Lok Sabha Question No. 27 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Mid-Day Meal Scheme
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 27 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2019

## Mid-Day Meal Scheme

## 27. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

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

- (a) the  number  of  children  enrolled  under  Mid-Day  Meal  Scheme  during  2018-19, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of children out of these, who had linked their Aadhaar numbers by March 31, 2019; and
- (c) the number of children out of the rest, who have been listed as proxy/duplicate and yet to link their Aadhaar numbers?

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

- (a): During 2018-19, the number of children enrolled under Mid-Day Meal Scheme are 11,98,27,939. The State and UT-wise details of children enrolled under mid-day meal scheme is given at Annexure.
- (b) &  (c):  As  per  information  reported  by  States  and  UTs  (except  J&K,  Assam  & Meghalaya which are exempted), out of 11,39,06,555 enrolled students in Elementary Level  (Classes  I  -VIII)  10,10,84,233    (89%)  students  have  Aadhaar  number  and 1,28,22,322 students do not have Aadhaar number as on 31.03.2019. The States and UTs  also  reported  that  6,70,818  proxy/duplicate  names  have  been  deleted  after Aadhaar  authentication.  However,  no  eligible  child  has  been  deprived  of  mid-day meal.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 27 for  18.11.2019  raised  by  Kumari  Shobha  Karandlaje  regarding  Mid-Day  Meal Scheme

## Details  of  State  and  UT-wise  Information  on  enrolled  school  children  under MDMS as on 31.03.2019

| S.No.   | State/UT          |   Number of Children Enrolled |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                       3003654 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |                        167565 |
| 3       | Assam             |                       4263752 |
| 4       | Bihar             |                      18095158 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |                       3041123 |
| 6       | Goa               |                        161693 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |                       5488319 |
| 8       | Haryana           |                       1491169 |
| 9       | Himachal pradesh  |                        509804 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    |                        941554 |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |                       4402797 |
| 12      | Karnataka         |                       4632909 |
| 13      | Kerala            |                       2728751 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    |                       6809497 |
| 15      | Maharashtra       |                      10788967 |
| 16      | Manipur           |                        171169 |
| 17      | Meghalaya         |                        716078 |
| 18      | Mizoram           |                        136951 |
| 19      | Nagaland          |                        168338 |
| 20      | Odisha            |                       4641593 |
| 21      | Punjab            |                       1574441 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |                       6265346 |
| 23      | Sikkim            |                         60691 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        |                       5010783 |
| 25      | Telangana         |                       1913868 |
| 26      | Tripura           |                        446226 |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     |                      18019846 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       |                        716910 |
| 29      | West Bengal       |                      11579246 |
| 30      | A&N Islands       |                         32337 |
| 31      | Chandigarh        |                         95334 |
| 32      | D&N Haveli        |                         42867 |
| 33      | Daman &Diu        |                         18827 |
| 34      | Delhi             |                       1626379 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       |                          7481 |
| 36      | Puducherry        |                         56516 |
|         | Total             |                     119827939 |