Lok Sabha Question No. 117 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS)
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Tapir Gao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 117 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2019

## Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS)

## 117.  SHRI TAPIR GAO:

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

- (a) the number of manpower engaged for Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) in Schools;
- (b) the total strength of Mid Day Meal Scheme staff working all over the country, State-wise;
- (c) the number of days in a week and number of months they are working in a year;
- (d) the details of honorarium paid to each staff engaged in the MDMS; and
- (e) whether there  is  any  uniformity  in  the  honorarium  to  MDMS  staff  and  if  so, the  details thereof?

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

- (a) to  (e):  Under  the  Mid-Day  Meal  Scheme  (MDMS) one  cook-cum-helper  (CCH)  can  be engaged for upto 25 students, two cook-cum-helpers (CCHs) for schools with 26 to 100 students and one additional cook-cum-helper for every addition of up to 100 students. As against approval of 26.09 lakh cook-cum-helpers under the scheme during 2018-19, 24.95 lakh cook-cum-helpers have been engaged by the States and Union Territories.  The State and UT-wise details of CCHs engaged under the scheme are given at Annexure -I.

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. Honorarium is also provided to CCHs for preparing and serving mid day meals in elementary schools during  summer  vacation  in  drought  affected  areas  notified  by  the  concerned  State Governments. The details of the honorarium paid to the CCHs working under MDMS in all States and Union Territories during 2018-19 are given at Annexure-II. The honorarium expenditure  is  shared  between  the  Central  Government  and  States  and  UTs  as  per  the approved sharing pattern. Some  State Governments and UT  Administrations also supplement the honorarium by providing additional funds from their own resources.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 117 for 18.11.2019 raised by Shri Tapir Gao regarding Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS)

## Details of CCHs engaged under the scheme during 2018-19

|   S.No. | States            |   No. of Cooks-cum-Helpers Engaged |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                              85143 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                               6525 |
|       3 | Assam             |                             118319 |
|       4 | Bihar             |                             238869 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      |                              89101 |
|       6 | Goa               |                               2729 |
|       7 | Gujarat           |                              96329 |
|       8 | Haryana           |                              29980 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                              21753 |
|      10 | Jammu &Kashmir    |                              30583 |
|      11 | Jharkhand         |                              80282 |
|      12 | Karnataka         |                             117927 |
|      13 | Kerala            |                              14389 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh    |                             215834 |
|      15 | Maharashtra       |                             171131 |
|      16 | Manipur           |                               6277 |
|      17 | Meghalaya         |                              17882 |
|      18 | Mizoram           |                               4936 |
|      19 | Nagaland          |                               4695 |
|      20 | Orissa            |                             115543 |
|      21 | Punjab            |                              42368 |
|      22 | Rajasthan         |                             109922 |
|      23 | Sikkim            |                               1846 |
|      24 | Tamilnadu         |                             128130 |
|      25 | Telangana         |                              53176 |
|      26 | Tripura           |                              11002 |
|      27 | Uttar Pradesh     |                             393431 |
|      28 | Uttarakhand       |                              26524 |
|      29 | West Bengal       |                             238106 |
|      30 | A&N islands       |                                721 |
|      31 | Chandigarh        |                                800 |
|      32 | D&N Haveli        |                                926 |
|      33 | Daman &Diu        |                                320 |
|      34 | Delhi             |                              18434 |
|      35 | Lakshadweep       |                                110 |
|      36 | Puducherry        |                               1031 |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 117 for 18.11.2019 raised by Shri Tapir Gao regarding Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS)

Honorarium to Cook-cum-helpers during 2018-19

|   S.No | States            |   Cooks-cum-Helpers - Honorarium Per Month |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|      1 | 2                 |                                          3 |
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                       3000 |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                       1000 |
|      3 | Assam             |                                       1000 |
|      4 | Bihar             |                                       1500 |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                       1200 |
|      6 | Goa               |                                       1000 |
|      7 | Gujarat           |                                       1000 |
|      8 | Haryana           |                                       3500 |
|      9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                       1800 |
|     10 | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                       1000 |
|     11 | Jharkhand         |                                       1500 |
|     12 | Karnataka         |                                       2700 |
|     13 | Kerala            |                                       9000 |
|     14 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                       2000 |
|     15 | Maharashtra       |                                       1000 |
|     16 | Manipur           |                                       1000 |
|     17 | Meghalaya         |                                       1000 |
|     18 | Mizoram           |                                       1500 |
|     19 | Nagaland          |                                       1000 |
|     20 | Orissa            |                                       1400 |
|     21 | Punjab            |                                       1700 |
|     22 | Rajasthan         |                                       1320 |
|     23 | Sikkim            |                                       1000 |
|     24 | Tamilnadu         |                                      10083 |
|     25 | Telangana         |                                       1000 |
|     26 | Tripura           |                                       1500 |
|     27 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                       1000 |
|     28 | Uttarakhand       |                                       2000 |
|     29 | West Bengal       |                                       1500 |
|     30 | A&N islands       |                                       1000 |
|     31 | Chandigarh        |                                       3000 |
|     32 | D&N Haveli        |                                       3876 |
|     33 | Daman &Diu        |                                       3721 |
|     34 | Delhi             |                                       1000 |
|     35 | Lakshadweep       |                                       9500 |
|     36 | Puducherry        |                                      19000 |

Source: AWP&B, 2019-20