                           | 236278                                           | 238869                                           |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 95524                                            | 93420                                            | 89791                                            |
| 6      | Goa               | 2067                                             | 2623                                             | 2696                                             |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 90671                                            | 89796                                            | 87419                                            |
| 8      | Haryana           | 32610                                            | 30652                                            | 30236                                            |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  | 23478                                            | 22813                                            | 22378                                            |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir    | 29555                                            | 30648                                            | 30110                                            |
| 11     | Jharkhand         | 81203                                            | 81824                                            | 81417                                            |
| 12     | Karnataka         | 117842                                           | 118886                                           | 118199                                           |
| 13     | Kerala            | 13700                                            | 13664                                            | 14373                                            |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    | 243309                                           | 236986                                           | 232183                                           |
| 15     | Maharashtra       | 164479                                           | 163523                                           | 167909                                           |
| 16     | Manipur           | 6528                                             | 6951                                             | 6762                                             |
| 17     | Meghalaya         | 16965                                            | 17094                                            | 17546                                            |
| 18     | Mizoram           | 5166                                             | 5220                                             | 5071                                             |
| 19     | Nagaland          | 5057                                             | 5057                                             | 4643                                             |
| 20     | Orissa            | 128020                                           | 128817                                           | 128000                                           |
| 21     | Punjab            | 41820                                            | 42343                                            | 42510                                            |
| 22     | Rajasthan         | 124616                                           | 115622                                           | 115622                                           |
| 23     | Sikkim            | 1891                                             | 1884                                             | 1891                                             |
| 24     | Tamilnadu         | 128130                                           | 128130                                           | 128130                                           |
| 25     | Telangana         | 55151                                            | 53492                                            | 52669                                            |
| 26     | Tripura           | 10941                                            | 10926                                            | 10943                                            |
| 27     | Uttar Pradesh     | 401378                                           | 398073                                           | 397829                                           |
| 28     | Uttarakhand       | 29397                                            | 28699                                            | 28092                                            |
| 29     | West Bengal       | 237774                                           | 244744                                           | 238106                                           |
| 30     | A&N islands       | 721                                              | 721                                              | 721                                              |
| 31     | Chandigarh        | 740                                              | 746                                              | 741                                              |
| 32     | D&N Haveli        | 861                                              | 927                                              | 925                                              |
| 33     | Daman &Diu        | 304                                              | 317                                              | 320                                              |
| 34     | Delhi             | 20845                                            | 19271                                            | 19228                                            |
| 35     | Lakshadweep       | 113                                              | 110                                              | 110                                              |
| 36     | Puducherry        | 1031                                             | 1031                                             | 1031                                             |
|        | Total             | 2574779                                          | 2552563                                          | 2538048                                          |