Lok Sabha Question No. 2426 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Mid Day Meal Scheme in Drought-hit Areas
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHOLA SINGH, ASADUDDIN OWAISI, RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2426 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.05.2016

## Mid Day Meal Scheme in Drought-hit Areas

2426.   SHRI BHOLA SINGH: SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI: SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to serve Mid Day Meals to students everyday  including official holidays in drought-hit areas in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh and if not, the  reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to allocate additional funds in this regard and   if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise, especially in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a)  to  (c):  The  Mid  Day  Meal  Guidelines  envisage  serving  of  mid  day  meals  in  elementary  schools during summer  vacation  in areas which  are formally notified by the  concerned State Governments as drought affected. The number of days on which meals are to be served during summer vacation are decided by the State Governments concerned. The Programme Approval Board  of  the  Mid  Day  Meal  Scheme  has  approved  a  programme  for  Rs.726.34  crore  with Central assistance component of Rs. 468.89 crore in respect of drought affected areas of 9 States viz. Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh for the summer vacation of 2016.

Under the Mid Day Meal Scheme, an amount of Rs. 2215 crore has already been released to the States  during  April,  2016  as  part  of  the  first  installment  for  the  year  2016-17.  In  addition,  an amount  of  Rs.  211.67  crore  has  been  released  to  8  States  for  serving  mid  day  meals  during summer vacation in drought affected areas. State-wise details are as under:

| S.No.   | States         |   No. of drought affected districts |   No. of children proposed to be covered |   Central assistance approved (Rs. in lakh) | Fund released under MDMSin 2016-17 so far (Rs. in lakh)   |
|---------|----------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Karnataka      |                                  27 |                                  2807388 |                                     5582.54 | 2791.27                                                   |
| 2.      | Madhya Pradesh |                                  41 |                                  3614405 |                                     7515.09 | 3757.55                                                   |
| 3.      | Chhattisgarh   |                                  25 |                                  2581521 |                                     4058.65 | 2029.33                                                   |
| 4.      | Maharashtra    |                                  22 |                                  2294802 |                                     4615.6  | 2307.80                                                   |
| 5.      | Rajasthan      |                                  19 |                                  1562089 |                                     2371.53 | 1185.77                                                   |
| 6.      | Telangana      |                                   7 |                                  1101970 |                                     2122.27 | 1061.14                                                   |
| 7.      | Uttar Pradesh  |                                  50 |                                  6991813 |                                    13453.4  | 6726.71                                                   |
| 8.      | Andhra Pradesh |                                  10 |                                  1319059 |                                     2615.47 | 1307.74                                                   |
| 9.      | Odisha*        |                                  27 |                                  2974079 |                                     4555.12 | --                                                        |
|         | Total          |                                 228 |                                 25247126 |                                    46889.7  | 21167.28                                                  |