Lok Sabha Question No. 71 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: Mid Day Meal Scheme
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: V. Kalanidhi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 71 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## Mid Day Meal Scheme

## 71.     DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY:

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

- (a)  the  features  of  the  Mid  Day  Meal  Scheme  along  with  the  details  of  the  funds sanctioned, allocated and utilised under this scheme during the last three years and the current year across the country including Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the details of the norms fixed by the Government under this scheme;
- (c) whether the cases of wastage of food being provided under this scheme have come to the   notice of the Government across the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise along with the action taken by the Government in this  regard;
- (e) whether the Government is planning to expand the menu being provided under this scheme at present across the country; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the time by which it is likely to be expanded?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a):  Mid-Day  Meal  Scheme  (MDMS)  is  an  on-going  Centrally-Sponsored  Scheme which  covers  all  school  children  studying  in  Classes  I-VIII  of  Government, Government-Aided  schools,  Special  Training  Centres  including  Madarsas  and Maqtabs supported under Samagra Shiksha (SS). The objectives of the Scheme are

to  address  two  of  the  pressing  problems  for  majority    of  children  in  India,  viz. hunger and education by:

- i. Improving the nutritional status of children covered under the scheme.
- ii. Encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities.
- iii. Providing  nutritional  support  to  children  of  elementary  stage  in  drought-affected areas during summer vacation.

The  details  of  the  funds  sanctioned/  allocated  and  utilised  under  the    Scheme, during the last three years and the current year across the country including Tamil Nadu are given at Annexure-I.

- (b):  The norms fixed by the Government under this Scheme are given at Annexure-II.
- (c) & (d): No, Sir. No cases of wastage of food being provided under the Scheme have been reported by States and UTs across the country.
- (e) & (f): No, Sir. Government is not considering to expand the menu being provided under the Scheme at present across the country. It is also stated that the MDMS is implemented in partnership with States and Union Territories Administrations. The overall  responsibility  for  providing  cooked  and  nutritious  mid-day  meal  to  the eligible  children  lies  with  the  States  and  UTs  in  accordance  with  the  Guidelines laid down by the Central Government. The States and UTs fix their menu as per their local needs, in order to meet the prescribed nutritional content.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 71 for 03.02.2020 raised by Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy regarding Mid-Day Meal scheme.

The details of funds allocated/released and funds utilized during the last three years and current year during mid-day meal scheme.

(Rs. in Lakh)

| S. No.   | States/UTs        | Central Assistance Allocated/ Released   | Funds Utilized*   | Central Assistance Allocated/ Released   | Funds Utilized *   | Central Assistance Allocated/ Released   | Funds Utilized*   | Central Assistance Allocated/Rele ased (As on 23.01.2020)   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States/UTs        | 2016-17                                  | 2016-17           | 2017-18                                  | 2017-18            | 2018-19                                  | 2018-19           | 2019-20                                                     |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 24402.16                                 | 31090.81          | 25713.85                                 | 25038.98           | 25748.17                                 | 24891.49          | 25139.68                                                    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 3355.92                                  | 3238.96           | 2551.75                                  | 2584.38            | 2506.03                                  | 2585.01           | 1403.47                                                     |
| 3        | Assam             | 54846.72                                 | 52811.14          | 52903.47                                 | 52453.43           | 51982.21                                 | 53532.38          | 32386.64                                                    |
| 4        | Bihar             | 114257.02                                | 102997.04         | 97871.58                                 | 116749.66          | 112448.94                                | 110854.76         | 109313.34                                                   |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 29196.57                                 | 27203.37          | 27683.33                                 | 26410.68           | 32085.98                                 | 28308.86          | 25489.23                                                    |
| 6        | Goa               | 1230.38                                  | 1219.59           | 1230.93                                  | 1241.95            | 1309.07                                  | 1252.43           | 1276.05                                                     |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 40756.01                                 | 32466.67          | 40429.86                                 | 38955.79           | 42351.63                                 | 35897.83          | 39287.11                                                    |
| 8        | Haryana           | 11539.51                                 | 12155.75          | 9953.83                                  | 12177.85           | 13218.95                                 | 11221.87          | 10889.91                                                    |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 8028.63                                  | 8520.49           | 8684.1                                   | 7965.82            | 8021.30                                  | 8018.81           | 7556.73                                                     |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 11393.26                                 | 7796.13           | 6328.69                                  | 8478.64            | 10665.80                                 | 8598.72           | 2666.45                                                     |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 38196.77                                 | 31759.84          | 30332.59                                 | 30288.74           | 33242.99                                 | 29287.08          | 32310.90                                                    |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 43937.98                                 | 47203.93          | 44788.57                                 | 43548.88           | 40707.67                                 | 43358.74          | 52023.55                                                    |
| 13       | Kerala            | 17781.46                                 | 19377.77          | 32978.36                                 | 18973.8            | 19856.63                                 | 19477.55          | 11278.63                                                    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 65741.79                                 | 70507.81          | 58098.87                                 | 52691.33           | 56191.95                                 | 56434.57          | 50407.62                                                    |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 70686.68                                 | 80581.67          | 80310.7                                  | 81652.05           | 98185.46                                 | 82533.91          | 99468.82                                                    |
| 16       | Manipur           | 2691.66                                  | 2507.42           | 2479.76                                  | 2200.51            | 2050.81                                  | 2151.03           | 1210.51                                                     |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 6239.53                                  | 6609.54           | 6486.73                                  | 6755.05            | 7734.39                                  | 7119.85           | 7530.73                                                     |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 2017.24                                  | 2350.84           | 2018.32                                  | 1896.24            | 1889.23                                  | 1862.79           | 1809.79                                                     |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 2423.56                                  | 2123.99           | 1776.42                                  | 2101.13            | 2861.95                                  | 2208.58           | 2279.38                                                     |
| 20       | Orissa            | 43841.08                                 | 42267.63          | 41927.41                                 | 39697.56           | 39556.93                                 | 38228.53          | 40358.68                                                    |
| 21       | Punjab            | 13773.43                                 | 14993.31          | 14330.59                                 | 14301.69           | 15249.99                                 | 14605.25          | 13113.44                                                    |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 45451.46                                 | 40441.13          | 41107.05                                 | 41853.18           | 42043.30                                 | 42136.34          | 47252.76                                                    |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 899.13                                   | 947.44            | 881.12                                   | 866.74             | 881.15                                   | 865.16            | 817.45                                                      |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 42846.05                                 | 43470.38          | 42506.34                                 | 42238.42           | 42054.58                                 | 41859.94          | 42572.70                                                    |
| 25       | Telangana         | 18085.87                                 | 16991.58          | 15494.76                                 | 15899.6            | 15757.34                                 | 16833.58          | 17395.36                                                    |
| 26       | Tripura           | 5279.73                                  | 5149.27           | 5119.04                                  | 5164.16            | 5339.03                                  | 4998.50           | 5039.65                                                     |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 8483.19                                  | 9886.40           | 9714.2                                   | 9652.28            | 9478.27                                  | 9290.60           | 9164.87                                                     |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     | 101736.19                                | 103450.12         | 100475.08                                | 99654.16           | 112771.60                                | 110736.90         | 118201.96                                                   |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 106921.55                                | 99324.60          | 97146.3                                  | 97729.7            | 91710.01                                 | 101761.25         | 106401.14                                                   |

