Lok Sabha Question No. 2056 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: Review of Mid Day Meal Scheme
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GAURAV GOGOI, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE, SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY, S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA, BHAGWANTH KHUBA, MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.2056 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2016

## Review of Mid Day Meal Scheme

2056.   SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY:

SHRI S.P.MUDDAHANUME GOWDA:

SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

- a) whether a meeting of the Empowered Committee for Mid Day Meal Scheme was held at New Delhi recently to review the National Programme for Nutritional Support to Primary Education,  2006  and  if  so,  the  details  of  participants,  discussions  held  and  outcome thereof;
- b) whether the Mid Day Meal provided in schools in various States is   according to the norms  of  the  Government  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  monitoring mechanism adopted by the Government to check quality, safety and hygiene of Mid Day Meals in schools across the country;
- c) the  number  of  incidents  of  serving  substandard/contaminated  mid  day  meal  reported during  the  last  three  years,  State/UT-wise  and  year-wise  along  with  the  number  of casualties/deaths reported; and
- d) the current per head sanctioned amount under the Mid Day Meal Scheme and measures taken to ensure the adequacy of the amount to provide nutritious food to the poor children to keep them healthy and encouraged to attend school?

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

- (a): Yes,  Madam.    A  meeting      of  the  Empowered  Committee  for  Mid  Day  Meal  Scheme (MDMS) was held at New Delhi on 07.09.2016 under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Minister of Human Resource Development to review the implementation of the Scheme. The list of participants is given at Annexure -I. The committee reviewed the performance of the scheme and identified certain issues to be examined such as adequacy of cooking cost, extension of

MDMS  to  class  9 th and  10 th ,  community  participation,  use  of  LPG,  provision  of  more foodgrains  for  children  in  tribal  areas  and  safety,  quality  &  hygiene  etc.  The  Committee recommended setting up of an expert committee to examine the above issues.

## (b):  The Mid-day Meal is provided to children studying in classes I-VIII of eligible schools in the States/UTs as per the following norms:-

| S.No.   | Items                    | Quantity per day / child   | Quantity per day / child   |
|---------|--------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|         |                          | Primary                    | Upper Primary              |
| 1       | Foodgrain (Rice / Wheat) | 100 gm                     | 150 gm                     |
| 2       | Pulses                   | 20 gm                      | 30 gm                      |
| 3       | Vegetables (leafy also)  | 50 gm                      | 75 gm                      |
| 4       | Oil &Fat                 | 5 gm                       | 7.5 gm                     |
| 5       | Salt &Condiments         | As per need                | As per need                |

The Government has adopted an elaborate monitoring mechanism at Central, State and District levels  to  check  quality,  safety  and  hygiene  of  Mid  Day  Meals.    At  national  level,  an Empowered  Committee,  headed  by  Minister  of  HRD,  a  National  level  Steering-cumMonitoring  Committee  (NSMC)  and  Programme  Approval  Board  (PAB),  both  headed  by Secretary (School Education &  Literacy), evaluate the performance  of each State in implementation of the Scheme and suggest measures for its smooth and effective implementation. At the State level, a State level Steering-cum-Monitoring Committee headed by  the  State  Chief  Secretary  and,  at  District  Level,  a  District  Level  Committee  under  the Chairpersonship of senior-most Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha, of the district monitors the  implementation  of  the  scheme  in  the  concerned  District.    Besides,  at  local  level  Gram Panchayats /Gram Sabhas, member of Village Education Committees (VECs), Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs), School Management Committees (SMCs)  are required to monitor the regularity and wholesomeness of the mid day meal served to children, cleanliness in cooking and serving of the mid day meal, timeliness in procurement of good quality ingredients, fuel, etc., implementation of varied menu and social and gender equity on a daily basis. In addition, the Centre constitutes Joint Review Missions (JRMs) consisting of educational and nutritional experts, which review the scheme through field visits from time to time.  The reports of JRMs are shared with concerned States/UTs for taking corrective action on the findings.

- (c) The State/UT-wise details of the number of incidents of serving substandard/contaminated mid- day meal reported from various States / UTs during the last  three  years  are  given  at  annexure-II.    During  the  last  three  years,  only  one  such incident has been reported in July, 2013 in District Saran of Bihar in which 23 children died after consuming the Mid Day Meal.
- (d) The cooking cost which includes the cost of vegetables, pulses, oil, condiments & fuel has been enhanced by 7% w.e.f. 01.07.2016 and the current cooking cost is Rs.4.13 and Rs.6.18 per child per day for Primary and Upper Primary stage, respectively.  In addition, the  Central  Government  provides  100%  funding  for  foodgrains,  transport  assistance, kitchen devices and Management/Monitoring Expenses. Several State/UT Governments are  also  contributing  additional  funds  over  and  above  their  minimum  mandatory  share under Mid Day Meal Scheme to provide nutritious food to the poor children to keep them healthy and encouraged to attend school.

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  part  (a)  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.2056  for 28.11.2016 by SHRI GAURAV GOGOI, SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA,SHRI RAJAN  VICHARE,SHRI  SATISH  CHANDRA  DUBEY,SHRI  S.P.MUDDAHANUME GOWDA,SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA, SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL and  SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA regarding Review of Mid Day Meal Scheme.

