Lok Sabha Question No. 194 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-29
Subject: Mid Day Meal Scheme
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Navneet Ravi Rana, Dileshwar Kamait

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 194 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021

## Mid Day Meal Scheme

## †194.  SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA: SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  mid  day  meal  along  with  components  (raw  material,  cook honorarium  etc)  for  each  student,  year-wise  and  State-wise  particularly  of Parliamentary Constituency, Amravati;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any survey or complied to any survey for  minimum necessary amount to provide nutrition food to each child and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  during  the  complete  lockdown  due  to  global  corona  pandemic  online classes were  arranged in all the Government  schools  across  the country particularly in Maharashtra including Amravati;
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  assistance  provided  by  the  Union  Government  to  the States for online education; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) : Central Government has approved the Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN)' earlier known as 'National Programme for Mid-Day Meal in Schools' for providing one hot cooked meal in Government and Government - aided Schools from 2021-22 to 2025-26.  The scheme  is  implemented  uniformly  with  same  components  across  the  country including the Parliamentary Constituency Amravati.  The details of components of the scheme are given at Annexure.
- (b):  As  per  the  Schedule  II  of  National  Food  Security  Act,  2013,  the  following nutritional content based on research, is prescribed in the Scheme:

| Components   | Primary   | Upper Primary   |
|--------------|-----------|-----------------|
| Calories     | 450 Cal   | 700 Cal         |
| Protein      | 12 gms.   | 20 gms.         |

The above nutritional norms are met by providing the following food items to the children  of  primary  and  upper  primary  classes  under  the  scheme  all  over  the country:

| S.     | Items                      | Primary Stage           | Upper Primary Stage     |
|--------|----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| No. 1. | Foodgrains (Rice / Wheat)  | Food norms (in gms) 100 | Food norms (in gms) 150 |
| 2.     | Pulses                     | 20                      | 30                      |
| 3.     | Vegetables (Leafy& Others) | 50                      | 75                      |
| 4.     | Oil &Fat                   | 5                       | 7.5                     |
| 5.     | Salt& Condiments           | As per need             | As per need             |

(c) to (e): A comprehensive initiative 'PM eVIDYA' has been initiated as part of Atma  Nirbhar  Bharat  Abhiyaan  on  17th  May,  2020,  unifies  all  efforts  related  to digital/online/on-air  education  to  enable  multi-mode  access  to  education.  This initiative includes the following:

- (i) DIKSHA  (one  nation, one digital platform) is the nation's digital infrastructure  for  providing  quality  e-content for  school  education  in states/UTs and QR coded Energized Textbooks for all grades are available on it.
- (ii) One earmarked Swayam Prabha TV channel per class from 1 to 12 (one class, one channel).
- (iii) Extensive  use  of  Radio,  Community  radio  and  CBSE  Podcast-  Shiksha Vani.
- (iv) Special e-content for visually and hearing impaired developed on Digitally Accessible  Information  System  (DAISY)  and  in  sign  language  on  NIOS website/ YouTube.

All the above schemes/programmes are available to all the students across the nation.

For  connecting  all  the  rural  schools  in  the  state  of  Maharashtra,  online  education, audio  lessons  through  Radio,  Video  lessons  on  TV  Channels,  DD  Sayadri  etc  are widely used by the students to continue learning during the pandemic period.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 194 for 29.11.2021 raised by Shrimati Navneet Ravi Rana and Shri Dileshwar Kamait, Hon'ble MPs regarding Mid Day Meal Scheme.

## The  details  of  components  of  PM  POSHAN  Scheme  (earlier  known  as  Mid  Day Meal Scheme).

- i) Food Grains :  Supply  of  food  grains  @  100  grams  per  child  per  school  day  for primary and 150 grams for upper primary at NFSA rate i.e. ₹ 1 per kg for coarse grains, ₹ 2 per kg for wheat and ₹ 3 per kg for rice.
2. ii) Cooking Cost : It includes cost of ingredients, e.g. pulses, vegetables, cooking oil, other condiments and fuel. The per child per day cooking cost is ₹ 4.97 for primary and ₹ 7.45 for upper primary w.e.f. 1st April, 2020.
3. iii) Honorarium  to  Cook-cum-Helpers :  @  ₹  1000  per  month  for  10  months  in  a year.
4. iv) Transportation  Assistance :  As  per  PDS  rate  for  transportation  of  food  grains from FCI godown to school door steps.Maximum₹ 1500 per MT for transportation of food grains from FCI godown to school door steps for States other than NER and 2 Himalayan States and 2 UTs.
- v) Management, Monitoring and Evaluation (MME) :  @ 3% of aggregate of cost of foodgrains, cooking cost, Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helpers and Transportation Assistance.
6. vi) Kitchen-cum-store :  As per plinth area norm and State Schedule of Rates. 20 sq meter  for  schools  having  enrolment  of  100  students.  Additional  4  sq  meter  for every addition of up to 100 students.
7. vii) Kitchen devices : Linked with enrolment.
8. viii) Repair  of  kitchen-cum-stores :  ₹  10,000/-  per  unit,  for  the  kitchen-cum-stores, which were constructed 10 years ago.
9. ix) Innovation / Flexibility component with no separate budgetary support :  Five percent  of  the  aggregate  of  the  cost  of  foodgrains,  cooking  cost,  transport assistance, honorarium to cook-cum-helpers, and MME with no separate additional budgetary  support  for  this  component.  The  requirement  of  funds  under  this component will be met from available funds and implemented as per Department of Expenditure's OM No. 55(5)/PF-II/2011 dated 06.09.2016.

| Enrolment (No. of Children) per school   | Unit Cost (In ₹ )   |
|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| Up to 50                                 | 10,000              |
| 51-150                                   | 15,000              |
| 151-250                                  | 20,000              |
| 251 &above                               | 25,000              |