| 31               | Chandigarh       |     819.3 |    644.19 |    669.35 |     655.1 |   1062.83 |    652.73 |    884.26 |
|------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 32               | D&N Haveli       |    638.51 |    627.65 |    538.44 |    528.21 |    933.22 |    562.83 |    572.89 |
| 33               | Daman &Diu       |    284.48 |    167.54 |    332.16 |    262.55 |    304.07 |    284.31 |    258.31 |
| 34               | Delhi            |   9075.93 |   8408.28 |   5294.99 |   6059.56 |   9808.38 |   9470.37 |  10320    |
| 35               | Lakshadweep      |    127.6  |     99.24 |    118.41 |     89.96 |    124.63 |     97.86 |     59.36 |
| 36               | Puducherry       |    459.94 |    374.08 |    402.48 |    384.13 |    515.51 |    394.63 |    290.01 |
| TOTAL (In Lakhs) | TOTAL (In Lakhs) | 947861    | 930151    | 909068    | 907576    | 951235    | 922752    | 926667    |
| TOTAL (In Crore) | TOTAL (In Crore) |   9478.61 |   9301.51 |   9090.68 |   9075.76 |   9512.35 |   9227.52 |   9266.67 |

*Funds  utilized  include  unspent  balance  from  previous  financial  year.  Hence,  in  some  States/UTs, the expenditure may be more than the Central Assistance released in that Financial Year.

## Annexure -II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 71 for 03.02.2020 raised by Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy regarding Mid-Day Meal scheme.

## Nutrition and food norms - Per child per day

| S. No.                                                              | Items                                                               | Primary                                                             | Upper Primary                                                       |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| A) Nutritional Norms as per Natioanl Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 | A) Nutritional Norms as per Natioanl Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 | A) Nutritional Norms as per Natioanl Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 | A) Nutritional Norms as per Natioanl Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 |
| 1                                                                   | Calorie                                                             | 450                                                                 | 700                                                                 |
| 2                                                                   | Protein                                                             | 12 gms                                                              | 20 gms                                                              |
| B) Food Norms                                                       | B) Food Norms                                                       | B) Food Norms                                                       | B) Food Norms                                                       |
| 1                                                                   | Food grains                                                         | 100 gms                                                             | 150 gms                                                             |
| 2                                                                   | Pulses                                                              | 20 gms                                                              | 30 gms                                                              |
| 3                                                                   | Vegetables                                                          | 50 gms                                                              | 75 gms                                                              |
| 4                                                                   | Oil& fat                                                            | 5 gms                                                               | 7.5 gms                                                             |
| 5                                                                   | Salt &condiments                                                    | As per need                                                         | As per need                                                         |