## List of Participants

1. Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon'ble Minister of Human Resource Development, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
2. Smt. Deborah C. Marak, Education Minister, Govt. of Meghalaya.
3. Dr. Subhash Chandra Khuntia, Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
4. Shri Mohammed Hanish, lAS, Secretary, Department of General Education, Govt. of Kerala.
5. Shri Aditya Nath Das, Principal Secretary, Department of School Education, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.
6. Dr. Rakesh Sarwal, Principal Secretary, Department of School Education, Govt. of Tripura.
7. Shri Arvind Kumar Mishra, Additional Commissioner, MDM, Govt. of Rajasthan.
8. Ms. Rakhee Gupta, lAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs.
9. Shri Y. Seshu Kumar, Joint Secretary (MDM), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
10. Shri Deepak Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, Krishi Bhavan.
11. Shri Gaya Prasad, Director (MOM), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
12. Shri Krishna Bahadur Singh, Director, Ministry of Women & Child Development.
13. Shri Biswaranjan Sasmal, Director, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Shastri Bhavan.
14. Shri S. S. Prasad, Director, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, JP Building.
15. Shri Samir Kumar, Economic Adviser, Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation.
16. Dr. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, Chairperson, Adamya Chetana, Bengaluru.
17. Shri Ashok Bhagat, Secretary of Vikas Bharti, Bishanpur.
18. Shri Bimal Dubey, Director (C`ompliance), FSSAI.
19. Dr. Randeep Guleria, Head of the Department of Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders, All MS.
20. Ms. Indu Prasad, Head, Azim Premji Foundation, Bengaluru.
21. Dr. V.K. Paul, Professor of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, AIIMS.
22. Shri Manoranjan Kumar, Adviser, Ministry of Rural Development, Krishi Bhavan.
23. Shri Swami Tattwananananda, Representative of Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math.
24. Shri Pradeep Oak, Trustee, Adamya Chetana, Bengaluru.
25. Shri S. Satyanarayanan, Media Consultant to HRM.
26. Shri Ovidio L. Kurbah, MIS Coordinator MDM, Government of Meghalaya.
27. Shri Rajeev Kumar, Under Secretary (MDM), Ministry of Human Resource Development,Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
28. Shri Sachin Arora, Under Secretary, (MOM), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
29. Shri Sanjay Arora, Under Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs.
30. Smt. Sushila Tiwari, Section Officer (MDM 2-1), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
31. Mr. Deepak Shaw, Assistant Section Officer (MDM 1-2), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
32. Mr. Randhir Singh Yadav, Assistant Section Officer (Desk-MDM), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
33. Shri Sandeep Kumar P, Vikas Bharti.
34. Shri Om Prakash, Programmer, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
35. Shri K.P.S. Shishodia, DGM/PM (TSG-MDM), Ed.Cll.
36. Shri Rajat Gupta, Senior Consultant (MIS), TSG-MDM, Ed.Cll.
37. Shri Tanmoy Ghatak, Senior Consultant (Plan Monitoring), TSG-MDM, Ed.CIL.
38. Shri Sunil Kumar Sinha, Senior Consultant, TSG-MDM, Ed.CIL.
39. Shri K.K. Sharma, Consultant (Finance), TSG-MDM, Ed.CIL.
40. Shri Bhupendra Kumar, Consultant, TSG-MDM, Ed.Cll.
41. Dr. Anindita Shukla, Consultant (Food & Nutrition), TSG-MDM, Ed.Cll.
42. Dr. Mridula Sircar, Consultant, (Plan Monitoring), TSG-MDM, Ed.Cll.
43. Shri Dinesh Pradhan, Consultant, TSG-MDM, Ed.Cll.
44. Shri lokendra Mahavar, Consultant (Capacity Building), TSG-MDM, Ed.CIL.

Annexure referred to in reply part (c) Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2056 for 28.11.2016  by  SHRI  GAURAV  GOGOI,  SHRI  JYOTIRADITYA  M.  SCINDIA, SHRI RAJAN VICHARE, SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY, SHRI S.P.MUDDAHANUME GOWDA, SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA, SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL and SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA regarding Review of Mid Day Meal Scheme.

## Number of incident  of  serving  substandard  /  contaminated  mid-day  meal  reported during the last three years.

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | Poor Quality   | Poor Quality   | Poor Quality   | Poor Quality   | Total   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | 2013           | 2014           | 2015           | 2016           | Total   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                | 2              |                | 1              | 3       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                |                |                |                | 0       |
| 3         | A& N Islands      |                | 1              |                |                | 1       |
| 4         | Assam             |                |                | 1              |                | 1       |
| 5         | Bihar             | 5              | 9              | 7              | 2              | 23      |
| 6         | Chandigarh        |                |                | 1              |                | 1       |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      | 1              | 3              | 1              | 1              | 6       |
| 8         | Delhi             | 1              | 2              | 6              |                | 9       |
| 9         | Gujarat           |                | 1              | 1              |                | 2       |
| 10        | Goa               |                |                | 1              |                | 1       |
| 11        | Haryana           | 1              | 1              |                | 1              | 3       |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh  |                |                | 1              |                | 1       |
| 13        | J&K               |                |                |                | 1              | 1       |
| 13        | Jharkhand         | 1              | 3              | 2              | 2              | 8       |
| 14        | Karnataka         | 1              | 3              |                |                | 4       |
| 15        | Kerala            |                |                |                |                | 0       |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh    |                | 3              | 3              |                | 6       |
| 17        | Maharashtra       |                | 2              | 5              | 2              | 9       |
| 18        | Odisha            | 3              | 4              | 2              | 1              | 10      |
| 19        | Punjab            |                |                |                | 1              | 1       |
| 20        | Rajasthan         | 2              |                |                |                | 2       |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu        | 1              |                |                |                | 1       |
| 22        | Telangana         |                | 1              |                |                | 1       |
| 23        | Tripura           |                |                | 1              |                | 1       |
| 24        | Uttarakhand       |                |                |                |                | 0       |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh     | 1              | 6              | 13             | 5              | 25      |
| 26        | West Bengal       | 1              |                | 1              | 2              | 4       |
|           | Total             | 18             | 41             | 46             | 19             | 124     |